Istanbul Ataturk Airport is starting to show its age. It’s getting dirtier. The restrooms dank. Maybe it’s just the summer heat accentuating the less desirable…
Putin/Trump-spotting in Helsinki
I passed through Helsinki Airport this afternoon. I didn’t spot Pussy Grabber One but did pass Putin’s Summit Squadron.
11 Photos From A Palestine Solidarity Rally In Geneva
International condemnation of last week’s massacre in Gaza by Israeli Defense Forces continues.
Sixty Palestinians were killed, including eight children and one health worker, and another 2,771 injured by live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas used by Israeli forces who were targeting demonstrators, marking May 14 as the deadliest in Gaza since 2014. Of those hospitalized, 1,359 suffered gunshot wounds.
Demonstrations, protests and rallies have been organized around the world. Here are 11 photos from one rally I came across at the Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, across the street from the United Nations Headquarters, on Saturday 19 May.
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Haile Gebrselassie And WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Inaugurate WHO’s ‘Walk The Talk’ Challenge In Geneva
I was in Geneva today to cover marathon legend Haile Gebrselassie’s role in helping to inaugurate the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge”, a global movement to promote health and, particularly, physical activity as part of a healthy sustainable future.
The event, organized as part of the celebrations of the WHO’s 70th anniversary and staged on the eve of its 71st World Health Assembly, was the brainchild of WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, whose aims include raising the profile and awareness of the work and goals of the organization, to engage some of the World Health Assembly delegates from the WHO’s 194 member states who have converged this week on Geneva, and to introduce the event as an annual gathering. If you’re interested, my story for the IAAF, the world governing body for track and field, is here.
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The Only Orange Wine Primer You’ll Ever Need
Like the wine it’s celebrating, the annual Orange Wine Festival in the calm northern Adriatic Slovenian seaside city of Izola, which a few Fridays ago…
A Taste of Culture: Exploring Slovenia’s Native Wine Varietals in the Vipava Valley – a Road Trip Notebook
The idea was simple: spend February 8, Slovenia’s Day of Culture and a national holiday, getting acquainted with three of the country’s autochthonous grape varietals….
Laguna Nimez Reserve, El Calafate – The Best 90-Minute Birding Experience in Patagonia
I’m not sure what the second most visited spot is in El Calafate, Argentina, after the UNESCO world heritage-listed Los Glaciares National Park, home to…
25 Snapshots From a Day Trip to Hel
More specifically, 25 snapshots from Poland’s Hel Peninsula, a 35-kilometer long stretch of sand bar that juts northwest to southeast between the Bays of Puck…
Injustice Case
This is Injustice Case (1970) by David Hammons From the exhibit “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” at the Tate…