Hong Kong (AFP) – “After weathering the storm, Hong Kong has been reborn of fire, and has emerged with bubbling vitality,” says Chinese President Xi Jinping after he arrives in in the city to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of handover from Britain to China.
Hong Kong (AFP) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong via high-speed rail for celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover to China.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the attack on the city of Mykolaiv, “with ten missiles at once, and all of them aimed at civilian targets”, proves that “the pressure on Russia is not enough.”
Hong Kong (AFP) – Images of barricades and police officers surrounding a high-speed railway station ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s expected arrival in Hong Kong on the eve of 25th anniversary of the city’s handover to communist China. IMAGES
Mexico City (AFP) – Women protest in the United States Embassy in Mexico City against the recent US Supreme Court verdict that revoked the constitutional right to abortion. Some say they fear the ruling may have an impact internationally.
Geneva (AFP) – Director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reaffirms the WHO’s support for women’s “right to choose when it comes to their bodies and health, full stop.” His comments come in the wake of a June 24 US Supreme Court decision revoking the constitutional right to abortion.
Mykolaiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Firefighters in the southern city of Mykolaiv clear rubble and search for people trapped in a 5-storey residential building that was hit by a Russian missile srike.
Rome (AFP) – Rome’s zoo distributes frozen fruit, meat and fish to animals to help them cope with the high temperatures in the Italian capital. Like much of westen Europe, Italy is in the grip of an earlier than usual heatwave, a phenomenon that scientists warn is likely to become more frequent, owing to climate change.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells NATO leaders that his country needs modern weapons and more financial aid in its fight against Russia’s invasion.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Denys Zhupnyk dreams of concerts and festivals as he drives a taxi around Kyiv, picking up and dropping off passengers. Before Russia invaded, the 34-year-old was a radio and TV host working for Ukraine’s most popular stations. He is one of many Ukrainians who have had to dramatically change how they make ends meet as war ravages the country’s economy, disrupting whole industries.
