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The United States has been widely criticized for its approach to the coronavirus pandemic, and the lack of strict nationwide measures to contain the outbreak is reflected in the highest number of cases and deaths in the world.

Even as Spain battles the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there's another issue that "all Spaniards are witnessing" -- the "unsettling reports" about the murky finances of the royal family.

Istanbul's historic Hagia Sophia has reopened for Friday prayers for the first time since a decision was made to turn it back into a mosque after more than 80 years as a museum.

Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are suing over paparazzi photographs of their toddler son, Archie, their lawyer said in a statement.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered the closure of the US consulate in Chengdu days after the US forced the Chinese consulate in Houston to cease operations. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.

CNN's Don Lemon gives his take on President Donald Trump announcement that there will not be Republican convention activities in Jacksonville, Florida.

Thailand's student movement has reignited, as young people across the country defy threats from the military-backed government to take to the streets and call for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates called the coronavirus infection rate in the US "deeply troubling" and doesn't suspect things will get better soon.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced a $1 billion loan to Latin America and the Caribbean for Covid-19 vaccine access during a virtual gathering with his Latin American counterparts on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry.

More evidence is emerging to underscore that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine does not help Covid-19 patients.

Charges have been dropped against the heir to the Red Bull energy drink empire, Vorayuth Yoovidhya, relating to a crash that killed a policeman in 2012, Thai police say, in a case that drew attention to the power of wealthy Thais.

Beijing has promised to retaliate to the Houston closure, with state media pointing to the potential shuttering of one of the US' numerous diplomatic missions within China. CNN's David Culver reports.

CNN's Rosemary Church speaks with CNN Global Affairs Analyst Max Boot who says President Donald Trump is "demonizing" China for domestic political gain rather than as part of a comprehensive strategy.

The pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is building as quickly as the protests, with his official residence on Balfour Street now the focal point of protests that are growing in frequency and in size.

A former Nazi concentration camp guard was convicted of thousands of counts of being an accessory to murder and given a two-year suspended prison sentence Thursday, a court announced.

The dead just kept coming in 2017.

Two years after humans last landed a probe on Mars, both the United States and China are launching missions to the red planet this month and setting up a new arena for their growing rivalry.

Not only do some Mexicans not believe in the severity of Covid-19, they don't believe it exists at all. This comes as the country sees hundreds of thousands of confirmed coronavirus cases and at least 40,000 deaths. CNN's Matt Rivers speaks with sociologists and people on the street about why so many Mexicans are skeptical of the virus.

A Washington, DC, investigator inspected President Donald Trump's Washington hotel on Wednesday and found no violations of Covid-related regulations after images emerged of the President and others not wearing masks in the hotel's lobby earlier in the week.

Administration officials were alerted on Wednesday that a cafeteria employee on the White House grounds has tested positive for coronavirus, according to an email viewed by CNN.

Kim Kardashian West has shared a message about her husband Kanye West and mental health.

During a coronavirus news conference, CNN's Kaitlan Collins asks President Donald Trump why he appeared alone without public health experts at his side.

After President Donald Trump sent well wishes to former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who faces charges for recruiting, grooming and ultimately sexually abusing minors as young as 14 as Epstein's alleged accomplice, a former business partner of Epstein's says Trump and Maxwell "knew each other well." CNN's Pamela Brown reports.

CNN affiliate KPRC obtained video that appears to show a fire at the Chinese consulate after the US ordered them to evacuate. CNN's Alex Marquardt reports.

The billionaire NFL owner who serves as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom was investigated by the State Department watchdog after allegations that he made racist and sexist comments to staff and sought to use his government position to benefit the President's personal business in the UK, multiple sources told CNN.

Brussels began the week in celebratory mood, as member states of the European Union finally agreed how they would distribute around $2 trillion of funds across the bloc over the next seven years.

A Nigerian mother and her quadruplets remain in Dubai because of coronavirus travel restrictions that have prevented them from traveling home, her husband told CNN.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the United States' closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, saying the US would "take actions that protect the American people, protect our security, our national security."

Former President Barack Obama and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden criticize President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a new campaign video.

Twenty-three children have been rescued after being abducted and forced to sell handicrafts in a tourist town in southern Mexico.

The United States government has abruptly ordered China to "cease all operations and events" at its consulate in Houston, Texas, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, in what it called an "unprecedented escalation" in recent actions taken by Washington.

Beijing has accused Washington of ordering China to "cease all operations and events" at its consulate in Houston, Texas. The US said the consulate was directed to close "in order to protect American intellectual property and Americans' private information." CNN's Ivan Watson reports.

President Donald Trump says he wished Ghislaine Maxwell, the onetime girlfriend and alleged accomplice of accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, well.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 struck off the coast of Alaska early Wednesday morning.

Nearly one in four residents in the Indian capital of New Delhi may have been infected with the novel coronavirus, antibody tests on a random sample of people has shown.

The initial results for the Oxford vaccine have been promising, but researcher say the real test for the experimental vaccine will come in South Africa. CNN's David McKenzie goes inside the Johannesburg arm of the study, where scientists are trying to enroll 2,000 participants in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jessica Ortiz said she and her twin brother, Jubal, were inseparable. Even when Jubal lay dead in an open casket with plexiglass over his body -- out of fear he could still be contagious with coronavirus -- she couldn't help but lean down and touch him at his viewing earlier this month.