Nkandla (South Africa) (AFP) – Former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma addresses crowds of supporters, many of whom have been camping outside his Nkandla homestead since Saturday, on the deadline set by the constitutional court to hand himself over to start a 15-month jail term after repeatedly refusing to give evidence to corruption investigators.
The sudden cardiac arrest of a Danish player during a European Football Championship match has sparked discussions on increasing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public areas across the UK and the world.
“You and AI” is an exhibition that explores artificial intelligence not as some future potentiality but as a present-day reality. The show, in Athens and organised by the Onassis Foundation, consists of 25 works that examine three topics: H ow we view artificial intelligence, how it views us and how it is key to shaping public spaces, political processes, and even democracy.
At a rally in Florida, former President Donald Trump condemned the investigation and charges brought against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, who was charged with a 15-year alleged tax scheme.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) tells CNN's Dana Bash his state is not headed towards a third surge despite a lagging vaccination rate and the onset of the Delta variant of Covid-19.
Clinics in Moscow have begun offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 as Russian officials struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant. The health ministry on Wednesday recommended clinics begin administering booster doses to people vaccinated six months ago or more, making Russia one of the first countries to begin re-vaccination.
Vavatsiniá (Cyprus) (AFP) – A huge forest blaze in Cyprus has killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting planes to the Mediterranean island.
Atami (Japan) (AFP) – Rescuers in a Japanese holiday town hit by a deadly landslide continue their search for survivors after more rain lashed the devastated area. Much of Japan is currently in its annual rainy season, which lasts several weeks and often causes floods and landslides.
Thousands of Brazilians are protesting against President Jair Bolsonaro, who will be investigated by the Prosecutor's Office for allegedly not reporting suspicions of irregularities in the negotiation of Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faced massive protests across the country a day after a criminal investigation into his response to allegations of potential corruption involving a vaccine deal was green-lighted by Brazil's Supreme Court. Thousands gathered in more than 40 cities to demand Bolsonaro's impeachment and greater access to vaccines against COVID-19, in a country where more than half a million have died from the virus.
China's large-scale vaccination drive will play a pivotal role in enhancing global efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, a British expert said on Saturday.
A group of New Zealanders has become the first humans to trial an experimental Chinese COVID-19 vaccine known as 'ReCOV', which has shown strong signs of boosting immunity against the coronavirus.
