Hong Kong (AFP) – Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a famed but ageing tourist attraction that featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, was towed out of the city Tuesday after years of revitalisation efforts went nowhere. IMAGES
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the battle for Donbas “will surely go down in military history as one of the most brutal battles in Europe and for Europe”. He adds that Ukraine has “no other choice but to move forward”.
London (AFP) – Images of Grenfell Tower in London as the city marks five years since Britain’s worse residential fire since World War II. A total of 72 people were killed when a fire that started in a faulty freezer ripped through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in west London on June 14, 2017. IMAGES
Melbourne (AFP) – Australian journalist Tony Armstrong celebrates alongside enthusiastic Socceroos fans in Melbourne after watching Australia beat Peru to secure a spot in the World Cup. Graham Arnold’s men stunned Peru in a penalty shootout in Doha to clinch the penultimate spot at the global showpiece this year.
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Aerial images show widespread devastation at the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol – the site of a last stand by Ukrainian soldiers against Russian forces in the city. Ukrainian fighters only surrendered at the end of May, after three months of fierce fighting.
Brasília (AFP) – “The evidence leads us to believe that they did something bad to them, because human viscera were found floating in the river,” says Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, referring to the case of British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide Bruno Pereira, who went missing in the remote Amazon.
Volgograd (Russia) (AFP) – In his modest apartment in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, former university lecturer Roman Melnichenko is in trouble for speaking out against Russia’s offensive in Ukraine. The 49-year-old is fighting the courts to be able to teach again, despite the risk of ending up in prison.
Mexico City (AFP) – As a cub, Frida, a Bengal tigress, lived chained in a car park. Now she lives in an ecological reserve in Mexico, home to animals rescued after being acquired as pets or held by criminals.
Taipei (AFP) – Taiwan’s replica of ‘Pillar of Shame’, a sculpture created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot commemorating those killed during the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has been defaced with spray paint a week after it was erected in the capital city Taipei.
a (Turkey) (AFP) – Heavy floods caused by strong rain and winds over the weekend have led to the death of at least four people in Turkey’s Ankara Province. Bad weather warnings are still in place in 42 towns and cities in the north and centre of Turkey, including the capital.
Tokyo (AFP) – Engineers at Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries show off their latest invention: a four-legged rideable robot modelled after an Ibex, a species of wild goat found in the mountains of Europe, Asia and northeastern Africa.
Beijing (AFP) – Long lines of people are seen waiting for Covid testing as Beijing tightens virus restrictions after seeing a rapidly spreading outbreak. China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out new cases with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines. IMAGES
