Bracknell (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, accompany their children Prince George, aged nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and four-year-old Prince Louis to a settling-in afternoon for new pupils at Lambrook School, near Ascot in southern England, a change in schools after moving their main home to Windsor.
Paris (AFP) – Renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel calls himself a “vehicle of music” as he inaugurates his second season as music director of the Paris Opera.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – President Jair Bolsonaro attended celebrations marking 200 years of independence from Portugal. In Rio de Janeiro thousands turned out in green and yellow to support the far-right leader, just a few weeks before the October 2 election. Brazil is deeply divided heading into the election, with Bolsonaro trailing leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Nairobi (AFP) – Kenya’s senate holds its first session on Thursday after the country’s Supreme Court upheld William Ruto’s victory in the election in August.
Regina (Canada) (AFP) – Canadian police say the second and final suspect in a stabbing spree, which left 10 people dead and 18 wounded in a remote western Canadian Indigenous community, died after being arrested at the end of a long manhunt.
Saskatoon (Canada) (AFP) – Relatives of Canada’s stabbing spree victims speak out about their “nightmare” and lament a “terrible tragedy,” with a suspect still on the loose and no known motive for the attacks.
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga (Mexico) (AFP) – Wearing wide-brimmed hats, buttoned shirts and embroidered ties, children skillfully twirl a lasso at a Mexican school training younger generations in “charreria” — cattle-ranching techniques that are recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Siem Reap (Cambodia) (AFP) – Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce — but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.
New York (AFP) – A jersey worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals, his last title victory, could fetch $5 million and become “the most expensive basketball jersey at auction” as it goes under the hammer this week at Sotheby’s. The online auction runs from September 6-14.
Tunis (AFP) – Mohamed Kilani Tbib, known as InkMan, is a calligrapher who has been creating unique works inspired by the Arabic and Latin alphabets for the past eight years. At the age of 32, the artist signed the latest design for Guerlain’s perfume called “The Bee Bottle”. This collaboration marks a springboard for the artist who has struggled to develop his art, which he practises in his studio in Tunisia’s Hammam-Lif. His objective is now to evolve abroad and to meet new people through his art.
Vladivostok (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is “impossible” to isolate Moscow and vows to cut gas and oil deliveries to countries imposing a price cap on supplies. Speaking at an economic forum, over six months after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine, the Russian leader says the coronavirus pandemic has been replaced by other global challenges “threatening the whole world”, including “sanctions fever in the West”.
Paris (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier apologises for mocking a question about his club’s decision to travel to a game by private jet, saying he had made “a joke in bad taste”.
