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CCTV shows mother saving 5-year-old from attempted kidnapping in New York

07/19/2021 05/25/2022 / AFP UK, UK

New York (AFP) – CCTV camera footage released by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) shows a mother saving her 5-year-old boy from an attempted kidnapping in Queens. The two perpetrators fled in their vehicle after the victim’s mother retrieved her child through the car window. The boy was not injured during the incident, according to NYPD. Police have arrested a 24-year-old male and are asking for public assistance in identifying the second individual.

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Firefighters battle blaze in Oregon

07/18/2021 07/20/2021 / AFP UK, UK

Portland (AFP) – More than 2,100 US firefighters in southern Oregon continue to fight the massive Bootleg Fire, which is 22 percent contained, authorities say.

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Vigil held for Indian Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan

07/18/2021 07/20/2021 / AFP UK, UK

New Delhi (AFP) – Residents and students attend a vigil at the gates of the Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi to pay homage to Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer Danish Siddiqui. The Reuters news agency photographer was killed covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan.

Germany’s Merkel says ‘difficult to find words’ to describe flooding devastation

07/18/2021 07/21/2021 / AFP UK, UK

Adenau (Germany) (AFP) – On a visit to a town devastated by deadly flooding, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls the disaster “frightening” while praising peoples’ solidarity in the face of tragedy.

South Africa’s Ramaphosa visits clean-up in Soweto following unrest

07/18/2021 07/20/2021 / AFP UK, UK

Soweto (South Africa) (AFP) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says recent violent unrest and looting, which claimed more than 200 lives, united the country as well, as he visits cleanup and rebuilding efforts in Soweto township in Johannesburg.

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Organisers say ‘situation under control’ at Tokyo Olympic village

07/18/2021 07/20/2021 / AFP UK, UK

Tokyo (AFP) – Two athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village after a team colleague was also infected, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony.

Sports trading cards boom during pandemic

07/18/2021 07/20/2021 / AFP UK, UK

New York (AFP) – Inside an unassuming store in New York’s Greenwich Village, around a dozen men unlock black briefcases, remove sports cards and begin to trade them — a growing hobby and industry that has boomed during the pandemic.

Giant puppet from Japan tsunami-hit region stages show ahead of Olympics

07/17/2021 05/25/2022 / AFP UK, UK

Tokyo (AFP) – A ten-metre-tall puppet which is part of Tokyo Olympics’ cultural programme arrives in the capital from tsunami-hit Tohoku region. Mocco, an imaginary creature from the land of Japan’s northeastern region, set off on the journey in mid-May, and staged a show in a park in downtown Tokyo. But due to Covid-19 measures, no spectators were allowed.

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Tokyo Olympic organisers confirm first coronavirus case at Games Village

07/17/2021 05/25/2022 / AFP UK, UK

Tokyo (AFP) – Tokyo Olympics organisers reveal the first Covid-19 case in the Games Village as they seek to reassure competitors that the pandemic-delayed event will be safe. “We discussed with IOC how much we should disclose about it. And IOC concluded that if we gave the name of the country, this person would be most likely identified. This, obviously, would raise privacy issues,” says Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto.

Breathtaking: photo exhibition exposes London air pollution

07/17/2021 05/25/2022 / AFP UK, UK

London (AFP) – An unconventional photography exhibition in London has turned toxic pollution into art to raise awareness about the British capital’s persistent air quality problems.

Syria’s Assad takes oath after criticised re-election

07/17/2021 05/24/2022 / AFP UK, UK

Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Damascus. Assad won the May 26 election with 95.1% of the vote, which was widely criticised by the West and the Syrian opposition.

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Roads flooded in Mumbai after heavy monsoon downpour

07/16/2021 07/19/2021 / AFP UK, UK

Mumbai (AFP) – Heavy monsoon rains hit parts of India’s financial capital Mumbai, flooding roads and causing widespread disruption.