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Lumumba: Congolese anti-colonial icon who angered Belgian king
Lumumba: Congolese anti-colonial icon who angered Belgian king
Africa
by  AFP

Patrice Emery Lumumba, whose remains were returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo last week, shot to fame on June 30, 1960 with a blistering independence speech against former colonial power Belgium. Belgium finally returned it to his family on Monday last week.

Japan swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warning
Japan swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warning
World
by  AFP

Japan's government warned Monday of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with temperature records toppling and Tokyo's rainy season declared over at the earliest date on record. The agency also declared an end to rainy season in central Japan's Tokai and part of southern Kyushu, saying this year's rainy season in these areas and Kanto-Koshin was the shortest on record.

'Crime not to help': South Korean ex-SEAL has no Ukraine regrets
'Crime not to help': South Korean ex-SEAL has no Ukraine regrets
World
by  AFP

A former South Korean Navy SEAL turned YouTuber who risked jail time to leave Seoul and fight for Ukraine says it would have been a "crime" not to use his skills to help. He attended the Virginia Military Institute and planned to join the US Navy SEALS, but his father -- a "patriot", he says -- convinced his son to return to South Korea to enlist.

Fear and defiance for families of Philippine drug war dead
Fear and defiance for families of Philippine drug war dead
World
by  AFP

Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice. Bonifacio said the policemen who shot her husband and son should have followed "the proper process" in what the authorities described as a drug sting operation.

As US undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them
As US undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them
World
by  AFP

As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile -- long one of Latin America's most conservative countries -- is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution. Chile is not the only country in Latin America that is moving in the opposite direction as the United States on abortion rights.