Tokyo (AFP) – US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take part in the summit of the so-called Quad grouping in Tokyo. The leaders are seeking common ground on countering China’s growing regional economic and military clout. DURATION: 00:40
Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – After parading on open-top buses in the streets of Manchester, Man City players get on stage to celebrate their Premier League title with thousands of their fans.
Paris (AFP) – “It’s a feeling of a lot of joy”: PSG fans rejoice outside the Parc des Princes as Kylian Mbappé leaves his first press conference following the announcement of his extension at PSG.
Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Most stalls still have their shutters down but the reopening of the market in Bucha marks a return to a semblance of normality for this Ukrainian town now synonymous with war crimes.
Beirut (AFP) – Lebanese authorities use a crane to remove sections of a concrete barrier erected by security forces in 2020 to bar access to the country’s parliament building.
Coventry (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Members of the Coventry-based arts company Imagineer, who specialise in outdoor works including the design of giant puppets, put the finishing touches to puppets and costumes which will feature in a procession during the Platinum Jubilee pageant, during a long weekend of celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. The event in London, meant to showcase the “Queen’s Favourites”, will see a giant puppet representing Lady Godiva leading a troupe of horses, swans and boats, but also corgis, the Queen’s favourite breed of dog.
Arlington (United States) (AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announces that “20 countries” have offered new arms packages for Ukraine, calling them “welcome announcements” during a briefing from the Pentagon.
Arlington (United States) (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Washington’s “one-China policy” toward Taiwan “has not changed,” after President Joe Biden said the US was willing to defend the island militarily from a Chinese invasion.
New York (AFP) – Nail salons are everywhere in New York, often several on the same street, allowing customers to get mani-pedis at very low prices. But for nail technicians that translates into a very harsh reality: low wages, unpredictable hours, exposure to harsh chemicals and no benefits. Workers – most of them immigrant women – are uniting to get a law passed in New York State’s Assembly to establish minimum standards in the industry.
Beijing (AFP) – Beijing says it is ready to defend its national interests over Taiwan, in a rebuke to President Joe Biden’s vow to protect the island from any invasion by China. “Do not stand in the way of 1.4 billion Chinese people”, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin tells reporters.
Bakhmut (Ukraine) (AFP) – After Russia’s army shelled her hometown, Maria Mayashlapak looks over her destroyed home and counts her blessings. “I was reciting my morning prayer for God to keep me from getting injured,” the 82-year-old recalls of the moments just before a missile caused her kitchen to implode.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – A Kyiv court rules that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian is guilty of war crimes and sentences him to life in prison. Vadim Shishimarin, a captive Russian sergeant, has admitted to killing 62-year-old villager Oleksandr Shelipov in the first days of the Kremlin’s offensive in north-east Ukraine.
