Rome (AFP) – Michelangelo dreamed it, Olivier Grossetête did it: the artist from Marseille has created a cardboard bridge over the Tiber River in Rome to link the gardens of the Villa Farnesina to the Farnese Palace, a splendid Renaissance building that houses the French embassy. The 18-metre structure is suspended by three helium-filled balloons measuring six metres in diameter.
Sukkur (Pakistan) (AFP) – Freshwater dolphins are flourishing in a stretch of Pakistan’s main river after a helping hand from fishermen mobilised to defend a rare species driven to near-extinction.
Yangon (AFP) – Residents across Myanmar’s biggest city are defying a military curfew in a desperate search for oxygen to keep their loved ones breathing as a new coronavirus wave crashes over the coup-wracked country.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is admitted to the Vila Nova Star private hospital in Sao Paulo, where it will be determined whether he requires emergency surgery for an "intestinal obstruction."
Sukkur (Pakistan) (AFP) – Freshwater dolphins are flourishing in a stretch of Pakistan's main river after a helping hand from fishermen mobilised to defend a rare species driven to near-extinction.
Britney Spears will be allowed hire her own attorney to represent her in her ongoing conservatorship battle after her request to do so was approved in a hearing. CNN's Stephanie Elam reports.
Residents across Myanmar's biggest city are defying a military curfew in a desperate search for oxygen to keep their loved ones breathing as a new coronavirus wave crashes over the coup-wracked country.
Britney Spears supporters gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.The group rallied as Spears' conservatorship hearing was about to begin in LA. Protesters from all walks of life rallied not only to support the celebrity but also to draw the attention to the issue of guardianship and conservatorship.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been transferred to a hospital in Sao Paolo, Brazil, after an intestinal obstruction was found by his physician. He took to Twitter and said the current medical condition was the consequence of a failed assassination attempt in 2018.
Masih Alinejad, a campaigner for women's rights in Iran and host of a VOA Persian TV program, shares how U.S. federal agents saved her from an elaborate kidnapping attempt by Iranian authorities. Jesusemen Oni has more.
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, who served as Tennessee's top vaccine official before she was fired, describes receiving a disturbing package shortly before her termination.
A new book details a phone call between Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WI) and Gen. Mark Milley the day after the Capitol insurrection, in which Cheney told Milley what she experienced on the House floor on January 6, including a run-in with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a staunch Trump ally in the House who feverishly tried to overturn the election.
