World News: 14 January 2023

Brazil Supreme Court includes Jair Bolsonaro in riot probe
Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted a request from the prosecutor general's office to include Bolsonaro in the wider investigation, citing a video the former president posted on Facebook two days after the riot. It claimed Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva wasn't voted into office, but rather was chosen by the Supreme Court and Brazil's electoral authority.
Although Bolsonaro posted the video after the riot and deleted it in the morning, prosecutors argued its content was sufficient to justify investigating his conduct beforehand.

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Explosion hits gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia
The blast happened in the Panevezys county, northern Lithuania, said the country's gas transmission operator Amber Grid.
Flames rose 165ft (50 metres) in the air and could be seen from a distance of at least 11 miles (17km), LRT reported.
Blazes have now been put out, after firefighters had to wait to tackle the flames.

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Christian missionaries target the birthplace of Buddha in Nepal
Converting people to another religion is illegal in Nepal, but missionaries are willing to risk prosecution to spread the Christian faith.
Nepal is now a secular state, and the 2015 constitution enshrines religious freedom.
However, an anti-conversion law that came into force in 2018 means anyone convicted of encouraging someone to change their faith faces up to five years in jail.

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Top secret documents reportedly found in Biden cache
Approximately 10 documents bearing classified markings and dating back to Joe Biden’s tenure as vice president were retrieved by his attorneys at the Washington think tank with the University of Pennsylvania back in November, 2022. Biden used the office at the think tank during his time as a University of Pennsylvania professor, from mid-2017 until the start of his 2020 presidential campaign. Attorneys found the sensitive files in a locked closet and hours later turned them over to the National Archives.

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Itaewon crowd crush: Senior officials spared blame in report
A long-awaited report into last October's deadly crowd crush in Seoul has largely spared senior government officials from blame.
The report instead held local municipal and emergency service officials responsible for weak planning and a poor emergency response.

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New Zealand egg shortage threatens pavlova
New Zealand is in the grip of a nationwide egg shortage which is driving up wholesale prices and putting its much-loved dessert, pavlova, at risk.
Supermarket shelves are bare and some stores are putting restrictions on the number of eggs customers can buy.
A long-awaited government ban on battery-caged hens came into effect this month, squeezing supplies and driving up costs.

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