Vienna (AFP) – Austria’s ruling OeVP party has nominated Interior Minister Karl Nehammer to lead the country, hoping to draw a line under corruption allegations that cost Sebastian Kurz the top job two months ago. The president is expected to accept Nehammer’s nomination and set a date for the swearing-in.
Lagos (AFP) – The dress code is plastic bottles and the dance floor is the street – welcome to a ‘slum party’, a yearly dance performance which seeks to bring cheer to Orowonshoki, one of the poorer districts of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital.
Pidgirtsi (Ukraine) (AFP) – Mountains of overflowing and noxious garbage at Landfill No.5 outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev are plaguing residents. Covering 63 hectares (156 acres), the sprawling dump outside Kiev is one of the largest in Ukraine and part of a network of more than 6,100 landfills.
Kabul (AFP) – Haji Mirzaman was just a teenager when he started taking photos using a homemade wooden box camera in his cousin’s studio in downtown Kabul. Now in his 70s, he says the instant camera has survived wars, invasions and a Taliban ban on photography, but is now in danger of disappearing due to the digital age.
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli police commander Doron Turjeman hails the “sharp” reaction of the Jerusalem district police after a gunman opened fire in the Old City of Jerusalem, killing one person and wounding three others.
Riyadh (AFP) – Members of the Saudi national women’s team train with their coach at a Riyadh stadium as Saudi Arabia’s launch of its first women’s football league on Monday will clear the way for girls who dream of turning professional — and maybe even playing in a World Cup.
Khartoum (AFP) – Nearly a month after Sudan’s top general ousted the prime minister, they signed a breakthrough deal to reverse the military takeover that had sparked international condemnation and mass protests.
Novosibirsk (Russia) (AFP) – Monika the Russian rescue dog is ready for her new life after she was fitted with four prosthetic titanium paws after being found abandoned in a forest with four stumps. Luckily, she ended up in the caring hands of Alla Leonkina, a volunteer from Krasnodar, who fundraised to get Monika the pricey and complex operation she needed.
Kenosha (United States) (AFP) – People protest after Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teenager who shot dead two men during protests and riots against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, was acquitted of all charges after a high-profile and politically divisive trial.
Vienna (AFP) – Thousands gather in Vienna to protest against the new measures announced by the Austrian government to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Authorities have announced plans to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory and will next week impose a partial lockdown in the face of spiralling infections.
Geneva (AFP) – UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell says the UN wants proof of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official.
Zagreb (AFP) – Thousands take to the streets in the Croatian capital Zagreb in the biggest demonstration the country has seen against Covid-19 measures since the beggining of the pandemic.
