A hundred soldiers with sniffer dogs and local Indigenous people are searching through the Colombian Amazon in a desperate bid to find four children missing since an airplane crash almost three weeks ago.. Indigenous people used to moving through the Amazon, where wild animals and thunderstorms are constant dangers, have joined the search.
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was discharged Friday from hospital in Milan, more than six weeks after being admitted with leukaemia and a lung infection, declaring "the nightmare" was over.. Doctors said he had been admitted for treatment for a lung infection, before revealing for the first time that he had leukaemia.
The awful reality of Auschwitz seen from the other side of the wall, where the flowers grow and children play, is captured in Jonathan Glazer's long-awaited new film, "The Zone of Interest", which premiered Friday at Cannes.. - A decade in the making - "The Zone of Interest" arrives at Cannes a decade after the release of Glazer's last film, the highly acclaimed dystopian sci-fi "Under the Skin" starring Scarlett Johansson.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Friday, amid growing concern at rising levels of violence following two mass shootings that killed 18 people this month.. The rally marked the third major "Serbia against violence" protest in recent weeks, which has brought thousands to the streets calling for the resignation of top officials.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused some Arab leaders of ignoring the horrors of Russia's invasion of his country during a speech Friday at an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, attending his first Arab League summit in more than a decade, leads one of just five countries to vote against UN Security Council resolutions demanding that Russia cease hostilities in Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support providing advanced warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back efforts to train Kyiv's pilots, a senior White House official said Friday.. Biden said the United States "will support a joint effort with our allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, including F-16s, to further strengthen and improve the capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force," the official said.
Republicans have paused crunch US debt default talks less than two weeks before a potentially catastrophic default, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday, citing lack of movement from Democrats. . Democrats have framed the talks as an opportunity to discuss the upcoming budget ahead of June 1, when the Treasury predicts the United States could start defaulting on its debts if Congress does not act.
A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new anti-gay law.. But next week the activist and photographer also known as Papa De, said they will have to travel back to Uganda, where same-sex relations are illegal, as their visa is expiring and cannot be renewed from within the country.
Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing got incredible access to the inner workings of his country's textile industry by spending five years with its employees, but he fears it may be more difficult for him to work there in future.. "Bit by bit as I got to know all these managers from the factories, I was really able to get total freedom from them and even very strong support on their part," he told AFP. But now Wang worries he may not have such access to film in China again.
The United States added hundreds more companies and individuals to its sanctions blacklist Friday as it broadened efforts to choke of Russia's global supply chains and starve its economy over its war on Ukraine.. In all about 300 individuals, companies, institutes, ships and aircraft involved in alleged sanctions-violating activities were added to US Treasury and State Department blacklists.
