Brazil: Trans candidates on the increase at local elections

Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not among those approved to run in next month's election. One candidate has been accused of participating in executions at the end of the Iran-Iraq war.

Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not among those approved to run in next month's election. One candidate has been accused of participating in executions at the end of the Iran-Iraq war.

Along with rising cases of black fungus infections among recovering Indian COVID patients, several cases of more severe white fungus infections are now being reported.

The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a regional delicacy, but harvests have collapsed amid an exotic insect infestation experts say is accelerated by climate change.

A double joy for the Cuban National Zoo's employees: the birth of four tigers for the first time in more than 20 years, and among them, the unprecedented presence of a white specimen, a female named Yanek.

Emma, a five-year-old southern white rhino from a Taiwan zoo arrives in Japan, part of an attempt to widen the gene pool of Asia's captive-bred white rhinos. This is the first time Taiwan has sent a rhino overseas to breed. Emma's journey to find love was originally scheduled for March after she beat a herd of competitors for the chance to find a companion and breed. But complications caused by the pandemic pushed back her departure.

The outgoing German chancellor is set to travel to Washington for talks with the US president on COVID, climate change and bilateral ties.

"Pride is back at the White House," US President Joe Biden tells a group of gay rights activists, transgender military service members and youth, and officials during a commemoration of the month that celebrates LGBTQ life in America. Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg - the first-ever openly gay cabinet member - warn against the rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation in statehouses across the US.

When Malaysian mother Hadijah Neamat was struggling to cope during the coronavirus lockdown, she hung a scrap of white cloth outside her window in a plea for help. Olivia Chan reports. In a cluster of residential flats in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 73-year-old Hadijah Neamat hung a scrap of white cloth outside her window in a desperate call for help amid the country's strict lockdown.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the United States holds China's Ministry of State Security responsible for "malicious cyber activities" and reserves the option "to take additional actions" in response.

Hundreds of Cuban Americans, political refugees and activists marched on the US capital Monday to protest against the Cuban government and its crackdown on anti-communist demonstrations earlier this month.

Democracy and human rights were the focus of talks between the US president and Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Washington, DC.