New York (AFP) – After more than three decades in the classical music industry, British double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku began grappling with the question that had troubled her for years: Why was she consistently the only black musician onstage? In 2015 she founded Chineke!, Europe’s first majority black and ethnically diverse professional orchestra, taking a leading role in creating a more diverse future for classical music.
Tunuyán (Argentina) (AFP) – In Argentina’s Valle de Uco wine region, at the foot of the Andes, frantic picking is underway to try and save what remains of what is predicted to be the worst grape harvest in decades.
Chasiv Yar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian servicemen take refuge from the constant shelling in cellars near the far edge of the eastern town of Chasiv Yar, while convoys of tanks and armoured personnel carriers speed along the road to and from the Bakhmut frontlines.
Farmlands in California’s Central Valley are inundated after heavy rainfall from a winter storm.
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians mark the eve of the holy month of Ramadan street lighting ceremony and a night prayer, amid fears of escalating violence in the region.
Santo Domingo (Cuba) (AFP) – Even after 20 years, rum-maker Cesar Marti feels the same pleasure each morning when entering his distillery in Santo Domingo, Cuba, where he is preserving a century-old tradition. Cuban rum is unique. The tradition was recently added to UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list.
Brugelette (Belgium) (AFP) – Measuring almost one metre fifty and weighing 70 kilos, a baby giraffe is born at the Belgian zoo Pairi Daiza. It is a welcome birth for this species classified as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
New York (AFP) – Australian water scarcity activist Mina Guli completes her 200th marathon outside the UN headquarters ahead of the UN Water Conference in New York City. “The strength in this is demonstrating our ability to come together as a community to do the hard things that are needed to solve this level water crisis,” Guli tells fans after crossing the finish line.
New York (AFP) – Images of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arriving at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in New York City and of the Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building, where a grand jury is set to reconvene as it weighs whether to charge ex-president Donald Trump over hush money paid to a porn star. IMAGES
Nations unies (Etats-Unis) (AFP) – Humanity has “broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater,” the UN secretary-general says at the opening of the first major UN meeting on water resources in nearly half a century. “We are draining humanity’s lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating,” Antonio Guterres says, describing water as “a human right.”
Nations unies (Etats-Unis) (AFP) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres declares the UN 2023 Water Conference open in New York, the first major conference on water resources in nearly half a century.
Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday made a surprise visit to Kyiv and Bucha, a town near the capital where Russian forces were accused of committing widespread atrocities. His trip comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Moscow for talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, with the Ukraine conflict high on the agenda.
