Shanghai (AFP) – In downtown Shanghai, people gathered in the streets on Sunday night to protest against the country’s zero-Covid policy. In China’s biggest metropolis, police tried to move people away from the site of an earlier demonstration on Wulumuqi street, named after the Mandarin for Urumqi, the capital of northwestern Xinjiang region. A deadly fire there last week has become a catalyst for public anger.
Shanghai (AFP) – Images show aftermath of protests against China’s zero Covid policy in Shanghai, where police cars line the streets and workers erect walls on the pavement of Wulumuqi street where protests broke out. IMAGES
Qamishli (Syria) (AFP) – Kurds in the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli take to the streets to protest against Turkish threats against Kurdish groups in the country’s northeast. One week ago Turkey began a barrage of air strikes against Syria’s semi-autonomous Kurdish zones, and has also threatened a ground offensive in the region.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentine fans in Buenos Aires are euphoric after their team’s crucial 2-0 victory over Mexico kept Argentina’s football World Cup hopes alive.
Shanghai (AFP) – Video taken by an eyewitness in Shanghai in the early hours of Sunday morning shows angry crowds taking to the streets calling for an end to lockdowns, as China grapples with mounting public protests against its zero-Covid policy. China’s hardline virus strategy is stoking public frustration, with many growing weary of snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines and mass testing campaigns.
Paris (AFP) – “I do to my body what we do to the planet”. For his 84th marathon in 84 days, Nicolas Vandenelsken arrives in Paris to meet the Minister of Sport after running across France to raise awareness for the impact of sport on the planet.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – At a press conference following the Grain from Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country is planning to send ships from Ukrainian ports to the countries “most affected by the food crisis and in need of assistance”.
Ischia (Italy) (AFP) – Mud and wreckage blights the southern island of Ischia after a deadly landslide swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme. Italy’s government declared a state of emergency after the disaster killed at least one person and left a dozen missing.
Vatican City (AFP) – At his weekly Angelus address, Pope Francis offers his prayers to the victims of a landslide on the southern Italian island of Ischia. The disaster, which unleashed a wave of mud and debris on the small town of Casamicciola Terme early Saturday morning, has killed at least one person and left a dozen others missing.
Shanghai (AFP) – Dozens of police officers at an intersection in Shanghai guard the site where hundreds of people took to the streets on Saturday night to protest against China’s zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.
Ischia (Italy) (AFP) – Ischia’s seafront lies covered in mud, debris and filled with damaged cars after a landslide caused by heavy rains on the Italian island, off Naples. Around a dozen people are still missing, according to Italy’s interior minister.
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that negotiating with the United States would not “resolve anything”, in reference to the recent protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic over the past two months.
