Ethiopians criticize US at pro-government rally

Ethiopian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally to protest against the U.S. action over alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in the Tigray region, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday. The demonstrators denounced the United States for imposing restrictions on aid over the Tigray conflict at the massive rally. More than 10,000 people attended the rally.Xinhua

Des Cars 1st woman to lead the Louvre

For the first time in its 228-year history, the Louvre will be directed by a woman. Laurence des Cars, the current leader of the Musee d’Orsay and the Musee de l’Orangerie in Paris, has been picked by French President Emmanuel Macron as the next leader of the Louvre. Des Cars succeeds Jean-Luc Martinez, who has been the museum’s president since 2013, and she begins on September 1.

“She will make a dialogue between ancient art and the modern world one of her priorities, with the constant concern of reaching the greatest number [of people],” the French cultural ministry said in its release.

Des Cars has been at the helm of the Musee d’Orsay since 2017 and the Orangerie since 2014.

Mali names Goita as transitional president

Mali’s constitutional court has named the leader of the country’s military coup, Colonel Assimi Goita, as its transitional president.

Goita had already declared himself interim president on May 26, two days after seizing power in Mali’s second coup in nine months.

He also led the first coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita forced out of office.

The court said Friday’s decision was due to the “vacancy in the presidency.”

The two men tasked with steering the country back to civilian rule, interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, were detained by soldiers last week.

2-year-old the youngest US member of Mensa

A Los Angeles toddler has become the youngest American member of Mensa, where membership is strictly limited to those who score at the highest levels in IQ tests.

Kashe Quest may be a 2-year-old but her skills include naming all of the elements on the periodic table, identifying all 50 states by shape and location, learning Spanish and deciphering patterns, according to her parents.

“She has always shown us, more than anything, the propensity to explore her surroundings and to ask the question ‘Why,’” Kashe’s father Devon said. “If she doesn’t know something, she wants to know what it is and how does it function, and once she learns it, she applies it.”

Her family said that as soon as Kashe said her first word, her skills developed rapidly.

215 bodies found at

Canadian school

The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday described the discovery as a “painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter” of the nation’s history.

US slammed for lifting limits on ally’s missiles

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday slammed the United States for lifting all restrictions on South Korean missiles, saying the move was “a stark reminder” of U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK.

“The United States, doggedly branding the measures taken by the DPRK for self-defense as violation of U.N. resolutions, grants its allies unlimited right to missile development. It is engrossed in confrontation despite its lip service to dialogue,” said an article carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

“The termination step is a stark reminder of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK and its shameful double-dealing,” said Kim Myong Chol, an international affairs critic and author of the article.

(SD-Agencies)