Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Bucha with various European leaders — from Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Moldova — one year after Moscow’s troops withdrew from the Ukrainian town synonymous with war crimes allegations.
Vihiga Town (Kenya) (AFP) – Across East Africa, gay rights activists say anti-LBGTQ attacks are on the rise. Online conspiracy theories accusing shadowy international forces of “promoting homosexuality” have flooded Social media. In Kenya, a recent Supreme Court ruling against a petition seeking to bar LGBTQ lobbying groups, sparked widespread condemnation including from the attorney general, who has vowed to challenge the verdict. Now some in the LGBTQ community are voicing their concerns on what is happening. “I fail to understand why I should be denied my rights” says one lesbian woman, Jasmine, whose name has been changed.
Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Images show streets and a cemetery in Ukraine´s Bucha, a city in the Kyiv region where bodies of civilians were discovered strewn on the streets in atrocities widely blamed on Moscow’s troops, one year on from Russia’s withdrawal.
China said Friday Japan was “harming themselves” with new planned export controls on 23 items used to make semiconductors, following US pressure for countries to restrict Beijing’s access to the technology.
New York (AFP) – Police officers stand guard outside the New York Criminal Courts Building in Manhattan after a grand jury indicted former US President Donald Trump in a hush-money payment case.
West Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – Views of former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after a New York grand jury indicted him in a hush-money payment case.
Indore (India) (AFP) – The death toll from a floor collapse at a Hindu temple in India rose to 36 on Friday, when rescuers discovered the body of the last person missing.
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin announces he signed a decree approving an “updated” strategy for Russia’s foreign policy. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also said Friday that the new adopted policy identifies the West as posing an “existential” threat to Moscow.
Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to defeat Russia as he made a visit to Bucha with several European leaders one year after Moscow’s troops withdrew from the town synonomous with war crimes allegations.
Beijing (AFP) – China says that it is firmly opposed to “any form of official exchanges” between the US and Taiwan. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is stopping over in the United States en route to Central America.
West Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face criminal charges.
New York (AFP) – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg leaves his office in New York after a grand jury voted to indict former US president Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. IMAGES
