Los Angeles (AFP) – US actor, singer and LGBTQ activist Billy Porter gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, and says he is “a representation of what being Black and Queer and HIV positive looks like today in 2022… and it’s being alive a nd living life to the fullest.”
New Orleans (AFP) – IMAGES French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte land in New Orleans, receiving a warm welcome from perfomers on the tarmac, dancing with them and posing for photos.
Since fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar five years ago, life in the overcrowded refugee settlements in Bangladesh has prompted Rohingya families to limit the size of their households and embrace contraception. Roughly two-thirds of Rohingya couples are now using some form of birth control — up from virtually none five years ago.
New Delhi (AFP) – All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was to look handsome and get married. But the 30-year-old’s seemingly harmless hair transplant went fatally wrong. Women have been judged on their appearance for millennia, but in an increasingly materialistic Indian society, men are also feeling pressure to look young and presentable for fear losing their social standing. More and more prematurely balding men are opting for hair transplants as disposable incomes rise and the emphasis on personal appearance becomes stronger. But in a weakly-regulated sector, some operators are amateurs self-trained on Youtube — with potentially deadly results.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Hundreds of LED candles illuminate the classical concert in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The performers hope to lift the mood of the residents facing power shortages and blackouts after Russia began targeting Ukrainian energy facilities in October.
Tokyo (AFP) – “We did it. I’m happy”, says Munehiro Hashimoto as football fans in Tokyo celebrate after Japan’s shocking 2-1 win against Spain in the World Cup, advancing to the last 16 as Group E winners.
Washington (AFP) – IMAGES US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron pose for a family photo at the White House ahead of a gala dinner.
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at the White House ahead of a gala dinner. IMAGES
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden says that he had agreed with French leader Emmanuel Macron on harmonizing both sides’ approaches to climate and energy issues amid European concerns over alleged US protectionism.
Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden says that his efforts to create US jobs were not intended to be at Europe’s expense after complaints by French President Emmanuel Macron over state support to green industry. “My point is — we’re back in business, Europe is back in business. And we’re going to continue to create manufacturing jobs in America, but not at the expense of Europe,” Biden told a joint news conference with Macron.
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden says that he would be ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin but only “if he is looking for a way to end the war.”
Lima (AFP) – Workers of the Peruvian National Agricultural Health Service pick up dead birds on a beach in Lima, as the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu virus kills thousands of pelicans, blue-footed boobies and other seabirds in Peru. The current bird flu outbreak began in Canada and spread to the United States, which has seen a record 50 million avian deaths, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
