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Swiss author shaves head on stage after winning award
Swiss author shaves head on stage after winning award
by  AFP

Swiss author Kim de l'Horizon shaved their head on stage after winning the prestigious German Book Prize on Monday, in a show of solidarity with the women protesting in Iran. The German Book Prize honours the best German-language novel of the year and comes with a 25,000 euro prize ($24,600).

Haiti security situation 'nightmarish': UN chief
Haiti security situation 'nightmarish': UN chief
by  AFP

The deterioration of Haiti's security and health environment as gangs expand their control has produced "an absolutely nightmarish situation" for local people, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday. The Security Council was to debate the situation Monday afternoon.

Scholz extends life of Germany's remaining nuclear plants
Scholz extends life of Germany's remaining nuclear plants
by  AFP

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday ordered all three of Germany's remaining nuclear power plants to stay operational until mid-April, breaking an impasse that had caused a rift among his coalition partners as an energy crisis looms. But that did not go far enough for fellow coalition partner, the liberal FDP, who insisted the third plant, in Emsland in northern Germany, should also stay online.

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