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.
Moscow (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blasts European countries for blocking his plane from travelling to Serbia, saying: “The unthinkable has happened”.
Wake (Japan) (AFP) – Showing off their awkward moves in shirts, ties and brightly coloured belly warmers, four men in their 50s and 60s have become Japan’s latest TikTok sensation. The group’s mission? To promote their small countryside town, whose population is in decline, through dance routines to pop tunes that fans call “adorable”.
Shanghai (AFP) – Residents stuck inside a compound hit by a virus outbreak shout at hazmat clad officials nearly a week after Shanghai’s much vaunted reopening, as fears grow that some city neighbourhoods are swiftly returning to lockdown. In downtown Xuhui district, about a dozen people in one fenced-off housing compound shouting angrily at hazmat-clad officials.
Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the front lines in eastern Ukraine to support his troops. The leader stopped in Lysychansk, a town next to Severodonetsk, currently under heavy fire from Russian forces, as well as Soledar which is further south.
Paralimni (Cyprus) (AFP) – To mark World Environment Day, volunteers gather and sort through plastic waste and rubbish collected at one of Cyprus’ first two plastic-free beaches, in an effort to keep the stretches of sand free of single-use plastics.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian shellings have left Ukrainian railway infrastructure in Kyiv in smouldering ruin in the first such strikes on the capital since April 28. Moscow states its missiles have “destroyed T-72 tanks supplied by eastern European countries and other armoured vehicles,” while Ukrainian officials say the infrastructures are purely railway waggons repair facilities.
