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People wait to be vaccinated in Berlin

The US and Europe have finally reconnected, but they’re moving in different directions on Covid-19

By Rob Picheta, CNN In September, when the White House announced its long-awaited plan to welcome vaccinated European travelers, the United States was consumed by a Covid-19 surge that far outpaced Europe’s. At that point the US rate of new cases per capita dwarfed Europe’s by nearly three to one. While European governments were plotting

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged to bury his government's enemies "with our blood" last week. Ahmed is shown here on June 13

Ethiopia’s leader said he would bury his enemy. His spokeswoman doesn’t think it was incitement to violence

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged to bury his government’s enemies “with our blood” last week, in an inflammatory speech marking the one-year anniversary of the war in the country’s northern Tigray region. “We will bury this enemy with our blood and bones and make the glory of Ethiopia high again,”

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged to bury his government's enemies "with our blood" last week. Ahmed is shown here on June 13

Ethiopia’s leader said he would bury his enemy. His spokeswoman doesn’t think it was incitement to violence

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged to bury his government’s enemies “with our blood” last week, in an inflammatory speech marking the one-year anniversary of the war in the country’s northern Tigray region. “We will bury this enemy with our blood and bones and make the glory of Ethiopia high again,”

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New Zealand's Prime Minister

‘You’re meant to be in bed!’ — Jacinda Ardern’s toddler interrupts Facebook livestream

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was faced with unexpected comments as she addressed the nation — not from the opposition, or from an angry citizen, but from her daughter, who interrupted her during a Facebook livestream. Ardern was midway through updating viewers on the country’s Covid-19 response when she was

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Remnants of streets and roads remain along the edge of the Okun Alfa community.

While countries wrangle over who should pay for the climate crisis, a community on Lagos Island is being swallowed by the sea

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Photographs by Yagazie Emezi for CNN Standing on the sand next to a building hollowed out by the churning sea, Sheriff Elegushi points far out into the Atlantic Ocean to where his ancestral home once stood. “Over there was where we had our tarred road before,” Elegushi said. “We also had

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Britain's COP26 President Alok Sharma (C) and Executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Boris Johnson appeals to delegates to ‘get on and do it’ as COP26 climate talks stall. Here’s where the deal stands

By Angela Dewan, Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek and Amy Cassidy, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on leaders and delegates to just “get on and do it” as the COP26 climate talks appear to have stalled. A draft of a summit agreement was published on Wednesday by the COP26 presidency. It includes language

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A student arrives for the first day of classes at a public school in Miami Lakes

Two Florida school districts that previously defied governor on mask rules relax protocols amid improving Covid-19 conditions

By Chris Boyette and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Two of Florida’s largest school districts are easing their face mask protocols because officials say they’re seeing improved Covid-19 conditions, weeks after tensions peaked between local and state officials regarding the policy. Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the Broward County School Board announced Tuesday their decisions to remove

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