12/15/2023 - DailyChatter

In September 2022, the new left-wing president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, and his progressive allies asked voters to ditch the business-friendly constitution written under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship and opt for a new document that would uphold social and indigenous rights, protect the environment, and...

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The World Briefly

December 15, 2023

Outsourcing Migration

Albania

Albania’s constitutional court temporarily suspended a migration deal between the Albanian and Italian governments, which would have allowed Rome to send thousands of asylum seekers to its neighboring Balkan country for processing instead of remaining in their country of arrival, the BBC reported Thursday. The court’s...

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The World Briefly

December 15, 2023

Getting to First Base

Senegal

A Senegalese judge ordered the reinstatement of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on the electoral roll Thursday, allowing him to participate in the upcoming presidential election next year, Agence France-Presse reported. The recent ruling is the latest in a series of court cases over the past...

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The World Briefly

December 15, 2023

A Sensory Heritage

France

French lawmakers passed a bill this month that will give existing farms more protections from lawsuits by city residents who move to the countryside and are offended by the smells and noise that come from farms, Euronews reported. Currently, about 500 farmers face lawsuits from neighbors,...

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Ukraine Briefly

December 15, 2023

Ukraine, Briefly

Russia Ukraine

This week, a cyberattack hit Ukraine, particularly affecting its largest mobile network operator, the Washington Post reported. More than 24 million subscribers of provider Kyivstar both in-country and abroad lost service, preventing the delivery of air-raid warnings to their mobile phones. Among them was the...

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Discoveries

December 15, 2023

The Secret Chambers

In 1836, archaeologists exploring the Pyramid of Sahura in Egypt noticed a series of passages full of “debris and rubbish.” They suspected that the passages would lead them to some special store rooms, but nobody actually bothered to investigate – until now. Recent conservation and restoration work...

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Need to Know

Political Whiplash

Chile

The World Briefly

Outsourcing Migration

Albania

The World Briefly

Getting to First Base

Senegal

The World Briefly

A Sensory Heritage

France

Ukraine Briefly

Ukraine, Briefly

Russia Ukraine

Discoveries

The Secret Chambers