Israel's Netanyahu to make 'significant' announcement on Iran

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a televised announcement Monday evening (1700 GMT) in what his office said would be a "significant development regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran".

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Heavy rains, landslides kill at least 100 in Kenya: Red Cross

MOMBASA (Reuters) - Hiribae Mame stood waist-deep in water outside her wrecked house in eastern Kenya, one of around 200,000 people forced to flee by weeks of floods, landslides and heavy rains.

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Wet roads, crashes cause major delays during Monday commute

Wet roads appeared to be a factor in some of the early morning crashes that caused delays on westbound I-80 and southbound I-215.

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Logan Paul ends daily YouTube vlog series

The popular video creator says he will no longer post daily updates after 536 uploads.

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1 week to the WPC Finals!

ONE WEEK to the WPC finals in Sydney!

Fever is growing, pending to know the final results of WPC 2018!

We already know the names of the “best of nations” authors for each team,  and those of all the 60 finalists. But who of them will be a medal winner, and in which order? Above all, which team will engrave its name in the “big cup” immediately after that of Portugal in 2017?
The WPC travelling cup is already on place, waiting to be presented to the captain of the winning team.

The ceremony will be in Sydney, on the Chauvel Cinema hall, on Sunday , 06 May 2018, starting at  05:30 PM local time (it will be 8:30am in UTC – 0). We’ll have official delegations from all our instigating partners (FEP, PPA, UAPP and AIPP) and both our gold sponsors (ChromaLuxe and KoyLab).

It is confirmed that the ceremony will be on streaming. The link will be circulated in due time, SO STAY UNED AND FOLLOW  US ON FACEBOOK!

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Carlo Lombardi shows the decline of the Mediterranean’s loggerhead sea turtles

“Many photographs remain forgotten in my archive, while others are destined to come back with a new life,” says Carlo Lombardi. It’s a sentiment that could apply to the subjects of his latest series, Dead Sea, which focuses on the diminishing number of loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean, and which appears in the 2018 Hamburg Triennial Off section from 07 June as a result of an open call.

The Italian’s ongoing work began in spring 2016, following a visit to the Museum of the Sea in Pescara, where he was fascinated by a skeleton pinned to the wall. The bones belonged to a loggerhead sea turtle, a species whose population is decreasing at an alarming rate due to climate change. Increasing sand temperatures, storms and rising sea levels vastly impact the turtles’ habitats and ability to breed, while fishing and pollution also contribute to the death toll.

Lombardi started to work closely with two NGOs concerned with the preservation and protection of the turtles, spending time at the Centro Studi Cetacei on the Adriatic coast and the Hydrosphera Association in Linosa – an important site of marine biodiversity and home to one of the last remaining loggerhead sea turtle nesting places in the Mediterranean basin. There, Lombardi photographed both the man-made threats and the remedies to the situation – from fishing boats to volunteer biologists – as well as the turtles.

Sergio, a marine biologist. A volunteer. From Dead Sea, 2016-ongoing © Carlo Lombardi

In one particularly poetic portrait of man’s ambivalent position, Lombardi juxtaposes the chain-mail glove used to feed turtles with 5cm-long fishing hooks that have been extracted from turtles’ throats. Shot in a muted colour palette, the series is also guided by a distinctive, purposeful aesthetic, both enquiring and emotive.

“In this work I concentrated on removing; I want to allow the imagery the space for broader interpretation,” Lombardi explains. “Many of these images don’t just represent the facts of the story – I want to give lots of space between the pictures to fill in the story.”

The artist recalls one touching incident in Linosa, observing the hatching of a nest. “With great delicacy the volunteers dug their hands into the wet sand, and when they reached the depth of the palm, suddenly the head of a small turtle popped out, followed by small front fins. That day they pulled out three small turtles who had been trapped in their nest for three days,” he recalls.

“On a personal level it is impossible to remain detached in front of such strong moments, these help you to stay connected to a deeper level with what you are doing.”

Lombardi’s project, which he hopes to continue around the Mediterranean in the future, aligns with a growing number of artists, such as Yan Wang Preston and Sarker Protick, who photograph environmental issues with a subjective eye; a kind of artful rather than accusatory activism.

“A new study suggests that the motivation to act against climate change depends not on fear but instead on psychological coping strategies that help people deal with their environmental worries. Maybe we should keep it in mind – and I’m not just talking about photographers,” he says.

carlo-lombardi.com This article was first published in the May issue of BJP, which was a special focus on the Hamburg Triennial www.thebjpshop.com The Hamburg Triennial takes place from June-September, with the professional week from 07-17 June www.phototriennale.de/en/

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Thousands call for aid access for villagers trapped by fighting in Myanmar

YANGON (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied on Monday in Myanmar's war-torn Kachin State to demand humanitarian access for villagers trapped by fighting between government forces and ethnic minority insurgents that has displaced more than 5,000 people.

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ICRC says 10 aid workers freed after going missing in South Sudan

GENEVA (Reuters) - Ten aid workers who went missing in South Sudan last week have been freed from an armed group that detained them in the Yei region southwest of the capital, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement on Monday.

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China shuts down Player Unknown cheat code gang

The cheats helped players survive longer in the hugely popular survival shooter game.

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Police search for missing Provo teen

Provo police are asking for the public's help to find a teenager missing since Sunday afternoon.

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