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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer cheered alongside New Yorkers and tourists Thursday, as Junior's Restaurant on Times Square celebrated the reopening of its doors post-COVID. (May 6)

The U.S. top military leaders say that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is going "according to plan" and believe the country's troops are prepared. (May 6)

CNN's Becky Anderson speaks to Brazil's former Health Minister Luiz Mandetta about the difficulty of working with President Jair Bolsonaro during the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

One of New York's largest and most prestigious art fairs is open, bringing together large numbers of collectors and dealers in person for the first time since the pandemic hit last year. (May 6)

Secret Service director James Murray testifies for the first time in public since the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, where he said security resources were lacking ahead of the Capitol riot. CNN's Whitney Wild reports.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that the city will start offering vaccines to tourists. The Mayor said he hopes to open mobile vaccine sites at major tourist destinations. (May 6)

CNN's Lisa Respers France interviews Glenn Close about the viral moment she began dancing to "Da Butt" during the Oscars.

As the country is in the grips of an economic and political crisis, skyrocketing food prices have made marking Ramadan very difficult for many people. Ben Wedeman reports from Beirut.

A herd of 12 former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus elephants arrive at their new sanctuary at White Oak Conservation in Florida.

A cemetery for the nameless dead in Turkey shows the misery of migration. Here lie those who died in the Turkish border area after fleeing their home country.

France and the UK are embroiled in a dispute over fishing rights that is escalating on the British Crown dependency of Jersey, just off the French coast. French fishing boats have gathered at the entrance to St Helier harbour. The UK has sent two Royal Navy patrol boats to protect the Channel Island from a potential French blockade.