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"The Sakura", a purple-pink 15.81 carat diamond, could fetch up to $38 million when it goes on sale in Hong Kong next week.

In Italy, a TV series with a predominantly black cast is breaking down stereotypes in a country where racist language and imagery are not uncommon. Made by Netflix, "Zero" follows the antics of a young black Italian man with supernatural powers who helps solve mysteries and crimes.

Tom Cruise has returned his Golden Globe Awards to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a source close to the actor told CNN, amid growing controversy surrounding the HFPA. HLN's Kristina Fitzpatrick has the details.

A makeshift hospital has been opened at a Sikh temple in Delhi, India to treat COVID-19 patients as the country is struggling to cope with the second wave of coronavirus epidemic. As India struggles to fight the ever-rising number of COVID-19 cases amid a lack of medical staff and dire shortages of oxygen and beds, the private sector and religious groups have stepped up to the plate.

The cumulative total of global COVID-19 cases approached 158 million, with the death toll exceeding 3.28 million as of Monday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO COVID-19 dashboard showed that the global case count reached 157,973,438, including a death toll of 3,288,455 as of 17:15 Central European Summer Time on Monday.

Three rare leopards escaped from Hangzhou Safari Park in one of China's biggest cities but it took staff a week to alert the public. While two leopards have been returned, one remains on the run. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

After three decades, Montana police have been able to identify the skeletal remains of the woman found by a bear hunter in Missoula County as Janet Lee Lucas, a missing mother from Washington. KTMF's Angela Marshall reports.

Juanisha Brooks was stopped and arrested by a pair of Virginia State Police officers on March 6. A Virginia prosecutor now says she should never have been pulled over.

Government Scientist Kizzmekia Corbett is answering questions from the public about the COVID-19 vaccine. This as a new AP-NORC poll shows reluctance to get the vaccine has gone down in the last few months. (May 11)

Government Scientist Kizzmekia Corbett is answering questions from the public about the COVID-19 vaccine. This as a new AP-NORC poll shows reluctance to get the vaccine has gone down in the last few months. (May 11)

24 people including children and militants are reported dead after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that began Monday night. At the same time, Gaza militants fired more than 250 rockets toward Israel, injuring six civilians. (May 11)