Burkina Faso has sacked coach Brama Traoré and his assistants following the team's disappointing performance at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The streets of Rabat erupted in celebration late Wednesday night as Morocco’s Atlas Lions booked their place in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

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Four ISS crew members, including astronauts from Japan, Russia, and the US, returned early due to a medical issue. The SpaceX capsule landed safely in the Pacific.

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Created to help reduce healthcare-associated infections in public hospitals in Brazil, the “Health in Our Hands” project has achieved its goal. From September 2024 to October 2025, the initiative reduced these infections by 26 percent in adult, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units (ICUs).

With this reduction in hospital infections, Brazil’s public healthcare network, the SUS, is estimated to have saved more than BRL 150 million during this period.

The “Health in Our Hands” project was developed by hospitals participating in the SUS Institutional Development Support Program (Proadi-SUS), run by the Ministry of Health.

The project’s goal is to work in Brazilian ICUs to reduce cases of primary bloodstream infections associated with central venous catheters, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and urinary tract infections associated with urinary catheters.

“‘Health in Our Hands’ is an initiative that generates a learning movement in which everyone teaches and everyone learns and that, most importantly, addresses measures to combat the three main healthcare-associated infections in ICUs. We are talking about serious infections caused by catheters [central venous, mechanical ventilation, and urinary], which increase morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs and can be avoided with effective prevention measures,” said Claudia Garcia, the project’s general coordinator, in a statement.

Estimates indicate that healthcare-associated infections can cause up to 3.5 million deaths each year worldwide. In Brazil, preventing each of these infections helps save between BRL 60,000 and BRL 110,000.

The project aims to reduce these hospital infections by 50 percent by the end of this year.

The move, which follows the lifting of US sanctions on Syria late last year, comes as the country's central bank tries to recapitalise a banking sector severely impaired by 14 years of war.

Until now, older teenagers accompanying their mothers were often forced to remain behind or live in conditions that did not meet their developmental needs.

The decision, authored by Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court Judge Mehahem Mizrahi, will take effect on Sunday to allow the Israel Police to appeal to the district court. 

The committee is expected to meet for the first time on Thursday in Egypt, crossing the Rafah border, a Palestinian source told Agence France-Presse.

Analysts warn that a strike could strengthen Tehran’s internal cohesion even as it weakens Iran’s regional network and raises the risk of wider conflict.

The warning was lowered after the US evacuated troops from Al Udeid air base and other bases in Gulf states due to threats made by the Iranian regime.

At the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, Adv. Yael Yativ explained how Israel’s newest public hospital not only saved lives after Oct. 7th but is also the beacon for hope of Southern Israel.

23-year-old Mariam Soumah initially came to Belarus in the hope of getting to Europe. There, she gave birth to her daughter - and was deported back to her home country without her child. The Guinean embassy in Moscow, which oversees Belarus, is reportedly following the case.

The election is taking place under an internet blackout imposed earlier this week and a heavy police presence. Museveni faces his strongest challenge from opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, who has warned of mass protests if the vote is rigged.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet this Friday (Jan. 16) in Rio de Janeiro with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, António Costa. According to the Planalto presidential palace, they are expected to discuss issues on the international agenda and the next steps for the Mercosur-European Union trade agreement, which was approved by the EU last week.

The meeting will take place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Palace in Rio de Janeiro and will be followed by a joint statement to the press.

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After more than 25 years of negotiations, the agreement will create a free trade zone of 720 million people and will total a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of USD 22 trillion, according to the Brazilian government.

The ratification ceremony between the two blocs is scheduled for Saturday (17) in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, with the attendance of European leaders and Mercosur foreign ministers. Paraguay currently holds the rotating presidency of Mercosur.

Implementation

On Tuesday (13), Lula spoke with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, and the two agreed to work together quickly and efficiently to implement the agreement so that their populations can see concrete results from the partnership.

Although celebrated by governments and industrial sectors, the agreement still faces resistance from European farmers and environmentalists, who criticize its potential impacts on the climate and agricultural competition. Implementation will be gradual, and its practical effects are expected to be felt over several years.

In France, for example, farmers drove tractors into Paris on Tuesday, for the second time in a week, to protest against the agreement, which, according to the demonstrators, threatens local agriculture by creating unfair competition from cheaper South American imports.

The prosecution requested that he be remanded in custody until the conclusion of the legal proceedings, citing a high level of danger to the public.

The United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, generating around $500 million, a US official said Wednesday, the first major energy transaction since Washington’s dramatic intervention in Venezuela earlier this month.

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