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Prominent Emirati rights activist, Alaa Al-Siddiq, 33, died in a car accident near London on Saturday.

The coming days will go a long way to deciding if Joe Biden's presidency is one for the history books, or whether it will founder on deep US divides.

There have been a few constants over the past 40 or so years in Iowa: the butter cow at the state fair, the dominance of the University of Iowa's wrestling team and Chuck Grassley.

The murder trial of a woman who killed her abusive husband got underway in the French city of Burgundy on Monday.​

Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and in response to CNN called on the United States to return to the nuclear deal, in his first international news conference since he won Iran's election over the weekend.

Sweden's parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a no-confidence motion on Monday, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to either resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government, or call a snap election.

Former Counselor to President Obama John Podesta describes being targeted by QAnon in the group's early years.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government would pardon the nine jailed leaders of Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid on Tuesday as a first step towards ending the political conflict over the wealthy region.

Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said in his first news conference that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, and called on President Joe Biden to return to the agreement. Answering a question by CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran, Raisi called on Biden to lift all sanctions before adding that Iran's ballistic missile program "is not up for negotiation."

Children in Brazil have been dying from Covid-19 at higher rates than nearly anywhere else in the world. Doctors and researchers say the country's higher child death rate stems from several issues but the main culprit is social inequality. CNN's Isa Soares reports.

Nine children and one adult were killed in an accident involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 65 in Butler County, Alabama, on Saturday, according to Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock.

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen were both dealt big setbacks as their parties performed poorly in regional elections that saw a historically low turnout rate.

Ethiopians will head to the polls on Monday amid widespread nationwide unrest, famine, and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country's Tigray region.

CNN's Selina Wang takes a look at Tokyo's Olympic Village, a city within a city where elite athletes from all over the world will spend their time when they're not competing for Olympic gold.

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National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells CNN's Dana Bash that President Biden is working with allies to keep pressure on China so the world can get to the bottom of how the covid pandemic started.

Donald Trump's presidency began with lies and ended in insurrection. CNN's Drew Griffin charts the extraordinary power of his rhetoric, and meets the Capitol rioter who believes Trump was "anointed by God." See more at CNN.com/capitolriot.

Jon Rahm won the 121st US Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California, on Sunday.

Russian authorities have found the body of Catherine Serou, a missing United States student who vanished earlier this week in the country's Nizhny Novgorod region.

Two pedestrians at a Pride parade near Miami on Saturday were hit by a truck, leaving one dead and the other injured, according to police.

Perhaps now that Iran has chosen to install a new, ultra-conservative judiciary chief as its next president, it's time the world, but especially the United States, needs to adopt a new approach to dealing with this determinedly anti-American government. Global heads of state must pay attention to what Iranian leaders do, not what they say.

This Tuesday, June 22, New Yorkers will head to the polls to select candidates to represent their respective parties for key citywide posts, including mayor and comptroller. But for voters in the borough of Manhattan, there is one race on the ballot that stands out for its implications, which extend far beyond the confines of the island and the city: the race for district attorney for New York County, commonly referred to as the Manhattan DA.

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet conducted a spacewalk Sunday -- their second in the past week -- to install new solar arrays that will provide a power boost to the space station.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said she hopes "any family" will see themselves represented in the pages of her children's book, "The Bench," in her first interview since speaking to Oprah Winfrey in March.

CNN's Brian Stelter emailed Fox News a number of questions about host Tucker Carlson's claim that the FBI was behind the January 6 Capitol insurrection and why their team of journalists have not investigated the veracity of the allegations.

Italy defeated Wales 1-0 on Sunday as both sides progressed to the knockout stages of Euro 2020.

Five hundred police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors and seize journalistic materials under the city's national security law. The incident sounded an alarm across the media industry.

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, is set to win Iran's controversial presidential election, according to preliminary results announced by the interior ministry and reported by state media Saturday.

Words can only describe so much from the nearly 500 criminal cases against rioters who overtook the US Capitol on January 6.

It was a moment captured for the history books.

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said it's urgent that Democrats work toward an infrastructure package with a larger price tag that addresses climate change and other related issues.

Max Verstappen extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship with a thrilling victory at the French Grand Prix on Sunday.

Watch the celebrations commemorating one of America's most pivotal historical turning points.

The Biden administration is preparing to impose additional sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday.

Amazon Prime Day is typically one of the best days of the year for Keababies, which sells baby care and maternity products on its web site.

Poll of the week: A new WNBC/Telemundo 47/Politico/Marist College poll finds Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams leading the New York City Democratic mayoral primary 24% to Kathryn Garcia's 17%, Maya Wiley's 15%, and Andrew Yang's 13%. All other candidates are in single-digits.

An off-duty deputy's wife and his 4-year-old stepdaughter were shot early Sunday morning when a gunman forced entry into their Houston, Texas, home and opened fire, according to Police Chief Troy Finner.

The US economy has come a long way since last year's devastating downturn. But a return to "normal" may not be possible.

It should have been a spring day most Iranians could look forward to. The trees that lined Tehran's boulevards glistened in the sun as a gentle breeze wafted through the city. But on May 8, 2018, the capital's residents braced themselves for a terrible reversal of fortunes.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, in a challenge to the National Football League's new Covid-19 training camp and preseason protocols, tweeted that he'd rather retire than get a vaccine.

• The US triples its vaccine donations to Taiwan as the island battles an outbreak

With confidence and elan, President Joe Biden rallied allies abroad last week around the viability of 21st century democracy. Proving it here at home will be harder.

As the United States continues on a path to near pre-pandemic normalcy, experts remain concerned over low vaccination rates and the spread of variants, which could potentially exacerbate a pandemic that has upended life for more than a year and inflicted a damaging toll on Americans and the world.

One person was killed and at least five others were wounded in a shooting Saturday evening near Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, according to police.

• This cargo ship's captain died aboard. The crew was stuck at sea for weeks, with a potential Covid outbreak on its hands