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A sign outside the West Alabama Icehouse shows the bar is closed Monday, June 29, 2020, in Houston. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars again and scaled back restaurant dining on Friday as cases climbed to record levels after the state embarked on one of America's fastest reopenings. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Across Sun Belt, hopes for economy give way to renewed fears

For residents across America's Sun Belt -- business owners and workers, consumers and home buyers -- the past three months have delivered about the scariest ride in memory. With confirmed viral cases surging through the region, it's far from clear whether the stops, starts and bumps in the economy have ended. 6

Sex workers wait for clients in the red light district of Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, June, 5, 2020. As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, it increasingly threatens those who earn their living on the streets, including sex workers with HIV. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Sex workers lack food for taking HIV drugs during COVID-19

As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, lockdowns are threatening in multiple ways those who earn their living on the streets, including having no money to buy food. Studies have shown that food insecurity is a barrier to taking the antiviral HIV drug daily and can decrease their efficacy. 6

Chlorine gas leak at plant sickens 70 in southeast Iran

A chlorine gas leak at a petrochemical centre in southeast Iran sickened 70 workers, state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

Spectators watch as a Fourth of July parade passes Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Bristol, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Why is #AllCountriesMatter trending on Twitter on July Fourth?

America wasn’t the only country being celebrated on the Fourth of July as people around the world took to Twitter on Saturday morning to share photos of their own homelands with the hashtag #AllCountriesMatter.

An Atlanta cyclist helped apprehend a murder suspect by lending an officer his wheels

A cyclist assisted Atlanta police in the capture of a murder suspect by loaning an officer his bike for the chase.

Chinese authorities have played down the pandemic threat of a new swine flu strain discovered in pigs. (AFP)

China downplays potential new swine flu pandemic

China played down the threat of a new swine flu strain with pandemic potential that researchers discovered in pigs, saying the study is 'not representative.' 2

This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The sculpture is America's largest Confederate memorial. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

As monuments fall, Confederate carving has size on its side

Some statues of figures from America's slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate monument ever crafted -- colossal figures carved into the solid rock of a Georgia mountainside -- may outlast them all.

In this March 9, 2020 file photo, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, attends Ashraf Ghani's inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

U.S. envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal

Washington's envoy to Afghanistan stressed Saturday the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, forging ahead with an agreement that has run into new political obstacles both in the U.S. and regionally.

President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, speaks during a "Salute to America" event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

For nation's birthday, Trump slams the enemies within

On a day meant for unity and celebration, President Donald Trump vowed to “safeguard our values” from enemies within - leftists, looters, agitators, he said - in a Fourth of July speech packed with all the grievances and combativeness of his political rallies. 24

Children wear face masks as they pick out fireworks at Wild Willy's Fireworks tent in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 29, 2020, ahead of the 4th of July holiday, (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

'Huge bummer': July Fourth will test Americans' discipline

The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays cancelled, beaches and bars closed, and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test of Americans' self-control that could determine the trajectory of the surging coronavirus outbreak.

In this Monday, June 22, 2020 file photo, people gather in front of a mural showing Adama Traore and George Floyd, who both died in police custody, in Stains, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)

At Pride march in Paris, activists demand racial justice too

While the French capital's official Pride event was delayed until November to prevent spread of the coronavirus, grassroots groups plan a march through Paris anyway Saturday -- led by people of colour.