Toronto (Canada) (AFP) – Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa join other writers and artists to read the work of Salman Rushdie during the Toronto International Festival of Authors 2022. Rushdie was brutally attacked while on stage during a conference in New York state in August.
Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) (AFP) – Protesters use a stolen Pepsi truck to break into the Palace of Justice in Iguala de la Independencia, Mexico’s Guerrero state, where they throw firecrackers and rocks, and set the truck on fire. The demonstrators are demanding justice for the 43 students who disappeared in 2014, after investigators branded the atrocity a “state crime” involving the military and other institutions.
Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) (AFP) – Protesters use a stolen Pepsi truck to break into the Palace of Justice in Iguala de la Independencia, Mexico’s Guerrero state, where they throw firecrackers and rocks, and set the truck on fire. The demonstrators are demanding justice for the 43 students who disappeared in 2014, after investigators branded the atrocity a “state crime” involving the military and other institutions. IMAGES
Da Nang (Vietnam) (AFP) – Powerful winds and heavy rain in Da Nang, as typhoon Noru barrels into Vietnam’s central coast.
Tokyo (AFP) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pays tribute to Shinzo Abe, describing him as a “person of courage” who’ll be remembered for his achievements, during his address to thousands at the assassinated politician’s state funeral.
Ujung Kulon (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian officials release rare footage of a Javan rhino calf captured using camera trap at the Ujung Kulon National Park, the mammals’ last remaining wild habitat in the world. The Javan rhino is the world’s rarest rhino with fewer than 80 left in the world, according to the National Park.
Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wants to “save people” from Moscow-held Ukrainian territories, on the final day of annexation votes which have been condemned as a sham by Western leaders.
Da Nang (Vietnam) (AFP) – People take refuge across Vietnam, preparing for a storm that forecasters predict will be one of the biggest to ever hit the Southeast Asian country.
In space (AFP) – “Our first planetary defense test was a success,” DART mission systems engineer Elena Adams says after a NASA spaceship struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity’s ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth.
Tokyo (AFP) – Guests at the funeral of the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrive at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo for his state funeral.
