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(AFP) – Workers remove what scientists believe is the body of a spade-toothed whale — a species so rare it has never been seen alive — from a New Zealand beach. According to the New Zealand conservation department, the first intact specimen was from a mother and calf stranding in 2010, and a further stranding in 2017 added one more specimen to the collection. It may take several weeks or months for the DNA to be processed and a final identification confirmed.

Milwaukee (AFP) – Donald Trump receives a hero’s welcome at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee as he makes his first public appearance since being wounded in an assassination attempt. The Republican Party formally confirmed Donald Trump as its nominee to take on President Joe Biden in November’s US election.

London (AFP) – In an AFP interview, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai calls for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, especially women and girls, back to Afghanistan.  The activist was speaking on her birthday, recognised by the UN as Malala Day.

(AFP) – Donald Trump has picked US Senator J.D. Vance, a best-selling author who once called him “America’s Hitler”, to be his running mate.

Hengdian (China) (AFP) – Braving loneliness and unfamiliar cities, young Chinese professionals are flocking to alternative career options. Their choices reflect broader changes in the world’s second-largest economy after decades of breakneck growth.

Diwaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) – Hundreds of Iraqis in the southern province of Diwaniyah protest against power cuts and water shortages during the extreme heat of summer.

Mogadishu (AFP) – The death toll from a car bombing at a cafe in Somalia’s capital that was packed with football fans watching the Euro 2024 final has risen to nine, according to security sources. 20 others have been wounded in the explosion.

Madrid (AFP) – Spain’s national team lands at Madrid-Barajas airport a day after beating England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final, bringing home their fourth Euro cup.

Nuseirat (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israeli bombardments hit a school in Gaza a day after a deadly strike targeting the Hamas militant commander Mohammed Deif. The strike comes as a Hamas official says the group is withdrawing from Gaza truce talks.

London (AFP) – Spain has secured a 2-1 victory over England to become European champions, ending the English hope of breaking a 58-year-old curse. “England let us down in a knockout game again” says one England fan in London’s 02 Arena, “it’s the same old story.”

Salinas (Ecuador) (AFP) – In front of an idyllic coastal landscape surrounded by luxurious buildings, the seaside resort of Salinas in southwestern Ecuador hides a war that is hidden from tourists. Many fishermen are caught in a perverse dilemma: transport cocaine in exchange for large sums of money, or die for refusing to do so.

Garkon (India) (AFP) – High in the Indian Himalayas, the Brokpa people fear for their way of life as modernity catches up to the isolated community living on disputed lands. Brokpa people recount myths of ancestral links to Alexander the Great’s army, who invaded in the fourth century BC, and ancient Rome.