Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli police commander Doron Turjeman hails the “sharp” reaction of the Jerusalem district police after a gunman opened fire in the Old City of Jerusalem, killing one person and wounding three others.
Riyadh (AFP) – Members of the Saudi national women’s team train with their coach at a Riyadh stadium as Saudi Arabia’s launch of its first women’s football league on Monday will clear the way for girls who dream of turning professional — and maybe even playing in a World Cup.
Khartoum (AFP) – Nearly a month after Sudan’s top general ousted the prime minister, they signed a breakthrough deal to reverse the military takeover that had sparked international condemnation and mass protests.
Novosibirsk (Russia) (AFP) – Monika the Russian rescue dog is ready for her new life after she was fitted with four prosthetic titanium paws after being found abandoned in a forest with four stumps. Luckily, she ended up in the caring hands of Alla Leonkina, a volunteer from Krasnodar, who fundraised to get Monika the pricey and complex operation she needed.
Kenosha (United States) (AFP) – People protest after Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teenager who shot dead two men during protests and riots against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, was acquitted of all charges after a high-profile and politically divisive trial.
Vienna (AFP) – Thousands gather in Vienna to protest against the new measures announced by the Austrian government to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Authorities have announced plans to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory and will next week impose a partial lockdown in the face of spiralling infections.
Geneva (AFP) – UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell says the UN wants proof of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official.
Zagreb (AFP) – Thousands take to the streets in the Croatian capital Zagreb in the biggest demonstration the country has seen against Covid-19 measures since the beggining of the pandemic.
Jerusalem (AFP) – The evening gowns shine under the spotlights and the tiaras sparkle, but this beauty pageant is like no other: all the contestants are Holocaust survivors.
Lima (AFP) – Women who were forcibly sterilized between 1996 and 2000 in Peru under a program of then-President Alberto Fujimori denounce new obstacles to the progress of their emblematic trial after the sudden change of the judge in charge.
