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Kansas votes on abortion rights in US test case
Kansas votes on abortion rights in US test case
by  AFP

Voters in the Midwestern state of Kansas head to the polls Tuesday in the first major ballot on abortion since the US Supreme Court ended the national right to the procedure in June. The Kansas ballot centers on a 2019 ruling by the state's supreme court that guarantees access to abortion -- currently up to 22 weeks.

Cool head in a rough region, Kenya faces test in election
Cool head in a rough region, Kenya faces test in election
by  AFP

In his final weeks as president, Uhuru Kenyatta has been busier than usual playing peacemaker in East Africa, thawing tensions with Somalia, intervening in Congo's crisis, and hosting talks between Sudan and Ethiopia.

Two dead in California's largest wildfire this year
Two dead in California's largest wildfire this year
by  AFP

Firefighters faced "extremely dangerous" conditions Monday as they battled to save a community of 8,000 residents, with lightning strikes threatening to worsen a blaze that has already killed at least two people and become California's biggest fire of the year.

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