Germany will pay Namibia $1.3bn as it formally recognizes colonial-era genocide

More than 100 years after the crimes committed by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally recognized the atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups as genocide.
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Why the legendary Learjet is no match for today's jets

Learjet. For generations, the name has been synonymous with business jets, with more than 3,000 of the small private jet planes delivered since the first Learjet 23 flew in 1963.
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Biden administration won't seek to rejoin Open Skies Treaty after 2020 exit

The Biden administration will not seek to reenter the Open Skies Treaty with Russia in response to that country's "failure to take any actions to return to compliance," a State Department spokesperson said Thursday.
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Relative of detained Iranian-Americans fears they will not survive

CNN's Kylie Atwood talks with Babak Namazi, whose brother and elderly father remain detained in Iran as the Biden administration is in talks to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal.
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More than 50 dead and dozens still missing after boat sinks in northwest Nigeria

More than 50 people have died and dozens are still missing after an overloaded boat capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday, according to government authorities.
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Congo's Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupted over the weekend. This is what it looked like

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What went wrong in Taiwan as island unravels its Covid-19 success

In 2020, Taiwan had one of the most successful Covid-19 responses in the world, and it went more than 250 days without reporting any local infections. As the island now battles its worst Covid-19 outbreak, CNN's Will Ripley speaks with Dr. Chen Chien-jen, an epidemiologist who served as vice president on on what went wrong with the island's Covid response.
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