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CNN's Jake Tapper speaks to Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, a top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about the origins of Covid-19, the potential evacuation of thousands of Afghan nationals whose work for the US could make them Taliban targets, and election reforms in his home state.

The Greek government is working to welcome tourists back with the promise of 'Covid-free' islands. But the revival of tourism in Mykonos, the country's best-known party island, rests on the government's decision to lift bans on music scenes and crowds. CNN's Sam Kiley reports.

China announced it will allow couples to have up to three children to try to reverse declining birth rates. It may be a tough sell for some families who think raising children in cities is too expensive. CNN's Scott McLean reports.

India has been hit by the strongest storm on record to reach its west coast, hampering authorities' response to the Covid-19 crisis in some of the country's hardest hit regions. CNN's Anna Coren has more.

France was aware that a genocide was being prepared in Rwanda ahead of the 1994 killings and the French government bore a significant responsibility for enabling it, the Rwandan government said in a report.

CNN's Bianna Golodryga talks with Arab-Israeli lawmaker Aida Touma Suleiman about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Israeli warplanes continue to pound Gaza, and Palestinian protesters hit the streets in cities across the West Bank and elsewhere.

Israeli warplanes launched a fresh round of massive airstrikes in Gaza, bombing more than nine miles of Hamas' tunnel system in Gaza and targeting nine residences that the Israeli military said belonged to commanders from the Palestinian militant group. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from Jerusalem as the most serious...

The UK's vaccine rollout is reaching even the most isolated parts of the country. CNN boards a small plane bound for Fair Isle, off the coast of Scotland, along with Margaret Cooper, a nurse on a mission to vaccinate the entire island. CNN's Phil Black reports.

Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, speaks to CNN's Selina Wang exclusively that it's a "suicide mission" to be hosting the Tokyo Olympics this year - the opening ceremony for which is set for July 23.

Technovation CEO and founder Tara Chklovski joined Yahoo Finance's Adam Shapiro and Seana Smith to discuss the Technovation competition.

Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, discusses what the company is doing to help the Covid crisis in India. He also talks about investment in artificial intelligence as we transition out of the pandemic and weighs in on the need for private and public partnerships to improve cybersecurity.

The Kenyan government wants the United Nations to close the Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps. Somali-American former model and humanitarian Halima Aden, who was born in Kakuma, discusses the potential closure of the camp after three decades.

Alex Marquardt reports as CNN gets exclusive access to military exercises being conducted by US troops in conjunction with Eastern European forces as tensions with Russia rise.

CNN's Hadas Gold and her team rush to cover as warning sirens were heard in Ashkelon, Israel amid rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel and Gaza militants have been exchanging fire after clashes in Jerusalem and an uptick in violence.

Yahoo Finance's Aikiko Fujita reports the latest news from around the world including 26 killed as Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, a school shooting in Russia leaves at least eight dead, and China's birth rate falls to the lowest rate since 1961.

Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced that far-right crime hit a record high in his country last year. CNN's Fareed Zakaria examines how this trend may be affected by Chancellor Angela Merkel stepping down in September.

At least 85 people, mostly schoolgirls, have been killed and wounded in an explosion near a high school for girls in the Afghan capital of Kabul, officials said. Officials have not revealed the cause of the explosion, or if there was a target. There has been no claim of...

More than 25 people in Colombia have been killed in violent protests fueled by frustration over Covid-19’s economic impact.

CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from Varanasi, India, where makeshift crematoriums are being built to handle the bodies of those who died from Covid-19 and CNN's John Vause speaks with Amy Kazmin, South Asia Bureau Chief at the Financial Times.

India's leader holds rally with thousands as virus rips through country CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from New Delhi on the growing criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his failure to control a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India.