Beijing (AFP) – Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing. Mishustin’s trip is the highest-level visit by a Russian official to China since last year’s invasion of Ukraine.
Silves (Portugal) (AFP) – Portuguese police search a remote reservoir at the behest of German authorities as they probe the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann. Three years old at the time, McCann vanished without trace from her parent’s holiday apartment in May 2007. Despite a huge international manhunt, she has never been found and no one has been charged over her disappearance.
Stellenbosch (South Africa) (AFP) – South African olive oil producers are sliding to the top and winning praise for the quality of their product at home and abroad.
Hong Kong (AFP) – The Ref 96 Quantieme Lune timepiece, which originally belonged to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the final monarch of the Chinese Qing dynasty, was sold on the auction block in Hong Kong.
Sao Paulo (AFP) – “We thought it was necessary to demonstrate in the streets expressing the black movement against what Vinicius Jr experienced,” says member of the united black movement Simone Nascimento as people protest in front of the Spanish consulate against the latest racist abuse of Brazilian footballer Vinicius Jr during a Spanish championship match.
Port Moresby (AFP) – Papua New Guinea signed a defence pact with the United States on Monday, giving US forces access to its airfields and ports as Washington vies with China’s expanding footprint in the Pacific region. of Port Moresby
Hatsukaichi (Japan) (AFP) – For a decade, the Daisho-in Buddhist temple on Miyajima island, facing Hiroshima, has held ritual burnings of the millions of origami cranes sent to the city each year.
Cannes (France) (AFP) – Tom Hanks, Adrien Brody and Scarlett Johansson are just some of the stars walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” the director’s latest film set in an American desert town in the 1950s.
New York (AFP) – Fashion designer Anthony Rubio recreated some of the most iconic looks from this year’s Met Gala, except he put them on pets. Celebrities including Salma Hayek, Naomi Campbell and Jared Leto served as inspiration for this fierce fashion show.
Versailles (France) (AFP) – Hundreds of people In powdered wigs, feathered tricorns and embroidered dresses attend the Palace of Versailles’ “Fêtes Galantes,” an annual gathering of history, costume and baroque dance lovers. “It’s actually absolutely brilliant to have the opportunity to dance in the Hall of Mirrors where history once was, everywhere you touch and everywhere you see, is living history,” says one participant.
