World News: 11 January 2023

Golden Globes 2023: Banshees of Inisherin and Fabelmans win big
The Banshees of Inisherin has won three major prizes at the Golden Globes' comeback ceremony in Los Angeles.
The film took home best comedy or musical film and best screenplay, as well as best comedy actor for its star, Irish actor Colin Farrell.

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Flights across United States grounded by technical glitch
More than 1200 flights in the US on Wednesday were delayed and 93 flights were cancelled as of 6.45 pm due to a major technical glitch.
The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) system that alerts pilots and other flight personnel about hazards or any changes to airport facility services and relevant procedures was not processing updated information, which is why they have been grounded.

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WHO, officials say Uganda’s latest Ebola outbreak is over
This outbreak was the first in a decade of the less common Sudan strain which, unlike the Zaire strain that has caused outbreaks in neighbouring Congo in recent years, has no proven vaccine or therapeutics.
Uganda had recorded 142 cases including 56 deaths since the outbreak was announced in September.
Ebola, which can sometimes manifest as a hemorrhagic fever, spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials.

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Peru president faces genocide inquiry over clashes
The probe will also focus on Prime Minister Alberto, Defense Minister Jorge Chavez and Interior Minister Victor Rojas for "genocide, qualified homicide and serious injurious," said the office of the attorney general.
The inquiry was initiated after protests in Peru left at least 40 people dead and hundreds injured since early December

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Biodiversity: Rising tide of extinctions on Madagascar
A new study suggests more than three million years of evolutionary history have already been lost on Madagascar.
The researchers are calling for urgent conservation action to prevent another wave of extinctions.
The island is known for its unique fauna and flora.
It is home to wildlife such as ring-tailed lemurs, the long-tailed cat, the fossa, spiny hedgehog-like mammals called tenrecs and nocturnal primates known as aye-ayes.

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Shamima Begum accepts she joined a terror group
Shamima Begum has accepted she joined a terror group after fleeing the UK. The runaway ISIS bride has accepted joining the terror group after leaving Bethnal Green as a schoolgirl.
Ms Begum quit the UK as a teen, and has now told the BBC podcast The Shamima Begum Story that she had been "relieved" to leave the country. Ms Begum told the podcast: "I'm just so much more than ISIS and I'm so much more than everything I've been through." She added she "understands" the anger towards her.

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