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On July 2, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 626, Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. In 1902, K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968) was born. In 1906, Séra Martin, French middle-distance runner (died 1993) was born. In 1914, Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (died 1988) was born. In 1916, Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (died 2008) was born. In 1948, Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician (died 2013) was born. In 1986, Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. In 1988, Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer was born. In 1990, In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. In 2010, The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Conflicting reports on Ghanaian’s death in South Africa disturbing — Jinapor

MyJoyOnline

July 2, 2026

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Conflicting reports on Ghanaian’s death in South Africa disturbing — Jinapor

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has described as “deeply disturbing” the conflicting accounts emerging from Ghana and South Africa over the death of a Ghanaian national in Cape Town.

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