Paris (AFP) – Zephyr, an iguanodon from the Upper Jurassic, will be auctioned on 20 October in Paris. Discovered in 2019 in the United States, in Colorado, it is estimated at 400,000 euros.
London (AFP) – Forty years after being decommissioned and forty-five since it featured on the cover of the Pink Floyd album ‘Animals’, the iconic 1930s coal-fired Battersea Power Station opens to the public, transformed into a commercial hub featuring over 250 shops and restaurants, in the latest major redevelopment of former industrial sites.
Amasra (Turkey) (AFP) – Residents of a Turkish village mourn at the funeral of three young miners, who were killed in the coal mine explosion in the town of Amasra on Friday.
Beijing (AFP) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday opened the 20th Chinese Communist Party congress, at which thousands of hand-picked delegates are set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term.
Beijing (AFP) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Great Hall of the People as a major party gathering opens on Sunday. Xi hailed the Communist Party’s rule and defended its Covid policies as he opened a five-yearly Congress at which thousands of hand-picked delegates are set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russia has now lost 65,000 troops during the war in Ukraine. “many citizens of Russia have given their lives for the opportunity of a few people in the Kremlin to ignore reality,” Zelensky says.
Umunankwo (Nigeria) (AFP) – Residents wade through flooded streets and displaced people dry their clothes on a grassy bank as heavy rains ravage the southeastern state of Anambra in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) – Venezuelan migrants hoping to enter the United States from Mexico protest a new migration program, in Ciudad Juarez on the border with the United States.
Ouagadougou (AFP) – Captain Ibrahim Traore, who seized power two weeks ago in a coup in Burkina Faso, the second in eight months, is “unanimously” appointed transitional president until a presidential election scheduled for July 2024.
Bartın (Turkey) (AFP) – On a visit to Bartin, in the Amsara region of north-western Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces the discovery of the body of the last miner, bringing the death toll from the methane explosion there to 41.
Lexington (United States) (AFP) – This November, voters in Kentucky will be asked to decide whether their constitution should explicitly ban the right to abortion, which would cement the state’s near total ban on the procedure. The issue is mobilising a new breed of activists on both sides of the aisle, pushing them to go door-knocking or attend political rallies for the first time in their lives.
London (AFP) – Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at London’s National Gallery, in the latest “direct-action” stunt targeting works of art. The gallery in Trafalgar Square said the protesters caused “minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed”. The painting went back on display a few hours after the attack.
