Dirco confirms contact with families of 6 South Africans missing after Nepal floods, including Surendranath and Anitha Devi Maharaj, urgent search ongoing.
Dirco confirms contact with families of 6 South Africans missing after Nepal floods, including Surendranath and Anitha Devi Maharaj, urgent search ongoing.
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.
A stampede occurred at a Pride parade in the US city of New York on Sunday, with hundreds of people attempting to flee after mistaking the sound of fireworks for gunfire, police said. Police told AFP "there were no serious injuries" from the stampede.
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.
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