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Blinken pays tribute to Soweto Uprising at start of Africa tour
Blinken pays tribute to Soweto Uprising at start of Africa tour
by  AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a three-nation African trip Sunday paying tribute to the Soweto Uprising, a student protest whose tragic ending galvanised the world against the apartheid regime. Over 170 were gunned down when thousands of black students protested at being forced to study in Afrikaans, the language of the white-minority regime.

More Ukraine grain sets sail as new shelling hits nuclear plant
More Ukraine grain sets sail as new shelling hits nuclear plant
by  AFP

Four more ships carrying around 170,000 tonnes of grain set off from the Black Sea ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk on Sunday, Ukrainian authorities said, as Moscow accused Kyiv of carrying out a new strike against a Russian-occupied nuclear plant.

Samukonga, Williams win historic Commonwealth Games golds
Samukonga, Williams win historic Commonwealth Games golds
by  AFP

Zambian teenager Muzala Samukonga won his nation's first-ever Commonwealth Games 400m title on Sunday as Sada Williams gave Barbados their first gold in the women's event on the final day of athletics in Birmingham. Scotland's Eilish McColgan will be seeking to add 5,000m gold to her 10,000 title in the final session on Sunday evening.

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