Nasiriyah (Iraq) (AFP) – Aerial images show the aftermath of a fire which enveloped a Covid isolation unit and killed 64 in southern Iraq. The deadly blaze at Al-Hussein Hospital in the provincial capital Nasiriyah, which medics said was fuelled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was the second such fire in Iraq in three months.
Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany is not planning to follow France and other countries in introducing compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations for parts of the population.
Discoveries of unmarked graves of indigenous children have brought a somber tone to this year's Canada Day celebrations, putting growing pressure on the government to look into past abuses. Raymond Mason, of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba, was taken from his parents when he was six.
With unrest in parts of the country persisting today, questions remain on whether the damage caused during the looting will be covered by insurance.
In Tokyo's busy business area of Shinjuku, a giant 3D cat on a 4K billboard greets shoppers. Passers-by are flocking to photograph it, with many unable to believe how lifelike it is.
Tokyo (AFP) – In Tokyo’s busy business area of Shinjuku, a giant 3D cat on a 4K billboard greets shoppers. Passers-by are flocking to photograph it, with many unable to believe how lifelike it is.
Dallas (AFP) – A cartridge of Nintendo’s classic video game “Super Mario 64” sets a world record, selling for $1.56 million (€1.32 million) after a 20% buyer’s premium at the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass $1 million, came just two days after a sealed copy of “The Legend of Zelda”, made for the old Nintendo NES console, sold for a then-record of $870,000.
A cartridge of Nintendo's classic video game "Super Mario 64" sets a world record, selling for $1.56 million (€1.32 million) after a 20% buyer's premium at the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass $1 million, came just two days after a sealed copy of "The Legend of Zelda", made for the old Nintendo NES console, sold for a then-record of $870,000.
After losing the Euro 2020 Final, England's Jack Grealish shared a heartwarming moment with a young boy.
Water diffusers were installed in pedestrian areas in Las Vegas to help visitors and local residents during the ongoing heat wave, as filmed on Monday. Temperatures reached 47.2 degrees Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) in the city on Saturday for the fourth time since records began.
The past week was the fourth successive week the number of global COVID-19 cases have spiked, said the World Health Organization (WHO) at Monday's press briefing at its headquarters in Geneva. The number of deaths from the coronavirus also bounced back over the past week after ten consecutive weeks of declines, said the WHO.
The World Health Organization is glad to see that two Chinese vaccines have entered COVAX and will be made available from July, according to WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan at a press conference on July 12.
