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On July 20, Chinese authorities detected a cluster of Covid-19 cases in the eastern city of Nanjing. The virus soon spread across the country, with dozens of cities reporting infections fueled by the highly infectious Delta variant.

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has drawn a mixed reaction from countries around the world. While the West scrambles to deal with the reality and fallout, other countries appear more accepting of the Taliban's rule. CNN's Arwa Damon explains.

Chinese President Xi Jinping this week issued a bold new pledge to redistribute wealth in the country, piling more pressure on the country's richest citizens and businesses.

The chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan has presented Beijing with a propaganda boost, with Chinese state media capitalizing on the crisis to trumpet the supposed decline of America and taunt Taiwan with threats of invasion.

New Zealand's first community Covid-19 case in six months is the Delta variant -- and genome sequencing shows that it's linked to the growing outbreak in neighboring Australia, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh takes a look at the ongoing evacuation effort at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport after a chaotic scene unfolded as Afghans attempted to flee the country once the Taliban assumed control.

CNN's Matt Rivers reports from the city of Jeremie, Haiti, where search and rescue efforts are hampered by a lack of resources and heavy rains, which have caused mudslides that blocked roads in the region.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Tuesday.

CNN's Clarissa Ward speaks to Afghan women about what the Taliban's return to power means for them and their daughters.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case -- the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in the community since February.

Tropical Storm Grace is bringing heavy rain to the area of Haiti devastated by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake at the weekend.

It's been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the takeover of Afghanistan by the militants.

Thousands of desperate Afghans remain stranded under Taliban rule in Kabul on Tuesday, as the US and its allies -- still frantically evacuating their personnel from the city's airport -- reckon with the sudden breakdown of their two-decade effort in Afghanistan.

CNN's Clarissa Ward, reporting live from Kabul, presses Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on whether the US allies still on the ground in Afghanistan can trust that they "will not be abandoned" following the Taliban's takeover.

Nearly 20 years after 9/11, the US has withdrawn most forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban have taken control of Kabul, the capital city. Here's a look at how five US presidents and five different strategies shaped the US' history in Afghanistan.

Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door.

President Joe Biden claimed in his speech to the nation on Monday that he was bound by the Trump administration's agreement with the Taliban to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan. However, there are multiple flaws with this argument.

Instantly iconic imagery now bookends the lost war in Afghanistan, telling a poignant tale of a just venture born out of national tragedy ending in a chaotic US retreat on President Joe Biden's watch.

Robert Crews, a historian at Stanford University specializing in Afghanistan and central Asia, tells CNN's John Vause he believes the Trump administration's 2020 deal with the Taliban played a role in the group's takeover of the country.

Top health officials in the Biden administration are coalescing around an agreement that most Americans should get Covid booster shots eight months after becoming fully vaccinated, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CNN.

By the time images of desperate Afghans clinging to American warplanes began emerging from Kabul on Monday morning, President Joe Biden had conceded to aides he had little choice but to interrupt his stay at Camp David to return to the White House.

Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan's civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days.

Warning: This video contains disturbing images. Video shows people clinging to the fuselage of a US military aircraft as it taxied at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. CNN has reached out to the US military for comment.

Afghan reporter Nazira Karimi makes an emotional plea to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at the Pentagon briefing after the Taliban's taking of Kabul.

CNN's Clarissa Ward describes life inside Afghanistan's capital Kabul as Taliban fighters swarm the streets after entering the city's presidential palace after former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

The debacle of the US defeat and chaotic retreat in Afghanistan is a political disaster for Joe Biden, whose failure to orchestrate an urgent and orderly exit will further rock a presidency plagued by crises and stain his legacy.

At the heart of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign was a single word: competence.

As news broke that the Taliban had captured Kabul, some images of uncovered women adorning the walls of beauty salons in the Afghan capital were painted over.

The Taliban have taken control of the presidential palace in Afghanistan's capital Kabul after former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. With more than two decades of experience covering the country, CNN's Christiane Amanpour explains how we got here and what this means for Afghans.

CNN's Brianna Keilar presses deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer on when the nation can expect to hear from President Biden following Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, falling to the Taliban.

As China watches the chaotic scenes unfold in the Afghan capital Kabul, it is likely seeing more imminent risk than opportunity.