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Extreme poverty rising in Latin America: UN
Extreme poverty is likely to affect 82 million people in Latin America in 2022, an increase spurred by a slow pandemic recovery and high inflation, the UN economic commission for the region said Thursday.
Iran arrests ex-international footballer who backed protests
Iran on Thursday arrested a former international football player of Kurdish origin who has strongly supported the protests that have rocked the country since September, news agencies said. International footballer Hossein Mahini was arrested in October for supporting the protests but was later released.
Germany's Scholz dims lights on Christmas tree amid energy squeeze
The Christmas tree outside Chancellor Olaf Scholz's office in Berlin will not be lit as long this year, a government spokesman said Thursday, as Germany seeks to save energy through the winter. Last year, the tree was put up while conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel was still in office.
French MPs vote to enshrine abortion rights in constitution
Lawmakers in the French parliament voted Thursday to add the right to abortion to the constitution in response to recent changes in Poland and the United States. "The assembly is speaking to the world, our country is speaking to the world," said jubilant MP Mathilde Panot from LFI, dedicating the vote to women in Hungary, Poland and the United States.
ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Kony
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday he would ask judges to confirm charges against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, head of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), even though Kony remains at large. Khan said he had asked judges for authorisation to hold a hearing to confirm the charges against Kony in his absence.
Power cuts and trench foot: winter bites on Ukraine's Donbas front
Soldiers are battling trench foot while the rain and snow have turned roads to mud and ongoing power outages have led many to question how they will manage to endure the coming cold as winter descends on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine.
Palestinians return body of Israeli teen killed in West Bank
The body of an Israeli teenager snatched by Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank was returned to his relatives Thursday, following intense talks to avoid an escalation of violence. The PA nominally controls urban centres across the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.
I.Coast's Ble Goude says he wants to make low-key return
Charles Ble Goude, a key figure in post-electoral violence that swept Ivory Coast 11 years ago, wants to make a low-key homecoming this weekend, his representatives said on Thursday. But Boga Sako, who heads the welcoming committee, told a press conference that Ble Goude "wishes to make a sober return."
Struggling Ghana plans tax rise, debt swap to secure IMF aid
Ghana's finance minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, presented the 2023 budget to parliament on Thursday, hiking tax and planning a debt swap as the country's negotiates an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. Ofori-Atta said the IMF talks had made "substantial progress", with agreement on "fiscal adjustment path, debt strategy and financing".
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