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Bangkok/Madrid, 23 September (EFE).-

.- Moscow (Russia).- The regions of Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, partially occupied by Russian forces, will today start voting on their accession to Russia in referendums that will last five days and the results of which will not be recognized by the international community .

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.- Vinnytsia (Ukraine).- A Ukrainian theater company has staged the harrowing experiences of its members during the siege of the port city of Mariúpol in the south-east of the country, which was surrounded for three months until it was taken by the Russians last May.

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.- Washington (USA).- Andriana, Ivanna and Yuliia have been fighting in the Ukrainian ranks against Russia for seven months. They are confident that they will win the war, but they have traveled to the United States to ask for more help, believing that time is running out: “Winter is coming and things are getting complicated,” saying she Efe.

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.- Buenos Aires (Argentina).- The Vice-President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, declares in court that during her term as President (2007-2015) she is being convicted of alleged unlawful public procurement in the final stages of a trial in which the public prosecutor’s office requested a prison sentence of 12 years.

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.- Tehran (Iran).- Iran is celebrating a week of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini which have already claimed 17 lives, on a day when Iranian President Ebrahim Raisí is returning from New York and organizing marches in support of the regime.

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.- Rome (Italy).- The leader of the Democratic Party (PD), Enrico Letta, who is aiming for an unlikely definitive comeback in next Sunday’s Italian elections, concludes his formation’s electoral campaign with a large rally in Rome. after failing to get other heavyweights together at left center to stop the right.

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.- Bogotá/Caracas (Colombia/Venezuela).- The surveillance that Colombia and Venezuela carry out on their 2,219-kilometer shared border is on the verge of a transformation amid the resumption of bilateral relations, which implies a new security approach for the territorial border in which Terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling are present.

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.- United Nations.- The UN General Assembly continues its fourth day of sessions today, during which interventions by the European Union and Palestine are expected to be among the most prominent.

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.- Busan (South Korea).- The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrived in the South Korean city of Busan today to take part in its first joint maneuvers with South Korea around the peninsula in five years, in a chilling message to the North.

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.- Seoul (South Korea).- The South Korean government announced today that the use of a mask outdoors will no longer be required anyway in the country from next week, after considering that it is coping satisfactorily with the evolution of the epidemic.

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.- Havana (Cuba).- Cubans will vote in a referendum this Sunday on the Family Code, which includes same-sex marriage and surrogacy, among others, but many of them will have other issues in mind, including the economic and health situation .

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.- Washington (USA).- Magellan and Elcano’s journey through the world of opera takes place without a fixed course or port of call. The legendary Kennedy Center in Washington this week heard some fragments of the work, which was composed to mark the fifth anniversary of the first world tour and has not yet been premiered or produced by anyone.

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.- Sao Paulo (Brazil).- Porn industry stars, an MMA fighter and even President Jair Bolsonaro’s interpreter for the deaf are some of the most dazzling candidates for the National Congress running for the October 2 elections in Brazil, where there also about the presidency of the country.

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.- Lima (Peru).- The corruption and instability that characterize politics in Peru are also affecting the upcoming municipal and regional elections, which will seek thousands of candidates, including hundreds with criminal records, a circumstance of disinterest and a fueling growing dissatisfaction among citizens.

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.-San José (Costa Rica).- Agriculture ministers from 30 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean agree on joint action on climate change and move towards a common position in the region ahead of the next COP27.

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.-San Juan (Puerto Rico).- Solar panels and electric generators have become essential items in Puerto Rico for populations suffering from frequent power outages and awkward long-term power outages, such as those caused by the island’s recent transit by Hurricane Fiona.

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.- Ayotzinapa (Mexico).- A young man cuts his partner’s hair in the hallway, others brush a mural that has been calling for “revolution” for decades, and establish some details for the days of protests marking the eighth anniversary of the crime against his 43rd birthday Classmates at the rural teachers’ school in Ayotzinapa, the largest mass disappearance in recent Mexican history.

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.- Puerto Maldonado (Peru).- There is a profession that consists in living in the middle of the jungle and taking care of the flora and fauna of the Amazon, far from civilization. They are the rangers, engaging in a routine like any other job, combining ancestral knowledge with species surveillance technologies, but implying an exclusive devotion to nature.

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.- Mexico City.- The Latin Grammy will continue to strive for the industry to “evolve at the same pace as music”, said its President Manuel Abud in an interview with Efe, who acknowledged that this is one of the main challenges for the Latin music is “prolong” the “wonderful” moment he is going through.

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.- Buenos Aires (Argentina).- The extremely high month-on-month inflation in Argentina is eroding the purchasing power of citizens, a phenomenon that is particularly worrying among pensioners, who, for the most part, receive minimum pensions that are barely sufficient to cover their basic needs.

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.- San Sebastián (Spain).- The Ecuadorian filmmaker Ana Cristina Barragán will close this Friday the Horizontes Latinos competition at the San Sebastián Festival with “La piel octopo”, the story of Iris and Ariel, 17 years old twins They live on an island full of mollusks and reptiles.

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