Photographer David Goldblatt, who chronicled apartheid, dies
Relatives and friends at the burial of South African photographer David Goldblatt at Johannesburg's West Park cemetery. | Photo Credit: AP
David Goldblatt, a South African photographer who for decades chronicled the harsh fallout of white minority rule in his country, died at the age of 87. Goldblatt, whose images were shown in media and museums around the world, was a “legend, a teacher, a national icon and a man of absolute integrity,” the Johannesburg-based Goodman Gallery said in a statement. He used his cameras to explore apartheid and its devastating impact on daily lives, photographing blacks and whites in quiet ways that highlighted the state-backed system of racial repression, in contrast to news photography that focused on tumultuous events making international headlines. - AP
Black flags appear in village against Chennai-Salem green corridor project
With political leaders and residents protesting against the Chennai-Salem green corridor project, people of Ramalingapuram village put up black flags against the land acquisition as part of the project. The State Forest Department along with the NHAI began a survey of forest areas for the Chennai-Salem Greenfield Highway in Tiruvannamalai district.
French President calls on Pope Francis at Vatican
French President Emmanuel Macron exchanges gifts with Pope Francis at the end of a private audience at the Vatican. | Photo Credit: AFP
Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron held private talks on Tuesday in a meeting that went overtime at the Vatican, with European tensions over migrants the backdrop for the encounter. As is his custom with guests, the Pope gave Mr. Macron a medal depicting St. Martin of Tours, who gave his cloak to a poor man.
Search continues for missing persons in a flooded cave in Thailand
Soldiers guide auxiliary power lines into a cave where the main staging area is to continue the search for a group of missing boys and their coach on Tuesday in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. | Photo Credit: AP
About a dozen navy SEAL divers and other rescuers have re-entered a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand to search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing for three days in the sprawling caverns.
Kerala CM addresses students on World Drug Day
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan greets the students on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. MLA K.Muraleedharan, and Minister for Port Kadannappally Ramachandran also attended. | Photo Credit: S. Gopakumar
With schools reopening after the summer vacation, the Excise and Police departments of the State have decided to strengthen their shadow patrolling teams to tackle the operations of drug pushers who target students.
Rohini Sindhuri is back as Hassan DC
Rohini Sindhuri took charge as DC of Hassan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The controversy over the “premature” and “politically motivated” transfer of IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri Dasari from the post of Deputy Commissioner of Hassan district has been put to rest with the State government telling the Karnataka High Court that she would be posted back to Hassan by withdrawing the earlier transfer order.
When a chariot brought CM, Lt. Governor together
Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy pulling the temple car of Bahour Temple in Puducherry on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Putting aside their differences, Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy joined a large number of devotees in dragging the chariot of Moolanathar temple, as part of its annual car festival.
The ancient temple in Bahoor village dates back to 10th century and is protected by Archaeological survey of India (ASI).
- PTI
Former President Bush gets a service dog named 'Sully'
Sully with former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton, who had been visiting. Photo: Twitter/@GeorgeHWBush
Sully with former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton, who had been visiting. Photo: Twitter/@GeorgeHWBush
Former President George H.W. Bush is welcoming a new member of the family- a yellow Labrador retriever who’ll be his first service dog.
The 94-year-old and his new companion named “Sully” got acquainted Monday at the Bush family compound on the coast of Maine.
The two hit it off.
A photo sent via Twitter shows Sully lounging at the feet of Bush and former President Bill Clinton, who had been visiting on Monday.
Sully can open doors, pick up items and summon help but “more than anything else the dog will be a wonderful companion,” said an aide, Evan Sisley.
- AP
India gifts Dornier aircraft to Seychelles
Dornier aircraft presented to President of Seychelles, Danny Antoine Rollen Faure by Sushma Swaraj at Palam Technical Area, New Delhi, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena
Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, on Tuesday presented a Dornier aricraft to Seychelles President Danny Faure. The aircraft is likely to be displayed on the country's National Day on June 29.
12 children trapped in flooded Thailand cave
Family members and relatives pray at the entrance of Tham Luang cave while rescue personnel conduct operations to find the missing members of the children's football team along with their coach at the cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai province on June 26, 2018. | Photo Credit: AFP
Hundreds of rescuers were mobilised to save 12 children and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, where they have been trapped for two days amid heavy rain and dwindling food supplies.
Divers found bicycles, shoes and footprints in the five kilometer-long (three mile) Tham Luang cave, where the youngsters' football team and their coach have been trapped since Saturday, an official told AFP.