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According to scientists, watermelons began to be grown in ancient Egypt. Watermelons first came to Europe during the Crusades. In the seventeenth century, they began to be grown in greenhouses and hotbeds in England.

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba congratulated the new Minister of International Relations of South Africa Ronald Lamola on his appointment. They discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries and important bilateral and international issues.

On July 18, 1985, an electronic version of the cult puzzle game Tetris was presented, which became a cultural phenomenon and a favorite pastime of teenagers in the 1990s.

Researchers in South Africa injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos to combat poaching, making the horns visible at borders and unusable on the black market in case of poaching.

Thousands of people protested in France against the victory of the far-right National Union party of Marine Le Pen in the first round of elections.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the formation of an unprecedented government of national unity, which includes 11 parliamentary parties, and the former opposition received 12 of 32 ministerial positions.

About half of all forests on our planet are tropical forests, which grow in Africa, Southeast Asia, South and Central America. The rainforest is also found in Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean.

Malaysia is preparing to join the BRICS, a group of developing countries, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.

Finland becomes the first EU country to start uranium mining, with a planned annual production of 200 tons by 2026.

Andriy Yermak discussed the results of the Peace Summit with South African National Security Adviser Sidney Mufamadi, thanking South Africa for its participation and expressing hope that more countries will join the Joint Communiqué on the foundations of peace.

80 countries and 4 organisations supported the final communiqué of the Peace Summit.

Today, on the third Sunday of June, many countries around the world, including Ukraine, celebrate Father's Day. The event was first celebrated in 1910 in the American city of Slocan on the initiative of Sonora Smart Dodd. Gradually, the holiday became popular and important in many countries around the world. In Ukraine, Father's Day was officially established by presidential decree in 2019.

Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected President of South Africa after the African National Congress agreed to a power-sharing agreement with opposition parties.

The peace summit aims to involve representatives of the Russian Federation in peace talks, paying special attention to nuclear and food security, as well as the return of abducted Ukrainian children.

The Ukrainian delegation presented President Zelensky's formula for peace, in particular paragraph 2 on food security, and demonstrated Ukraine's agricultural capabilities to the Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community.

The UN's highest court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah, Gaza, citing catastrophic humanitarian conditions and potential genocide against Palestinians.

Ukrainian defense forces are successfully restraining Russian attempts to advance in the Lipetsk direction of Kharkiv region, and the enemy has no success there.

Israel has rejected South Africa's accusations of Palestinian genocide at the International Court of Justice, justifying its military operation in Rafah as self-defense against Hamas militants who fired rockets and held hostages.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva will not attend the Peace Summit on Ukraine, as he sees no "point" in participating in an event that does not involve the two conflicting parties.

Diplomats are trying to secure the participation of the Global South in the Peace Summit for Ukraine by focusing on a narrow set of goals. More than 160 countries have been invited to the Summit, which will take place on June 15-16.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the upcoming Global Peace Summit in Switzerland will not discuss the process of ending the war in Ukraine, but will discuss issues such as nuclear safety, grain exports, prisoner exchange and the taboo on the use of nuclear weapons.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak met with representatives of the Lutheran World Federation, thanked them for their support of Ukraine and called on them to promote the idea of a Global Peace Summit to restore a just peace for Ukraine.

Scholz hopes that Arab countries, India, South Africa, Brazil, and China will take part in the Peace Summit in Switzerland, which could be an important step toward resolving the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.

Ukraine insists on the presence of state leaders, not representatives, at the Global Peace Summit, according to Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva.

Two women and a child were killed and 7 other people were injured near a closed shelter in the Desnianskyi district of Kyiv on June 1, 2023. The first court hearing on the charges of KCSA officials, the District State Administration, and hospital management will be held in the Desnianskyi District Court on May 30.

Six people, including four women and two men, were injured in a Russian strike on a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv's Industrial District.

Active hostilities continue in the Kharkiv region, the enemy is storming and changing tactics, but the opening of a new front line is not yet possible due to the insufficient number of Russian military forces.

Turkey decides to join South Africa's case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

Today, on May 1, animal rights activists and wildlife lovers in many countries around the world are joining various events to mark World Rhino Day. Today, more than 11 thousand rhinos live throughout Africa

In occupied Sievierodonetsk, the number of notaries has increased dramatically because the occupiers have "nationalized" housing and are forcing residents to obtain russian-type documents or face eviction.