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Berlin (AFP) – Chinese Premier Li Qiang signs the guestbook of the German Presidency and shakes hands with the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier after his arrival at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin. China’s Premier Li Qiang, who is making his first trip abroad since being appointed premier in March, will meet German leaders in Berlin at a time when Beijing’s policies on Russia, trade and human rights are receiving an increasingly hostile reception in the West. IMAGES

Istanbul (AFP) – On the last day of Trans Pride Week, trans individuals who wanted to hold a pride march are detained by the police. Police closed off dozens of streets in the city center. Despite the blockade, some managed to gather and march.

Melbourne (AFP) – Dachshund owners are celebrating in Melbourne on Sunday after breaking a Guinness world record for the largest walk by a single breed. The registered official tally was 1,385, beating the old record by 356 set by beagles and their owners in the UK in 2018.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Despite a biting economic crisis, restaurants in Buenos Aires are full and queues for theater and concert tickets long. With inflation at 114 percent year-on-year and around eight percent month-on-month, Argentines figure they may as well spend their salaries before they lose more value.

Melbourne (AFP) – Dachshund owners are celebrating in Melbourne on Sunday after breaking a Guinness world record for the largest walk by a single breed. The registered official tally was 1,385, beating the old record by 356 set by beagles and their owners in the UK in 2018.

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis condemns the “brutal attack” on a Ugandan school on June 16, where at least 41 people, mostly students, were hacked, shot and burned to death while others remain missing.

Quechula (Mexico) (AFP) – The Temple of Quechula, a 16th century Roman Catholic Church, emerges from the Grijalva River amid a drought and a deadly heatwave in Mexico. Although it often partially emerges when water levels are low, this year’s drought has left it totally exposed, putting local fishermen’s livelihoods at risk.

Mpondwe (Uganda) (AFP) – At least 41 people, mostly students, were killed during an attack on Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Uganda on June 16. The attack is the deadliest in the country in over a decade. The Ugandan military says it is pursuing the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for the attack, an Islamist rebel group in Uganda and DR Congo, considered as a terrorist organisation.

San Rafael de Guatuso (Costa Rica) (AFP) – In the foothills of the Tenorio Volcano, near the course of the Celeste River, the Maleku indigenous people are claiming their rightful share of benefits generated by the thriving ecotourism circuit in northern Costa Rica.

Mpondwe (Uganda) (AFP) – The death toll from an attack on a school in western Uganda by militants linked to the Islamic State group rises to 41, says the mayor of Mpondwe.