Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – At a press conference following the Grain from Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country is planning to send ships from Ukrainian ports to the countries “most affected by the food crisis and in need of assistance”.
Ischia (Italy) (AFP) – Mud and wreckage blights the southern island of Ischia after a deadly landslide swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme. Italy’s government declared a state of emergency after the disaster killed at least one person and left a dozen missing.
Vatican City (AFP) – At his weekly Angelus address, Pope Francis offers his prayers to the victims of a landslide on the southern Italian island of Ischia. The disaster, which unleashed a wave of mud and debris on the small town of Casamicciola Terme early Saturday morning, has killed at least one person and left a dozen others missing.
Shanghai (AFP) – Dozens of police officers at an intersection in Shanghai guard the site where hundreds of people took to the streets on Saturday night to protest against China’s zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.
Ischia (Italy) (AFP) – Ischia’s seafront lies covered in mud, debris and filled with damaged cars after a landslide caused by heavy rains on the Italian island, off Naples. Around a dozen people are still missing, according to Italy’s interior minister.
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that negotiating with the United States would not “resolve anything”, in reference to the recent protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic over the past two months.
Beirut (AFP) – Lebanese activists gather in front of the parliament in the capital Beirut to demand the amendment of the laws related to sexual assault and rape against women and harsher sentences for perpetrators and abusers.
Kharkiv Oblast (Ukraine) (AFP) – Deep in the woods of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian soldiers from a tank unit hide under the trees as they hold their position on the frontline under Russian fire, fixing a derelict Soviet tanks while they’re at it.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says over six million households in the country are affected by power cuts, two days after targeted Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, thousands gather in Buenos Aires to protest against gender-based violence in front of Argentina’s Supreme Court. At least 4,473 women were victims of femicide in Latin America in 2021, according to the ECLAC.
Bogotá (AFP) – Braving the rain, hundreds of Colombians protest in Bogota against the violence that killed 827 women in Colombia so far this year, 30 more than in all of 2021, according to the National Institute of Legal Medicine. The demonstration was held on the International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Moscow (AFP) – Anger and concern has been building among families in Russia for months since President Vladimir Putin announced a military draft for Ukraine, spurring anecdotes of poorly trained and under-equipped conscripts dying on the front. In Moscow, the mothers and wives of Russian soldiers challenge Putin to stick to his promises of solid training and adequate equipment.
