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UKRAINE WAR
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OUTLOOK – KIEV/Moscow – Ukrainian forces have managed to push Russian positions northeast of the occupied city of Kharkiv (eastern Ukraine) towards the Russian border, while Russian troops are slowly but gradually advancing into the Luhansk region.
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LANGUAGE – Kyiv – In a country where almost half the population speaks Russian as their mother tongue, Ukrainian has become a weapon of resistance against Russia, and many Ukrainians have stopped using their mother tongue in public and even in everyday life. By Lourdes Velasco (Special Representative). (CLEVERLY)
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UNO – Vienna – UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks in Vienna this Wednesday on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its international implications after visiting Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe and one of the main destinations for war refugees.
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JIHADISTI TERRORISM – Marrakech (Morocco) – The growing presence of jihadi terrorism in Africa, particularly in the Sahel, is the focus of the ministerial meeting of the Coalition Against the Islamic State, organized in Marrakech by Moroccan Foreign Minister Naser Burita and attended by , among others his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares.
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ISRAEL PALESTINE — Jerusalem — A veteran Al Jazeera journalist, Palestinian Shireen Abu Akleh, died of a gunshot to the head while going about her work today during an Israeli army raid in the northern occupied West Bank, a death believed by Israelis and Palestinians died blaming each other. By Sara Gómez Armas (SENT)
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Abortion in the US — Washington — The US Senate is scheduled to vote on a Democrat-sponsored bill protecting federal abortion rights this Wednesday in Washington amid fears the Supreme Court will restrict it, and yet the bill has few signs prosper due to its slim majority.
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FRANCE ELECTIONS – Paris – Marine Le Pen is aiming to establish herself as the leader of the opposition against Emmanuel Macron, four weeks before the general election in which polls suggest the new left-wing coalition will form the first major bloc against the president. whom she can repress to a third level in the congregation. By Angel Calvo (SENT)
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PROSECUTOR PARAGUAY – Asunción – Paraguay is investigating the motive and circumstances of yesterday’s murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in Colombia, a major blow to the country’s fight against organized crime and drug trafficking.
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VENEZUELA D.HUMANOS – Caracas – Venezuelan NGO Provea (Venezuelan Program for Education and Action in Human Rights) presents its annual report for 2021 in Caracas, which is the “oldest multidisciplinary investigation into the human rights situation” in the country.
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PHILIPPINES ELECTIONS — Manila — “Bongbong” Marcos, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, visited his father’s grave in Manila’s Heroes’ Cemetery on Wednesday, the same day he declared himself the winner of the Philippines’ presidential election held on Monday explained. By Federico Segarra (SENT)
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EU-CHILD ABUSE – Brussels – The European Commission today tabled a legislative proposal to oblige internet companies to detect and take down content of sexual abuse of minors online, in addition to reporting it to the authorities. (CLEVERLY)
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AND DESERTIFICATION — Abidjan — Mankind is at a “crossroads” in trying to manage the drought and must “urgently” accelerate containment with “every possible tool,” the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification warned on Wednesday. (CLEVERLY)
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EL SALVADOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES – San Salvador – El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has just renewed his commitment to bitcoin with the purchase of 500 coins for $15.3 million, despite warnings from risk assessment agencies about the possibility of a default and stagnant negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to procure resources.
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EUROVISION 2022
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POST THE PANDEMIC – Turin (Italy) – After the transition in Rotterdam in 2021, Eurovision returns to relative normality with its first post-pandemic festival, with the return of large capacities, pits full of standing spectators and the only presence of the mask as a remnant of what has been lived in the past two years.
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ITALY – Turin (Italy) – Until recently, Eurovision went unnoticed on Italian television, but its recent successes, eight times in the top 10 and one win in the last decade, have reignited interest in a country now brand new is host. By Gonzalo Sánchez (Chronicle) (SENT)
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IRAN WOMAN – Tehran – No eyelash extensions, acrylic nails or intimate wax. The women of the city of Mashad see their opportunities for beautification limited after the ban on some aesthetic practices in the hairdressers of Iran’s spiritual capital. By Jaime Leon (SENT)
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INDIGENOUS COLOMBIA – Arquía (Colombia) – The Tule, an indigenous people living on the Colombia-Panama border, have resisted and continue to resist as guardians of their customs against the paramilitaries who threatened, expelled and starved them. without forgetting the conflict around you. By Irene Escudero (SENT)
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INTERVIEW
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AFRICA WOMEN – Nairobi – “You don’t mind if I take my dress off, do you?” says Ghanaian writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, while getting changed for an event, explains to Efe why she wrote “The Sex Lives of African Women” wrote. (The Sex Lives of African Women), an anthology about sex, affection and freedom. By Lucía Blanco (SENT)
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