Hong Kong (AFP) – For Hong Kong law student “C”, AI-made pornography was a distant danger until a university classmate created graphic images of her and multiple other women. C is one of three women who exposed an AI porn scandal at Hong Kong’s oldest university last month. They spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.
New Delhi (AFP) – Police detain animal rights activists during a protest in the Indian capital against a Supreme Court order to remove stray dogs. The court has asked city authorities to set up dog shelters within eight weeks, and maintain daily records of the canines captured, citing public safety concerns.
Bogotá (AFP) – Colombians queue at Congress in Bogota to pay their respects to presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who died two months after being shot at a campaign rally. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota by a suspected 15-year-old hitman. Uribe’s body will remain for public viewing at Congress until August 13. IMAGES
Bogotá (AFP) – Colombians queue at Congress in Bogota to pay their respects to presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who died two months after being shot at a campaign rally. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota by a suspected 15-year-old hitman. Uribe’s body will remain for public viewing at Congress until August 13. IMAGES
Bogotá (AFP) – Colombian police officers escort the coffin of late presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe into Congress in Bogotá, where relatives and lawmakers pay their respects as his body lies in state. Uribe died on August 11, two months after being shot in the head during a June 7 campaign rally. His wife announced the death after his condition deteriorated following a new brain hemorrhage linked to the assassination attempt, in which he was struck three times, twice in the head. IMAGES
Guayaquil (Ecuador) (AFP) – Images of the Guayaquil University Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, where authorities are investigating the death of 12 newborns. On August 9, the Health Ministry of Ecuador announced the deaths were due to “multifactorial causes” in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Ecuadoran prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation after the Health Ministry indicated that two of the deaths may have been caused by bacterial contamination. IMAGES
Bogotá (AFP) – The Colombian Congress prepares for the arrival of the body of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who died two months after being shot at a campaign rally. A picture hangs on the door of his former office alongside a flag, while his sash is displayed on his seat in the chamber. IMAGES
Bogotá (AFP) – Dozens of people gather outside the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, in the center of Bogota, where the the body of Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is being held. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota by a suspected 15-year-old hitman. His body will be taken the Congress. IMAGES
Bogotá (AFP) – Images of Colombian flags at half-mast in Plaza Bolivar, in the center of Bogota, following the death of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, two months after he was shot at a campaign rally. IMAGES
Bogotá (AFP) – Colombians start to gather at the site where Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot, in the Modelia neighbourhood of Bogota. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota. IMAGES
Maidan Wardak province (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Successive wars displaced Afghans over forty years, but peace has not brought total reprieve, as climate change-fuelled shocks drive people from their homes and strain livelihoods.
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Leo XIV renews his appeal for peace, calling on the world to pray for “an end to all wars” during his Sunday Angelus prayer. “The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reawakened through the world the necessary rejection of war as a way to resolve conflicts,” says Pope Leo.
