2023-08-31 16:59:50
Here are the photos that made the news this Thursday, August 31, 2023.
The “super blue moon” photographed in Athens
REUTERS.
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the last “super blue Moon” before 2037, a rare phenomenon where the Moon is both at its closest level to Earth and directly opposite the Sun, lit up the skies around the world, offering spectacular shots.
Read also The “super blue Moon” photographed around the world, the rare phenomenon which will not happen once more before 2037 (photos)
Johannesburg building fire kills dozens
AFP.
Dozens of adults and children died in a fire that broke out overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in a building in Johannesburg. The disaster ranks among the deadliest building fires in at least twenty years, with a death toll already equivalent to that of Grenfell Tower (72 dead), a 24-storey social housing tower that burned down in June 2017 in London.
The second day of the Venice Film Festival
AFP.
Italian actress Caterina Murino poses on the red carpet for the film ‘Ferrari’ presented in competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2023 at Venice Lido. The first red carpet of the 80th Venice Film Festival opened last night. Strike in Hollywood obliges, the American stars deserted the festival, their trade union prohibiting them to take part in the promotion of films. An Italian film quickly replaced the American production which was originally supposed to open. Many Italian stars, including Caterina Murino who is the opening and closing ceremony mistress, paraded on the red carpet.
Florida residents view the damage following Hurricane Idalia
REUTERS.
Florida has faced widespread flooding following Hurricane Idalia, now a tropical storm, tore up trees and power lines in its wake and swept across the state of Georgia. Idalia, which carried winds of up to 150 km/h, made landfall at 7:45 a.m. local time near Keaton Beach, Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on a scale of 5, according to the National Hurricane Center. (NHC). It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Read also Florida sees the damage caused by Hurricane Idalia (photos)
North Korea fires missile, ‘simulating tactical nuclear strike’
via REUTERS.
North Korea has confirmed that it fired two short-range ballistic missiles, saying it conducted a “tactical nuclear strike simulation” in response to the US-South Korean maneuvers, the North state news agency reported. -Korean KCNA. These shots come a few hours before the end of the joint military maneuvers between the United States and South Korea, Ulchi Freedom Shield, which still arouse the ire of Pyongyang.
Rare strike hits Tokyo department store
REUTERS.
About 900 workers and union members at the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo went on strike to protest the sale of the store’s struggling operating company, Sogo & Seibu. This strike is the first since 1962 in a Japanese department store.
Grant Shapps leaves 10 Downing Street in London following being appointed UK Defense Minister
AFP.
Following the resignation of Ben Wallace, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Grant Shapps, a loyal supporter of the rich ministerial career, to the key post of Defense Minister, Downing Street announced.
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