Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a family photo with leaders of countries attending the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, in Northern Brazil. The eight countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing to stop the world’s biggest rainforest from reaching “a point of no return.” IMAGES
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – The UAE’s COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber arrives at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, followed by Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gustavo Manrique. The closely watched summit adopted what host country Brazil called a “new and ambitious shared agenda” to save the rainforest, a crucial buffer against climate change that experts warn is being pushed to the brink of collapse. IMAGES
Córdoba (Spain) (AFP) – People cool off at fountains in Cordoba, southern Spain, as temperatures rise above 40 degrees Celsius.
Los Angeles (AFP) – One hundred days since Hollywood writers went on strike – a move in which they were joined by actors on July 14 – several businesses which depend on the entertainment industry are struggling.
New York (AFP) – Dairo Antonio Usuga, one of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords, was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a US federal judge. Usuga, known as ‘Otoniel’, was extradited to the US last year, and pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking charges earlier this year. He was the leader of Colombia’s most powerful gang, the Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan.
Geneva (AFP) – July is the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, marked by heatwaves and fires around the world, the European Union’s climate observatory confirms.
Racha Region (Georgia) (AFP) – The Georgian army participates in ongoing search and rescue operations after a landslide hit the resort town of Shovi on 5 August 2023.
Elmont (United States) (AFP) – Ralph McDaniels was one of the first to film the New York rap scene in the 80s for his TV show “Video Music Box.” He kept all the archives – thousands of hours of footage that he is digitizing – in an effort to preserve them.
Taipei (AFP) – Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso warns a Taipei security forum Tuesday that the international community must “wake up” to the worsening situation surrounding the Taiwan Strait, a hotspot waterway separating the democratic island from China.
Farmers carry flower arrangements known as “silletas” during the traditional silleteros parade held as part of the Flower Festival in Medellin, Colombia.
