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16 December 2022, 08:15

A UN peacekeeper from Ireland serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been shot and killed, reportedly while on patrol, and three other ‘blue helmets’ have been injured during the incident, the mission said in a statement on Thursday.

Read the full story, “Lebanon: Irish peacekeeper killed, three others injured”, on globalissues.org

16 December 2022, 08:15

CARACAS, Dec 15 (IPS) - The social crisis and humanitarian emergency in Venezuela became international headline news again once the government and the opposition, bitter adversaries for two decades, agreed to direct three billion dollars in state funds held abroad to social programs.

Read the full story, “New Political Agreement Finally Tackles Venezuela's Social Crisis”, on globalissues.org

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