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Added on the 22/05/2023 23:47:16 - Copyright : AFP EN
Pink has been announced as the act to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl on February 4.
Scores of mourners waving Israeli flags hold a procession from the home of slain US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin to the Jerusalem cemetery where he was set to be buried. Israeli authorities on Sunday announced the death of the 23-year-old along with that of five other hostages seized during Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel. They said their bodies were recovered after they were shot at close range on Thursday or Friday, after nearly 11 months in captivity. IMAGES
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at Wanchai District Court ahead of a ruling in a landmark sedition trial. It's the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. IMAGES
"What good does this mandate do when it failed so miserably to meet any of its objectives?", new Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon tells the press before the UN Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a further year. He argues that the rocket attack that killed 12 teenage children in the Israeli annexed part of the Syrian Golan Heights at the end of July was "a direct result of the failure of UNIFIL and the Lebanese government" to implement the Council's resolutions. SOUNDBITE
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi shows reporters a massive 2,492-carat diamond -- the second largest in the world -- that was discovered in the north east of the country by a Canadian mining company. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinians protesters gather near the United Center, where the Democratic National Convention will kick off in the evening when US President Joe Biden will deliver a bittersweet farewell, passing the torch to Kamala Harris. Protesters carry banners reading "Free Palestine", "Peace now", and Palestinian flags. IMAGES