World News: 11 December 2022

Morocco: The first African nation to reach FIFA World Cup semi-final
It is a semi final moment in World Cup history, with an African nation finally advancing to the levels typically only reached by European or South American teams. 
Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010) all reached the quarter-finals but got no further.

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Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut ‘destroyed’
Some buildings remain standing in Bakhmut, and the remaining residents still mill about the streets. But like Mariupol and other contested cities, it endured a long siege and spent weeks without water and power even before Moscow launched massive strikes to take out public utilities across Ukraine.

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Zero-Covid’s end brings virus surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
It isn’t clear how much infection numbers have increased since Beijing last week ended mandatory testing as often as once a day in many areas. But interviews and social media accounts say there are outbreaks in businesses and schools across the country. Some restaurants and other businesses have closed because too many employees are sick.
China has 138,000 intensive care beds, the general director of Bureau of Medical Administration of the National Health Commission, Jiao Yahui, said at a news conference Friday. That is less than one for every 10,000 people.

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Twitter to relaunch Twitter Blue at higher price for Apple users
Twitter did not explain why Apple users were being charged more than others on the web but there have been media reports that the company was looking for ways to offset fees charged in the App Store.
Twitter had initially launched the Twitter Blue early in November before pausing it as fake accounts mushroomed. It was then scheduled to launch again on November 29 but was pushed back.

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New Japan law aims at Unification Church fundraising abuses
The new law, approved at this year’s closing parliamentary session, allows believers, other donors and their families to seek the return of their money and prohibits religious groups and other organizations from soliciting funds by coercion, threats or linking donations to spiritual salvation.

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Central America's biggest mine faces closure over tax spat
This mine is "the biggest in Central America," producing 300,000 tons of copper concentrate per year, said Green.
The deposit, discovered in 1968, lies on the Caribbean coast, 240 kilometers by road from the capital Panama City.
Despite the uncertainty over the mine's future, activity has not slowed and the company has continued to invest in the site.

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