Day: 22 December 2022
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How did President Zelensky get to Washington?
How Ukraine’s president travelled out of his country for the first time since the war began.
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Afghanistan: Taliban arrest women protesting against university ban
It is the latest policy restricting women’s education since the Taliban returned to power last year.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Top official Rogozin wounded in Ukrainian shelling
Ex-deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin was hurt in an attack on a hotel in Russian-occupied Donetsk.
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Mario Sandoval: Notorious Argentine torturer jailed
Mario Sandoval was found guilty of abducting and torturing a student during Argentina’s military rule.
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New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern offensive MP comment transcript sells for NZ$100,000
The auction follows a heated exchange between the prime minister and a political rival in parliament.
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Zelensky’s whirlwind US visit in 90 seconds
In a busy day, Ukraine’s leader visited the White House and gave a speech to Congress.
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Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace Robert E Lee
She will be honoured decades after cells taken without her consent helped revolutionise medicine.
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US winter storm to bring coldest Christmas in decades
The once-in-a-generation weather event may reach pressure equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane.
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Tse Chi Lop: ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ extradited to Australia
The alleged drug lord is accused of running one of the world’s biggest drug syndicates.
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Iran protesters ‘too scared to go to hospital’
Many of those injured in the demonstrations avoid going to hospital for fear of being arrested.