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G7 touts $600 bn global infrastructure plan to rival China
The G7 group of rich democracies on Sunday announced an attempt to compete with China's formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in poor countries.
Long road ahead to hammer out UN biodiversity blueprint
Delegates from almost 200 nations have made little progress towards hammering out a blueprint for a global pact to protect nature from human activity, after almost a week of difficult talks in Nairobi. But progress at the talks in the Kenyan capital was slow.
Police break up Istanbul Pride march, detain over 150
Turkish police on Sunday forcibly intervened in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 150 demonstrators and an AFP photographer, AFP journalists on the ground and an NGO reported. Kilic, who was also detained last year during the Pride march, was in police custody.
Violence at Spanish enclave sparks fear of worse to come
A massive attempt by migrants to storm the barrier between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla resulted in "unprecedented violence" that killed at least 23 sub-Saharan Africans and has sparked fears of worse to come. They were among 2,000 migrants who on Friday stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador and the enclave of Melilla.
Norway pays tribute to victims of Oslo shooting
Norway paid tribute on Sunday to the victims of a deadly shooting near a gay bar in the capital that shocked the normally peaceful country and led to the cancellation of a Pride march. "The shooting... put an end to the Pride march," said a somber Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
20 people die in South African pub, cause unclear
At least 20 young people have died at a township pub in South Africa's southern city of East London, but the cause of the deaths is still unclear. Drinking is permitted in South African township pubs, commonly known as taverns or shebeens which are sometimes located in family homes, where safety regulations are rarely enforced.
Mud, sweat and cheers: Traditional Thai water buffalo race enthralls crowds
Boys scurry, duck and weave through crowds sheltering from the suffocating heat before upending buckets of cooling water on beefy bovines waiting to compete at the annual traditional Thai buffalo races in Chonburi on Sunday. "I compete in the buffalo racing because I am trying to preserve our Chonburi traditions about good rice, good buffalo." tp-rbu/je
Saudi crown prince, Iraq PM discuss 'regional stability'
Iraq's prime minister met with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the kingdom Sunday as part of Baghdad's efforts to mediate between Riyadh and Tehran. Prince Mohammed and Kadhemi addressed "bilateral relations and opportunities for joint cooperation", reported the official Saudi Press Agency.
French energy giants urge consumers to cut back
Consumers should start cutting back on their energy use immediately, the bosses of France's three big energy companies urged Sunday, warning of social tensions next winter unless reserves are replenished. They said "every consumer and every company must change their habits and immediately limit their energy consumption, be it of electricity, gas or oil products".
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