Iran

Crowds march to the burial of Mahsa Amini in Iran

STORY: The convoy of bicycles, cars and pedestrians headed to the Aichi cemetery near Saqez, which is located in Kurdistan province. Many clapped, clapped or punched as they traveled down the road. Reuters was able to verify the location of the video through the direction of the road, the viaduct over the road, as well as the mountains in the background, which correspond to satellite images. Reuters could not independently verify the video’s shooting date, but showed several images corroborating the scene. Iran’s semi-official ISNA news firm said some 10,000 more people had accumulated in the cemetery, adding that the net was cut after clashes between security forces and others there.

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Southeast Asia’s No. 1 literary festival, in Ubud, Bali, after Covid-19

Few literary events in the world have endured more calamities than the Ubud Festival of Writers and Readers. On October 27, it returns to leafy Bali for the 19th time, with four days of e-book launches, film premieres, long table dinners, panel discussions, workshops. , music and cultural performances. Born from the ashes of the Bali bombings in 2002 as. . .

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