Florida (United States) (AFP) – Selah Freedom, a US-based nonprofit organization that helps sex trafficking survivors restore their lives, joins forces with a small Florida tattoo parlor to cover up survivors’ tattoos, once used as branding by their traffickers.
Pamplona (Spain) (AFP) – Six people were injured, none of them seriously, in the first bull running race of Spain’s San Fermin festival, which atrracts tourists from around the world.
Geneva (AFP) – A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots take the microphone at a United Nations conference with the message: they could eventually run the world better than humans.
El Aguila municipality , Valle del Cauca department (Colombia) (AFP) – Once hunted for killing livestock and ruining crops, the Andean bear has become the new protege of coffee farmers in Colombia. In exchange for giving up some of their land to expand the bear’s habitat, the farmers are receiving crucial support for their cultivation.
Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – Residents of the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, close to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, express fear as Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of planning an attack. “Chernobyl is nothing compared to our nuclear power plant” says 46-year-old Natalia. “It would affect Russia, or half of Russia for sure, and half of Europe”.
Prague (AFP) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, says it is “difficult” for his forces to fight Russia without long-range weapons and that the decision to supply them to Ukraine “depends only” on the US. Speaking during a visit to the Czech capital, Zelensky explains that a lack of long-range weapons means “you can’t reach the right distance to destroy your enemy.”
London (AFP) – Images from June 6 show a preview of Christie’s 2023 ‘Classic Week’ sales which include a pair of portraits by Rembrandt that the world had forgotten about for almost 200 years which fetched more than £11 million ($14 million) at auction. The portraits of relatives of the artist, Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and his wife Jaapgen Carels, were last sold at auction by Christie’s on 18 June 1824, and were offered for sale by descendants of the same family. They are the only pair of portraits by Rembrandt remaining in private hands.
Colombo (AFP) – Before the dramatic ouster of Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa last year, he was blamed for an economic crisis that brought food and fuel shortages, blackouts and runaway inflation to the island nation. But his departure did not conclude the island nation’s economic woes.
Hongphoi (India) (AFP) – Once, the way to get ahead among India’s Konyak warriors was by chopping off an enemy’s skull. Today, the last survivors of a past age mourn the changing times and a new generation they see as soft.
Yokohama (Japan) (AFP) – Seaweed has long been a staple food in Japan, but the chunky, slimy kelp hauled into fisherman Ryoichi Kigawa’s boat is also starting to attract international attention for its potential as an eco-friendly supercrop.
Santa Monica (United States) (AFP) – Barbie doll’s fans can walk into her life-size Dream House in Santa Monica at the “World of Barbie” exhibition.
Prague (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Kyiv wants “honesty” in ties with NATO as he speaks ahead of a key summit of the Western military bloc. “We need honesty in our ties,” Zelensky tells reporters alongside Czech leader Petr Pavel, speaking ahead of a key summit in Vilnius. He says it is time to demonstrate “the courage and strength of this alliance.” ++ 33MX3QQ URGENT
