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‘Not a lot to celebrate’ as Greenpeace turns 50

Amsterdam (AFP) – Half a century after a small group of radicals created Greenpeace, the head of the environmental organisation warns that it still has far to go on the climate crisis before it can truly celebrate. Created on September 15, 1971 when a boat of the same name tried to stop a US nuclear test, Greenpeace has become one of the world’s best known action groups with its headline-grabbing stunts.

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Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo to run for president in 2022

Rouen (France) (AFP) – The Socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, announces plans to run for president in next year’s election, joining a growing list of challengers to centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron. Hidalgo was the first woman to be elected mayor of Paris and she now hopes to become France’s first female president. Polls currently show Hidalgo would garner only seven to nine percent in the first round of voting for president in April if picked to represent the Socialists.

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Leather lovers’ musical mass at a Berlin church

Berlin (AFP) – In a Berlin church, the “Classic meets fetish” evening regularly brings together about a hundred members of the queer community, all dressed in leather, to listen to classical music.

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Mars rover collects first rock samples, with early signs of ancient life

La Canada Flintridge (United States) (AFP) – NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first two rock samples, both slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, and now stored in sealed tubes in the rover’s interior. NASA is hoping to return the samples to Earth for in depth lab analysis in a joint mission with the European Space Agency sometime in the 2030s.

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‘Health worker’ themed runway show at China Fashion Week

Beijing (AFP) – Models wearing outfits inspired by healthcare professionals walk down the runway as part of a show during the China Fashion Week in Beijing. The ‘Heroes in Harm’s Way’ collection is designed by the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Dishang Group.

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Joe Biden calls for unity on 20th anniversary of 9/11

Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden urges Americans to show unity, “our greatest strength,” in a pre-recorded video posted on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. Biden also says Americans must fight “the darker forces of human nature” unleashed after the September 11, 2001 attacks: “Fear and anger, resentment and violence against Muslim Americans.”

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Anything but the Taliban: pop star recalls flight from Afghanistan

Kabul (AFP) – Afghan pop star Aryana Saeed, an indefatigable women’s rights activist, made only one request of her fiance before heading to Kabul airport when the Taliban took over the city: “just shoot me in the head but don’t let them take me away alive”.

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Biden makes vaccine or tests compulsory at companies of 100-plus employees

Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden says a “distinct minority of Americans” are to blame for preventing the United States from overcoming the pandemic during a speech from the White House on the nation’s fight against the Covid-19 Delta variant. He says he will mandate companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate all workers or administer weekly Covid-19 tests in a new effort to defeat the surging Delta virus.

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Los Angeles makes Covid vaccines compulsory for schoolkids in US first

Los Angeles (AFP) – The education board for the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second biggest in the US, votes that children aged 12 or over who attend public schools in the city will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the start of next year. This is the first such requirement by a major education board in the US.

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Young Gazans head over heels for contortion

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Young Gazan contortionists train with the dream of taking part in international competitions, such as a yoga competition in India in November they have been invited to. Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian enclave means however that it’s unlikely they’ll be able to leave the territory to compete.

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