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UKRAINE WAR
MOSCOW/Lviv (Ukraine) – Russia is withdrawing units from towns in the Zaporizhia region and from the left bank of the Dnieper River in Kherson, according to Ukraine, which for the first time since August has admitted up to 13,000 soldiers and 6,000 civilians have been killed in the war . (text) (photo) (video)
Lviv, Ukraine — Power outages caused by Russian missile and drone strikes on civilian infrastructure are endangering the lives of critically ill Ukrainians who depend on uninterrupted power supplies. By Rostyslav Averchuk. (chronicle) (text) (photo) (video)
11.00 GMT GENEVA – The International Independent Commission established by the UN Human Rights Council presents the conclusions of its visit to Ukraine to investigate the crimes committed. (text) (audio) (video)
BRUSSELS – The European Commission wants to make violating European sanctions a crime and a punishable offense in the EU, for which it will present a proposal for a directive this Friday, linking it to another seizure, subject to member states’ approval will of funds. (text) (photo) (audio) (video)
Lodz (Poland) – OSCE foreign affairs officials conclude a two-day meeting in Poland, during which they will prioritize the situation created by the war in Ukraine, where they have worked to expose war crimes committed during the conflict to court. (text) (photo) (video)
(The meeting will start at 11:00 GMT. The final press conference is scheduled for 13:30 GMT.)
12.30 GMT – Information on the visit of the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy Josep Borrell to Brzeg (Poland) to the support mission in Ukraine, where members of the Ukrainian army are training (text) (photo) (video)
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USA SPAIN
Washington – King Felipe VI is visiting Washington, where he will meet with International Monetary Fund executive director Kristalina Georgieva and attend the centenary of Georgetown University’s master’s degree in international relations, which he graduated from in 1995. Prince . (text) (photo) (video)
(Meeting with Kristalina Georgieva is scheduled for 18:30 GMT. Attending Georgetown University master’s degree at 23:00 GMT)
CHINESE CORONAVIRUS
BEIJING — After several days of protesting the official “Covid Zero” policy, there are already several Chinese cities that have eased some restrictions in the past few hours, and some authorities have even started broadcasting the message that “the conditions for the existing country to adapt its anti-pandemic measures”. (text) (photo) (video)
KENYA DROUGHT
Maalimin (Kenya).- The water has run out in the Kenyan town of Maalimin. The troughs have dried up. And the fountains. Despite appeals from NGOs, the worst drought in 40 years continues to spread across the Horn of Africa, leaving a trail of poor soil and famine in its wake. By Pablo Moraga (Chronicle) (Text) (Photo) (Video)
WILL SMITH
Los Angeles (USA) – Will Smith’s return to cinema screens with the film ‘Emancipation’ marks the position at which the American actor’s career finds itself following the controversial slap in the face he gave comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards of the year has given . By Mónica Rubalcava (text) (photo) (video)
INDIGENOUS PERU
Iquitos (Peru) – Peru is home to 25 isolation and first-contact indigenous peoples, most of whom live in the vast Amazon region of Loreto, some 7,500 Peruvians who face a campaign trying to overturn the law that recognizes them and protects, under the pretense that it condemns them to underdevelopment. By Carla Samon Ros (lyrics) (photo) (video)
MEXICO FILE
Guadalajara (Mexico) – The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) awards the 2022 Indigenous Literatures of the Americas Prize to Mayan writer Luis Antonio Canché Briceñom, author of “Stories That Happened In My Town” and who preserves the Mayan language would like to revitalize and give it impetus on a national and international level. (text) (photo) (video)
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INFORMATION AGENDA
11.00 GMT Lódz (Poland).- OSCE FOREIGN.- The foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are holding a conference in Lodz where they will address the situation in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions and the war in Ukraine and its consequences. (until 2 December) (text) (photo) (video) (press conference at 13:30 GMT)
11.00 GMT Geneva.- UKRAINE-WAR.- The International Independent Commission established by the Human Rights Council presents the conclusions of its visit to Ukraine to investigate the crimes committed. (text) (video)
12.30 GMT Brzeg.- UKRAINE WAR.- EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell visits the Support Mission to Ukraine in Brzeg (Poland) where members of the Ukrainian Army are training. (text) (photo) (video)
11.00 GMT Brussels.- UKRAINE WAR.- The European Commission presents a proposal for a directive to confirm the crime of violating European sanctions and to set the associated penalties. (Text)
18.30 GMT Washington.- USA SPAIN.- King Felipe VI. is visiting Washington, where he will meet with International Monetary Fund executive director Kristalina Georgieva and attend the centenary of Georgetown University’s master’s degree in international relations. (text) (photo) (video)
09.00 GMT Brussels. – EU FUTURE – The Parliament, the Council and the European Commission will organize an event where representatives of the institutions and citizens will discuss what the institutions have been doing since the proposals were presented last May. (Text)
10:00 am – Rome. – MEDITERRANEAN ITALY. – Rome (EFE). – Heads of state and government as well as ministers, representatives of international organizations, leaders of civil society and experts from more than 50 countries meet in Rome until next Saturday to discuss the main challenges facing the Mediterranean. (text) (photo)
Lima.- AMAZON CONSERVATION.- The organization Mapbiomas Amazonía publishes this Friday its latest data on the impact of climate change on the green lung of the planet, which has lost 25% of its forest area and mining activity has increased by more than 1,000%. (text) (photo) (video)
Buenos Aires.- ARGENTINE CURRENCY.- The differentiated exchange rate begins to apply in Argentina for those who make purchases in the country with credit cards issued abroad. (Text)
19.30 GMT Toronto (Canada).- CANADA EU.- Canadian Minister for International Trade Mary Ng and European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis hold a press conference in Ottawa following the CETA Joint Committee meeting on free trade agreements between Canada and the European Union. (Text)
15:30.- Havana.- CUBA EU.- Third EU-Cuba Joint Committee meeting to discuss bilateral issues under the controversial Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (ADPC) between Cuba and the European Union (EU). Hotel Royalton Paseo del Prado (photo) (text) (video)
9:15 p.m. – Bogota. – COLOMBIA, SPAIN. – The Secretary of State for Ibero-America and the Caribbean and for Spanish in the World, Juan Fernández Trigo, is visiting Colombia to talk to the authorities of the Andean country on political, cultural and economic issues. (text) (photo) (video)
1:00 p.m. – Rome. – FAO AGRICULTURE. – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is releasing its first report on the state of “black soils” this Friday, on the occasion of World Soil Day 2022, which will take place. on 5th December. (Text)
10:00 p.m. – Guadalajara, Mexico. – MEXICO FILE. – The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) awards the 2022 Indigenous Literature of the Americas Prize to Mayan writer Luis Antonio Canché Briceño. (text) (photo) (video)
2:30 p.m. – Washington. – USA EMPLOYMENT. – The US government releases unemployment data for November, after an October that saw 261,000 jobs added, although the unemployment rate edged up to 3.7%. (Text)
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