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Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells reporters that he hopes the US and China can manage differences on Taiwan “in wise way” during press conference.

Tashkent (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Moscow backs Beijing’s One China policy on Taiwan and calls on the US not to “aggravate the situation” over the island.

La Teste-de-Buch (France) (AFP) – Helicopter images show the forest and campsites of the Gironde coastline, in southwestern France, which was ravaged by flames as well as the creation of a deforestation zone by firefighters to prevent the fire from spreading to the Landes. The wildfires burned nearly 21,000 hectares of forest in the region.

Chornomors’k (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, accompanied by ambassadors of the G7, visits a port in southern Ukraine to oversee grain being loaded onto a Turkish ship following a deal with Russia which was brokered by the UN and Turkey.

Moscow (AFP) – The Russian army accuses Kyiv forces of striking a jail holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in eastern Ukraine, saying dozens of people died and scores were wounded. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has accused Russian forces of having carried out the attack.

La Goulette (Tunisia) (AFP) – Artists restore trainers at the Kenenti workshop in the Tunis neighbourhood of La Goulette. Passionate about design, 27-year-old Cherif Zaroui opened the first trainer restoration business in North Africa two years ago to offer customisation, repair and cleaning of shoes and handbags. Zaroui and his artists use fabrics, laces and leather recovered from factories to bring a second life to old items. “There were 3 or 4 million shoes thrown away every year [in Tunisia]. So we thought of giving added value to these shoes”, says Zaroui.

Chino Hills (United States) (AFP) – The odds of claiming this week’s bonanza US lottery prize are less than one-in-300-million — but one “lucky” convenience store outside Los Angeles is already counting its winnings, as customers are flocking in, hoping to get some luck. “This is the lucky store so I’m hoping he becomes lucky for me as well”, says a customer.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Thousands of people demonstrate in Buenos Aires demanding a universal living wage in crisis-ridden Argentina.

Lima (AFP) – Hundreds of supporters and opponents of Peru’s President Pedro Castillo protest near the Congress of the Republic in the capital Lima, as the president delivers a speech to mark his first year in office.

Jackson (United States) (AFP) – Homes, roads and cars are seen submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River, after torrential rains caused massive flooding in eastern Kentucky, US.