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Maputo (AFP) – In the Mafalala museum, the Iverca association fights to preserve the history and culture of the oldest and most famous neighbourhood of Maputo. Formerly reserved for blacks during the colonial period, it is in this neighbourhood where all the country’s cultures mix. It is also where several of the main figures of the struggle for independence were born, starting with Samora Machel, the first Mozambican president, as well as many artists of the “revolution”, painters, writers, musicians.

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Gamlet Zinkivsky is a street art star in Ukraine. Back in his city of Kharkiv, he paints Molotov cocktails on wooden planks that cover broken windows after the fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian army, saying his art “inspires” the Ukrainian people to “fight and defend”.

Ankara (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has threatened to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, urges the alliance’s members to “respect” Ankara’s concerns regarding the two countries, which Turkey accuses of providing safe haven to terrorists. Erdogan has accused Stockholm of providing safe haven to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) designated as terror groups by Ankara.

Vlorë (Albania) (AFP) – Stamped with the number 105, “The Storm” is the last surviving submarine from the Soviet Union’s “Project 603”, which was abandoned by Moscow in Albanian waters after a falling-out in 1961 with the Albanian communist dictator Enver Hoxha.

Sydorove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Outside 84-year-old Oleksiy’s cellar-turned-bomb shelter, Ukrainian firemen are braving the roads being pelted by advancing Russians.

Brussels (AFP) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Finland Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and Sweden Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff as the two states formally submit applications to join the military alliance. IMAGES

Montevideo (AFP) – Strong winds and waves batter Uruguay’s capital Montevideo as subtropical cyclone Yakecan hits the South American country with gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour.

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Julianne Moore, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker… actors, directors and jury members walk the red carpet on the opening night of the 75th Cannes film festival.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In an address to the Cannes Film Festival, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says “we need a new Chaplin who will prove once again that cinema is not silent,” adding that “we will continue to fight, because we have no other choice than to fight for freedom.”

Cannes (France) (AFP) – US actor Forest Whitaker, who scooped an Academy Award for “The Last King of Scotland” and starred in cult films such as “Ghost Dog,” tells journalists during a press conference that Cannes “changed the trajectory of his career,” as he prepares to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the opening ceremony.

Columbus (AFP) – Authorities in Columbus, Ohio have released footage showing the moments a Tesla crashes into the Greater Columbus Convention Center on May 4, 2022. According to police, the driver of the 2020 Telsa Model S said he lost control of his brakes.

Buffalo (AFP) – President Joe Biden called out what he branded the “poison” of white supremacist ideology behind a deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, and said that racism is being stoked for political gain. Speaking in the city where a white teen is accused of murdering 10 African Americans in a neighborhood supermarket, Biden said: “What happened here is simple and straightforward terrorism. Domestic terrorism.”