Perth (Australia) (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warns that Russia using nuclear weapons would be seen as an “act of hostility against humanity”. Speaking in Australia, Kishida said the 77-year period of no nuclear weapons use “must not be ended”.
Beijing (AFP) – Video shows moment when former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly leaves Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. A staff member supports Hu by the arm as he stands up. He also speaks to President Xi Jinping for a moment and pats Premier Li Keqiang on the shoulder before being led out.
Beijing (AFP) – Former Chinese president Hu Jintao is unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. A staff member supports Hu by the arm as he stands up. He also speaks to President Xi Jinping for a moment and pats Premier Li Keqiang on the shoulder before being led out.
Beijing (AFP) – The closing ceremony for China’s five-yearly Communist Party Congress held in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, with President Xi Jinping likely to seal an unprecedented third term in power. Delegates vote to endorse Xi’s “work report” delivered at the Congress’s opening last Sunday and rubber-stamped a resolution on the Party’s constitution.
Beijing (AFP) – Media arrive at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People ahead of the closing ceremony of China’s Communist Party Congress, where President Xi Jinping likely to seal an unprecedented third term in power. IMAGES
Tokyo (AFP) – Satoko Nagamura and her girlfriend conceived their son with donated sperm, but new legislation in Japan could effectively outlaw the procedure for lesbian couples and single women. For decades, anonymous sperm donation has existed in a legal grey zone in Japan, with no law explicitly prohibiting it, but no framework to govern it either.
Islamabad (AFP) – Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party rally in Islamabad to protest the election commission’s decision to bar former prime minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years.
Hanoi (AFP) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls on countries, especially developed nations, to do more to fight climate change and reach the target of net-zero emission by 2050, during a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam’s UN membership in Hanoi.
Taipei (AFP) – Thousands of gaming enthusiasts walk around a Taiwanese park to hunt for Pokémon characters after the island lifts its Covid-19 restrictions and fully reopens its borders to international travellers.
N’Djamena (AFP) – Tensions eased on Friday after Chad’s ruling junta announced an overnight curfew on Thursday, following fatal clashes earlier in the day between police and demonstrators protesting against the military’s grip on power. The violence came on the heels of a national forum organised by Deby that extended his military government’s grip on power beyond Thursday’s deadline.
Washington (AFP) – The US budget deficit fell by half in the past year to $1.4 trillion on the back of a pandemic recovery and as relief spending eased, which US President Joe Biden says is “proof that we’re rebuilding the economy” as he touts his record ahead of November’s crucial US midterm elections in televised remarks from the White House.
Canaán Membrilo (Panama) (AFP) – Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, exhausted and some injured, continue their dangerous jungle crossing through the Darian Gap in Panama to reach the US. “I got lost for three days in the jungle with my family”, says Venezuelan migrant Darwin Vidal at Canaan Membrillo checkpoint, “but we kept calm, we breathed, we prayed to God and we got out of there”.
