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Riyadh, Busan or Rome? Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Italy, which all claim to have green, high-tech projects, will find out in a few hours' time on Tuesday who will be awarded the 2030 World Expo, a token of prestige and accelerated development. IMAGES
"The message the Arab world is hearing is loud and clear: Palestinians lives matter less than Israeli ones" says Jordan's King Abdullah II, adding that it is a "very dangerous message" during the International Peace Summit in Cairo. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns Russia's plans to declare the annexation of occupied parts of Ukraine, calling it "a dangerous escalation" that "has no place in the modern world." SOUNDBITE
Istanbul (Turkey), Sep 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Ilya U. Topper) The ancient Greek orphanage on the island of Büyükada in Istanbul is the largest wooden building in Europe and the second-largest in the world, but it is falling apart.Saving the iconic building, built in 1898 and unique in its size and style, has become a race against time.It would take about 40 million euros (about 47 million dollars), estimates Laki Vingas, coordinator of the restoration project.FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING AND AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THERE ON AUGUST 27. FOOTAGE OF ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, BARTHOLOMEW I, AND OF GREEK VIOLINIST EVANTHIA REBOUTSIKA. SOUNDBITES OF LAKI VINGAS, COORDINATOR OF THE RESTORATION.
Paris, Jun 6 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Díaz Valderrama) Umm Kulthum, Fairuz, Warda, Dalida ... They are the divas of the Arab song, ambassadors of a period of splendor of cinema, now honored in Paris in an exhibition that extols the role of these women in the pan-Arab movement, before the rise of religious conservatism.FOOTAGE OF THE DIVAS EXHIBITION, AT THE ARAB INSTITUTE OF PARIS.