- Metro Manila under lockdown again due to COVID-19 Delta variant
- Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for UK cigarette ban by 2030
- UK faces labor shortage after spike in COVID cases
- Bars and restaurants in Ireland reopen to the public
- The United States: The only country without a paid parental leave program
- More than 10 million Australians under lockdown as part of the fight against the Delta strain
- Wildfires hit western Canada
- US devotes $3.2 billion for COVID-19 treatments, other viruses
- Global online shutdowns hit major businesses
- Amazonians rescue ‘Terminator’ of the fish world