Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Jacaranda trees in Johannesburg
October 20, 2022: A woman jogs in a street lined
with blossoming jacaranda trees in Johannesburg. From the early days of
October, the South African city of Johannesburg gets a powerful tint added to
its landscape: a sea of purple petals from thousands of jacaranda trees blooms
above the city's older suburbs. Despite being native to South America - and for
that, it is now forbidden to plant new specimens - jacaranda trees are a loved
feature of Gauteng province that attract guided tours and tourists.
MICHELE SPATARI, AFP VIA
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Free bread every three days in Ukraine
October 25, 2022: A man sits as people queue to receive a daily ration of bread in a school in Mykolaiv, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Mykolaiv residents pick up bread from the only food distribution point in Varvarivka, a Mykolaiv district where thousands of people live. One person is allowed to receive free bread once in three days.
EMILIO
MORENATTI, AP
Bollocks to Boris
London, UK
An advert at Westminster tube station is covered in stickers that
read ‘Bollocks to Brexit. Bollocks to Boris.’ Photograph: Tejas
Sandhu/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock
Art Nouveau pendant
An Art Nouveau enamel and gem-set "La Bretonne"
pendant from 1900 by French jeweller Henri Vever (1854-1942).
Charlie Teo hits back at 60 Minutes
Former patients of Dr
Charlie Teo hit back at 60 Minutes accusations
German Airbus A400M
An
inside view of an Airbus A400M, a transport aircraft of the German Air Force during
the Baltic Tiger 2022 binational military exercise which is a contribution to
NATO’s eastern flank, over the Baltic Sea.
Reuters/Lisi Niesner
Richard DeLisi served 32 years for marijuana smuggling
Reuters / Monday, October 24, 2022
Richard DeLisi, who identifies himself as the longest-incarcerated
nonviolent offender in U.S. history after serving 32 years of a 90-year
sentence for marijuana smuggling, joins demonstrators with a 50-foot (15.25 m)
inflatable plastic joint as they hold a rally urging U.S. President Joe Biden
to release all Cannabis prisoners convicted of marijuana-related charges, near
the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Why isn't Hungary supporting Ukraine?
As European allies send weapons to Ukraine and try to minimize their dependence on Russian energy, Hungary has been taking a starkly different path. So far, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has refused to send military aid to Kyiv, and he recently concluded a new gas deal with the Kremlin to help Hungary weather the winter. He’s also more open to continuing normal diplomatic relations with Russia, traveling to Moscow for the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, who he said helped
New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Born five
months into the 1980s, Sunak could be counted as the first millennial to enter
Downing Street. The social-media savvy ex-chancellor is already known for his
love of gadgets, owning a £180 smart mug, and using a trendy Peleton exercise
bike.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Half of Russian mobilised men sent home
Oct 3 (Reuters) - The military commissar of Russia's Khabarovsk region was removed from his post after half of the newly mobilised personnel were sent home as they did not meet the draft criteria, the region's governor said early on Monday.
King Charles gets poked
Prince Charles, now King Charles III, getting poked on the chest by Evelyn de Rothschild in November 2020.
Granddaughters of Iranian Regime cleric
The granddaughters of an
Iranian Regime cleric who espouses vitriol against women without hijab
Supreme leader finally speaks about protests
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the protests and said it was designed by the US and the "Zionist regime."
Checken leader sends his teenage sons to Ukraine front
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ally of
Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday he was sending three of
his teenage sons - aged 14, 15 and 16 - to the Ukraine front.
Union workers burn energy bills in Rome
Protesters burn
up their energy bills during a demonstration organized by Italian’s Unione
Sindacale di Base (USB) against the high cost of living and energy price rising
in Rome. AFP
Soccer stadium riot in Java causes 125 deaths
Arema FAC players and officials react as they visit Kanjuruhan Stadium after a riot and stampede following a soccer match between Arema vs Persebaya in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. At least 125 people were killed and 320 injured.
Foto/Prasetia Fauzani/via Reuters
Elon Musk's comments about Ukraine cause fury
Elon Musk has
suggested that an election should be held in the regions annexed by Russia,
supervised by the United Nations and that Russia must leave "if that is
the will of the people".
He also said
that Crimea should be declared as a part of Russia because it “has been” Russian
territory since 1783 “until Khrushchev’s mistake.”
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