MEXICO CITY (AP) — Marco Ugarte has been a photographer based in Mexico City for over 30 years. He covered the fireworks festival in nearby Tultepec for just the second time a week ago. Aiming to show the artisans’ passion and dedication for the dangerous art of making fireworks, Ugarte received training in safety and respect for the pyrotechnics before he focused his camera on the explosive party.Here is what he said in Spanish about the experience to Deputy Director of Global Photography Enric Marti:Why this photoEvery year during the first week of March, the artisans of the fireworks industry in Tultepec, Mexico, pay tribute to the patron saint of the poor and sick, Saint John of God, with a festival in which they light papier-mâché bulls filled with pyrotechnics. The makers of fireworks see Saint John of God as a guardian.This photo is part of a story we did in the nearby village of San Juan, known for the production of pyrotechnics. We connected with the Cortes family and documented how they prepared their…

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Britons felt the impacts of the crippling cost-of-living crisis. Rail workers, teachers and NHS staff routinely went on strike. The Government vowed to tackle the immigration crisis.

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(Reuters) - Ukraine's Interior Ministry on Friday placed the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, a backer of the Kremlin's 21-month-old war against Kyiv, on a wanted list after security services accused

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The Ghana Armed Forces have dismissed claims of alleged tension between the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Bismarck Onwona. In a statement dated August 2, 2024, and signed by the Director General of Public Relations, Brigadier General Aggrey-Quarshie, the security institution clarified that there is no discord between the mentioned individuals, debunking any speculations of this nature. The military further urged the public to disregard such claims and consider them as false. The statement from the Ghana Armed Forces comes in response to a media publication by The Herald newspaper alleging tensions within senior members of the force. “GAF wishes to assure all ranks and the public that there is cordial relationship amongst the military high command. As such, we entreat all and sundry to disregard the publication and treat it with the contempt it deserves," parts of the statement read. According to the Ghana Armed Forces,…

Dhaka, Dec 17 (PTI) India stands ready to walk together with Bangladesh in realising Dhaka’s vision of a stable, progressive and prosperous nation, the Indian envoy here has said as he underlined that the 1971 Liberation War remains the bedrock for ties between the two countries. “It is time for us to cherish our friendship […]

The family of murdered banker Alistair Wilson have lodged a complaint with police over the investigation - accusing officers of lying about the inquiry's progress.

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its second winter, a growing number of Russian soldiers want out, audio intercepts obtained and verified by The Associated Press indicate. Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded. The urge to flee has become common enough that they also talk of 500s - people who refuse to fight.

Bulgaria supports the United Nations' mission to ensure that development policies, rather than military conflicts, determine humanity's future, President Rumen Radev affirmed during a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York. He expressed concern over the escalating crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, which he said threaten global peace and stability, deepening global divisions.

KYIV: Ukraine’s Interior Ministry on Friday placed the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, a backer of the Kremlin’s 21-month-old war against Kyiv, on a wanted list after security services accused him of abetting the conflict. The measure is purely symbolic as Patriarch Kirill is in Russia and under no threat of arrest. It was the latest step in Ukraine’s campaign to uproot the

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The Founding Fathers, having signed the Declaration of Independence, committed their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to liberty. 

Satendra Bhandari also acknowledges the contribution of PMO deputy secretary, Mangesh Ghildiyal, in his campaign for environmental conservation.

Although the newly elected National Vice Chairman Southwest of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kamorudeen Ajisafe, is expected to reinvigorate the party across Yoruba land, the truth is that the former council chairman in Osun State ...

Today, I held a Staff meeting. The main focus was on the frontline situation. The reports were detailed, covering every direction, our defensive operations and active actions in general. Everyone in Ukraine knows where the intensity is currently the highest – Avdiivka, Maryinka, Kupyansk direction, southern directions – the highest attention to each. We also analyzed all issues related to ammunition at the meeting – closing gaps, supplying the troops, agreements with partners, and domestic production. It's crucial to note that Ukrainian arms and ammunition production shows upward trends. I am grateful to everyone involved, to each and every one working for our own capabilities in Ukraine.I thank everyone who is fighting and working for Ukraine, all our people, our society in all its diversity. I'm grateful to each and every one who understands that only the continuous strengthening of Ukraine brings us closer to the end of this war, the fair end with our Ukrainian victory. Video is too big

The second phase of funds release for the prestigious Farmer Loan Waiver 2024, implemented by the state government, took place grandly on Tuesday.

The voice of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick now fills the airwaves in Michigan in praise of the man who freed him from prison: Donald Trump.

The Archbishop of the African Church, Most Reverend Solomon Ojumu, has charged judges to uphold the rule of law, saying the populace is suffering while

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Hyderabad: An employee who was on polling duty during the ongoing Telangana Assembly elections died due to heart attack in Sangareddy district on

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Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held talks with Chief of Defence Forces General Songwit Noonpackdee of the Royal Thai Armed Forces via videoconferencing on December 12. Also present at the talks were Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and officials. Air Chief Marshal Chakorn Tawanjang and officials also accompanied the Chief of Defence Forces of the Royal Thai Armed Forces.

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A team of geophysicists, engineers and archaeologists spent a week at Mitla, which the Spanish deemed the Vatican of the Zapotec religion, to determine what remains of its catacombs.

Chinese astronomers have performed multi-wavelength observations of a galactic supernova remnant known as HB9. Results of the observational campaign, published August 9 on the preprint server arXiv, shed ...

In 1942, large numbers of people, and military policy, were influenced by eyewitness reports of a Japanese air attack that didn't exist. The same processes exist today.

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Most of the launches were downed before they crossed the into Israeli territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed, "Ukraine is obviously a satellite state of the U.S." in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

India stands ready to walk together with Bangladesh in realising Dhaka’s vision of a stable, progressive and prosperous nation, the Indian envoy in Dhaka has said