Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is responsible for a global grain crisis, dismissing Russian claims that Western sanctions on Moscow had sent prices soaring.
Casar de Cáceres (Spain) (AFP) – From young people looking for their first job to current farmers looking to specialise, a school in Casar de Caceres in rural Extremadura teaches students how to work with animals, as well as financial literacy with the aim of setting up their own farm one day. For five months, the students receive theoretical and practical training in Spain free of charge, to counter the flight from the land that has left large swathes of inland Spain thinly populated.
Dakar (AFP) – Supporters of the main Senegalese opponent, Ousmane Sonko, are gathered to demonstrate against the rejection of their list in the upcoming legislative elections. The coalition of Ousmane Sonko, Yewwi Askan Wi, had announced this rally against the power before the decision of the Constitutional Council to confirm the rejection of the list on which he and other opposition figures appear for the general elections on 31 July. This invalidation amounts to removing Ousmane Sonko from the race.
Abuja (AFP) – Former-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu waves the flag of Nigeria’s ruling party All Progressive Congress (APC) after being announced as its candidate for the 2023 election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
Abuja (AFP) – Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu is announced the winner of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) primary as its candidate for the 2023 presidential election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Pizza chefs participate in 10th Argentine Pizza Championship in Buenos Aires, making giant pizza bases and performing gravity defying pizza tricks in the freestyle category.
Palencia (Spain) (AFP) – Authorities in the Spanish region of Castilla y León are trying to find a brown bear and her cub who were separated after a male bear brutally attacked the cub, which the mother managed to save. An amateur videographer managed to capture the fight on camera.
Madrid (AFP) – TO COMPLETE 32C44FR Luka Modric says he is “proud” to be staying at Real Madrid after renewing his contract until the end of next season. “In my head the only option was to stay,” the Croatia midfielder explains, adding, “Real Madrid is the best club in the world.”
Caribbean sea (AFP) – Colombia’s army and government share unprecedented images of the legendary San Jose galleon shipwreck, hidden underwater for three centuries and believed to have been carrying riches worth billions of dollars in today’s money.
Huehuetán (Mexico) (AFP) – Several thousand undocumented migrants continue their journey through southern Mexico with the intention of demanding a humanitarian visa from the Mexican government to allow them legal passage to the US border.
