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The US stipulated it would also withhold funding if the Palestinians initiate an ICC judicially authorized investigation that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes.

The National Government has now ordered the incorporation of these chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood into the Public Registry of Persons and Entities Linked to Acts of Terrorism and their Financing.

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The man allegedly began raping the girl when she was 7 years old and continued until she was 15, at which point the police intervened.

Recognition of Somaliland offers a way to shape the broader strategic environment around the Red Sea.

Brazilian vice-President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services Geraldo Alckmin, said on Thursday (Jan. 15) that possible sanctions by the US against Iran, as announced by US President Donald Trump, should not affect Brazil.

“The US has stated that it does not want trade with Iran. But Iran has 100 million people. European countries export to Iran, and most countries have some kind of export. In Brazil, our trade relationship with Iran is small,” he said.

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“Super-tariffs are not so easy to enforce. You’d have to apply them in more than 70 countries around the world, including European countries,” he added, during an interview for EBC’s radio broadcast Bom Dia, Ministro.

Alckmin recalled there has been no executive order from the Trump administration that actually imposes sanctions on Iran. “We hope those will not be applied. Because export tax is a regulatory tax. It’s a different logic. And that would apply to the whole world,” he stated.

The minister also said that Brazil has no disputes with anyone.

“In Brazil, the last war was over a century ago. Brazil is a peaceful country that acts to promote peace whenever possible. What we want is peace. War leads to death and poverty. It’s the failure of good politics.”

Alckmin described the current geopolitical scenario as a difficult time for the world and a time for Brazil to be heard more.

“We will promote peace, strengthen multilateralism, and seek to improve people’s lives through employment and increased income. This is the right path, and this is the path Brazil is following.”

*Alex Rodrigues contributed to this article.

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.