Samut Songkhram (Thailand) (AFP) – Six times a day at the Mae Klong Railway Market in Thailand, local customers and foreign tourists scramble into nooks and crannies while vendors calmly move their woven baskets of goods off the tracks and close their umbrellas.
Washington (AFP) – Texas-born actor Matthew McConaughey delivers an appeal for “gun responsibility” from the White House podium, in the wake of the massacre at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde.
Vilnius (AFP) – Olaf Scholz defends his policy of arms deliveries to Ukraine, insisting that his country “is one of the main supporters of Ukraine.” of Olaf Scholz
Moscow (AFP) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says that Moscow’s troops are in full control of the residential areas of Severodonetsk, a key city in Ukraine’s east.
Milan (AFP) – The ‘Miss Dior’ chair, created by the famous French designer Philippe Starck for Cristian Dior, makes its debut at Fuorisalone 2022 in Milan. The chair is made of recycled aluminium with sustainability a main factor in Starck’s design.
Gorenka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Residents of satellite towns north of the capital Kyiv are overcoming difficult memories of Russia’s occupation and placing their hope in the government’s promise of reconstruction.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that “the Russian army is trying to use additional forces in the direction of Donbas,” but that the Ukrainian Donbas “stands firmly.”
Tapachula (Mexico) (AFP) – Thousands of undocumented migrants leave the city of Tapachula, in southern Mexico, with the intention of reaching the United States, where the Summit of the Americas began with the issue of migration on its agenda.
Beijing (AFP) – High school students in Beijing line up for China’s annual nationwide university entrance examination, known as the “gaokao”.
Beijing (AFP) – Beijing residents flock to restaurants after the local government announced a gradual lift of Covid-19 restrictions this week.
Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announces that he will skip the regional Summit of the Americas in the United States due to Washington’s failure to invite countries it views as undemocratic.
Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announces that he will skip the regional Summit of the Americas in the United States due to Washington’s failure to invite countries it views as undemocratic.
