Helsinki (AFP) – Finnish political scientist, Mikko Majander, says “the economy was a decisive factor” for voters in Sunday’s tightly fought general election, which saw the Scandinavian country’s centre-right National Coalition claim victory. Finland’s far-right Finns Party came in second, with Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats finishing in third.
New York (AFP) – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at his office building as former US President Donald Trump says he’ll fly to New York later in the day on the eve of his expected arraignment in court.
West Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – The sun rises over Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida while his private plane sits on a taxiway at nearby Palm Beach International Airport as he’s due to travel to New York on the eve of his expected arraignment.
New York (AFP) – New York police officers block a few streets amid increased security outside Trump Tower, where the former US president says he will stay ahead of his expected arraignment in court on Tuesday.
The solar power boom is facing growing opposition among US farmers and landowners in the Midwest, where companies are trying to buy land to build solar farms. In Callaway County, Missouri, where anti-solar signs have appeared on the side of the roads, the debate has deeply divided the community.
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga calls off a protest on Monday and says his party is prepared for dialogue with the government, following two weeks of chaotic street demonstrations. Odinga has accused President William Ruto of stealing the presidency and considers his government illegitimate, although the Supreme Court of Kenya upheld the results of last year’s elections.
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – “It was like a slow-motion movie,” says one witness of an explosion at a cafe in Russia’s second-largest city of Saint Petersburg that killed a prominent Russian military blogger and left 25 others injured. The Ria Novosti agency, quoting a source close to the inquiry, said “a girl” had supposedly dropped off a package with a “figurine” inside intended for the blogger.
Thousands of Christian worshippers, pilgrims and members of the clergy take part in the traditional Catholic Palm Sunday procession from Mount of Olives to Jerusalem’s Old City.
Finland’s centre-right leader claimed victory in Sunday’s tight general election that saw the far-right post a record score to come in second, as Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats finished third.
Paris (AFP) – “We’ve got two Eiffel Towers for the price of one,” a Parisian jokes in front of “Eiffela”, a copy one-tenth the size of the original installed on April Fool’s Day on the Champ-de-Mars in the French capital.
Dohuk (Iraq) (AFP) – Assyrian Christian revellers, dressed in traditional clothing, march and dance during the “Aketo” Assyrian New Year celebrations in Dohuk, in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.
The cast and crew of The Super Mario Bros Movie hit up the red carpet of the film’s world premiere in Los Angeles. The famous video game gets the Hollywood treatment, with Chris Pratt lending his voice to the famous mustachioed plumber and Jack Black portraying his arch-antagonist Bowser.
