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10% of the world may have been infected by Covid-19, WHO official says

The novel coronavirus may have infected about one in 10 people globally, meaning the majority of the world remains vulnerable to Covid-19, a World Health Organization official has said.

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Europe won't give up on new tech taxes

EU plans to tax the revenue generated by tech companies are on life support. But Facebook and Google could still be on the hook for millions in new payments.

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Pritzker Prize 2022: Francis Kéré becomes first African to win 'Nobel of architecture'

When he was 7 years old, Francis Kéré left his family home to attend school because his village, Gando in Burkina Faso, did not have one of its own. Thirteen years later he moved to Germany on a carpentry scholarship with a dream of returning home one day to build the classrooms that didn't then exist.

SAG Awards will be a pretaped one hour special this year

This year's SAG Awards will be very different from past shows.

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Nuclear War Isn't North Korea's Only Threat

North Korea has launched 22 missiles in 15 tests in 2017. According to US intelligence sources, the most recent test detonated a 140-kiloton nuclear device, which the North Koreans claim was a hydrogen bomb. (That's 10 times as powerful as the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima in World War II.) The UN secretary-general has continuously condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launches as serious violations of UN Security Council resolutions.

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Are you heavier or shorter than the average American?

America is struggling with an obesity epidemic, and a new government report says that the population is only getting heavier.

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Hundreds are urged to evacuate due to wildfire in Flagstaff, Arizona, as thousands more are told to prepare to leave

A wildfire burning just six miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona, has prompted evacuations for hundreds of people, and thousands more have been told by authorities to prepare for future evacuation, authorities said Sunday night.

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Chicago Cubs Draft Son of Charleston Church Shooting Victim

Chris Singleton's dream of playing major league baseball got a major step closer to becoming reality almost two years to the day after his mother was gunned down in a racially motivated shooting at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina.

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ExxonMobil posts another record profit as oil prices remain high

America's largest oil company ExxonMobil set a profit record for the second-straight quarter as oil and gas prices remained high. No. 2 US oil company Chevron also posted much-better-than-expected results.

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Mattel introduces first Barbie doll representing a person with Down syndrome

Mattel on Tuesday introduced its first-ever version of the Barbie doll representing a person with Down syndrome.

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Congress skeptical of Trump's G7 strategy

Just hours ahead of a historic summit in Singapore, lawmakers back in Washington are openly questioning President Donald Trump's latest global strategy with some bemoaning that the White House is alienating American allies while simultaneously stretching the bounds of cooperation with long-held enemies.

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Texas Inmates Relocating From Hot Prison to Temporary Facilities

After a years-long legal battle, about 1,000 inmates will literally catch a break from the infamous Texas heat. On Wednesday, inmates held at the Wallace Pack Unit, a state prison about 75 miles northwest of Houston, will temporarily be moved to air- conditioned facilities.

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Family of unarmed Louisiana man shot and killed by police views video of incident

The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer was shown the police video of the incident Thursday morning, the family's attorney told CNN.

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Hugh Jackman says his father died on Australia's Father's Day

"X-Men" actor Hugh Jackman has revealed that his father, Christopher John Jackman, died on Sunday. He passed away on Australia's Father's Day, Jackman said, telling fans on Instagram: "Whilst there is deep sadness, I am filled with such gratitude and love."

Europe threatens to break up Big Tech if it doesn't play by new rules

Officials across Europe on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would give regulators sweeping new powers to take on US tech giants, threatening huge fines and raising the prospect of breakups or bans for repeat offenders.

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Selena Gomez pokes fun - and gets serious - about her MTV VMAs look

For better or for worse, all eyes appeared to be on Selena Gomez Tuesday night at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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Elon Musk's $50 billion trial comes to an end today

The trial for the Tesla shareholder lawsuit examining CEO Elon Musk's unprecedented compensation package will wrap up this afternoon. While it is possible that the judge could issue a ruling from the bench, it may be weeks or months before a ruling comes.

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Rapper Polo G arrested in Miami, jail records show

The rapper Polo G was arrested Saturday morning on multiple charges in Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County Corrections records show.

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Caroline Wozniacki Beats Venus Williams for First Time to Win WTA Finals

Caroline Wozniacki exorcised a couple of demons in Singapore on Sunday to win the WTA Finals, the biggest title of her career.

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Jasmine Cephas Jones went from 'Hamilton' to '#FreeRayshawn' and is making her own history

"#FreeRayshawn" feels timely and yet not to one of its stars.