Judge set to take
over Iran presidency
Ebrahim Raisi, 60, is backed by security hawks in his bid to succeed Hassan Rouhani
Judge set to take
Guterres, 72, was prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and head of the UN refugee agency from 2005 to 2015
The Palestinian Authority sends the initial shipment of around 90,000 doses back to Israel
He says democracy must be reinstated, political detainees must be freed and human rights abuses and killings must stop
Israel will send 1 million soon-to-expire COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority (PA) under a deal to share shots.
Nearly 70 percent of those affected are from just five countries - Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar
She receives her first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Friday
The nation kept COVID cases low, and its resorts open, for much of the pandemic. But a recent surge exposed its overreliance on expatriate health workers
High temperatures topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) for much of this week in parts of several Western states including California, Arizona and Nevada.
Usman Aliyu, a teacher at the school, said the gunmen took more than 80 students, most of them girls.
Photos
-
The partially eclipsed sun rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York, US, early on June 10, 2021.
-
A man uses a monocular to cast a reflection of a partial solar eclipse on a paper in Ronda, southern Spain, June 10, 2021
-
Partial solar eclipse is seen above the horizon in Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, U.S., June 10, 2021
-
People watch the partial solar eclipse from Brorfelde Observatory at Toelloese in Denmark June 10, 2021.
-
Birds fly as solar eclipse is observed in the morning in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada June 10, 2021
-
A person watches the partial solar eclipse from Brorfelde Observatory at Toelloese in Denmark June 10, 2021
-
Officers closed off Victoria Park, where the annual vigil to mark the anniversary is normally held
-
Far fewer people came out in the streets than in past years
-
Aerial views showed the huge gathering in Victoria Park in 2019
-
People gathered with candles or turned on the lights on their phones near the park in the evening
-
Officers were out in force and sought to disperse any crowds
-
Huge crowds usually gather in Hong Kong's Victoria Park each year to mark the anniversary of the massacre
-
But the numbers of people were far smaller this year
-
Toshihiko Osawa, 67, the third-generation owner of the traditional sweet shop "Kintaro Ame" poses for a photograph at his shop in Tokyo, Japan, May 5, 2021. "If there aren't any spectators, there won't be as much tension and thrill for the athletes," said Osawa. "To have spectators and have everybody yelling is nicer."
-
Isao Kawada, 77, a retiree, poses for a portrait as he visits a public bathhouse Daikoku-yu, in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021. Kawada, who will only receive his first vaccine on July 2, said he still wanted the Games to go ahead. "We should have them. After all, everybody looked forward to them," he said. "There's just no excitement. The mood now is almost like a wake."
