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Morning News: Covid-19 Delta Variant, Ethiopian Conflict, 4th of July Films

The coronavirus’s Delta variant accounts for ever more infections; we ask about mutational surprises yet to emerge, and what can be done about them. 

The ousting of Ethiopia’s army from the Tigray region might precipitate far wider conflict—within the country and far beyond its borders. And ahead of the Fourth of July, we find no good films about the holiday. 

News: China’s Communist Party At 100 – What’s Next?

At the Chinese Communist Party’s centennial celebration, President Xi Jinping called for defiance against foreign pressure. As China challenges the U.S.’s leadership – from AI to defense – WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng looks at what’s next for the country. Photo: Wang Zhao/AFP

Morning News: Future Of China’s Communist Party, Record Canada HeatWave

We discuss Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s future, as the country marks one hundred years since the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Plus: we round up the latest urbanism news and look closer at Canada’s sweltering heatwave.

Morning News: Delta Variant In Africa, China Ride-Hailing Giant DIDI

A.M. Edition for June 30. WSJ Africa Deputy Bureau Chief Gabriele Steinhauser on how the region is dealing with a surge of the more-transmissible Delta variant. 

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi is set to begin trading today in the U.S. And, differing stances on vaccine passports. Marc Stewart hosts.