NFL player Carl Nassib has taken to Instagram to come out as gay. The move is being called a watershed moment for American football, the country's most popular sport. Nassib's announcement comes as he enters his sixth season in the league and during Pride Month. We take a closer look.
Meanwhile, in the US state of Texas, residents over the age of 21 will soon be able to carry handguns in public without a permit. The governor has signed the bill into law, which also eliminates mandatory firearms training. The new legislation is set to come into effect in September. Texas has joined a handful of Republican-led states that have passed measures this year allowing some form of permitless carry.
Finally, Cuba says its three-shot Abdala vaccine is up to 92 percent effective in preventing Covid-19. The announcement came just days after the government said another home-grown vaccine had proved 62 percent effective with just two of its three doses. Cuba has shunned vaccine imports during the pandemic, striving instead to develop its own jabs.
