Punta Arenas (Chile) (AFP) – “Argentina scored that first goal from a made-up penalty” says Croatia’s president, Zoran Milanovic, after watching his country’s team lose their World Cup semi-final. Milanovic watches the game surrounded by Chilean-Croatians, as the South American country is home to one of the largest Croatian diasporas in the world.
Turkmenbashi (Turkmenistan) (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lands in Turkmenistan for the trilateral summit. He will be joined in Turkmenbashi by Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. IMAGES
Ho Chi Minh City (AFP) – Phan Thi Nhieu has spent a decade assembling shoes for worldwide brands such as Timberland and K-Swiss, but she is now among tens of thousands of Vietnamese factory workers laid off as Western consumers cut spending. Almost half a million other workers in Vietnam have been forced to work fewer hours as orders fall in the Southeast Asian country, one of the world’s largest exporters of clothing, footwear and furniture.
Karachi (AFP) – In the neighbourhood of Lyari in Karachi, hundreds of Pakistani supporters gather to watch Argentina’s World Cup semi-final match, waving flags and setting off fireworks as Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 to book a spot in the World Cup finals.
Vienna (AFP) – In the gilded surroundings of Vienna’s Musikverein concert hall, famous around the world for its New Year’s concert, efforts are being made to reach out to a new audience with a unique, more relaxed concert series called “Souvenir”, specifically tailored to people living with dementia.”You can come in a wheelchair and people can get carried away, they can dance, sing which allows you to feel the music much more intensely,” says local resident Andreas Trubel, who lives with dementia.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Thousands of Argentina fans gather in the Plaza de la República in central Buenos Aires to celebrate the 3-0 victory over Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals.
Doha (AFP) – Delighted Argentina fans leave Lusail Stadium as their team reach the World Cup final after a 3-0 victory over Croatia in the semi-finals.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Fans in Buenos Aires and Zagreb react as the final whistle in their semi-final blows, with a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina thumping 2018 runners-up Croatia 3-0 to set up a World Cup final against either France or Morocco.
Doha (AFP) – Fans arrive at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium ahead of the World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Croatia.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Unexpected heroes of the war in Ukraine, lift mechanics in Kyiv are working around the clock to free residents trapped by power outages. The Ukrainian capital, a city in which many live in high-rise accommodation, continues to suffer Moscow’s attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure and unpredictable lift stoppages are just another challenge facing Ukrainians as the fighting continues.
Lamongan (Indonesia) (AFP) – Umar Patek, convicted for making the bomb used in the deadly 2002 Bali bombing, visits a de-radicalisation foundation in East Java, in his first appearance in front of the media since being released on parole. The 2002 blasts killed 202 people, including many foreign nationals, and Patek’s early release, just halfway through a 20 year sentence, has angered survivors and the relatives of those killed.
Beijing (AFP) – China said the situation was “stable” Tuesday on its border with India, after New Delhi reported a fresh stand-off between the two countries’ militaries on their disputed Himalayan frontier last week.
