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![North Korea confirms missile tests as Kim inspects 'important' munitions factory](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/38/b8/87/North-Korea-confirms-missile-tests--638441_small.jpg)
North Korea confirms missile tests as Kim inspects...
North Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, part of a record-breaking streak of launc...
![Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian deaths](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/1c/9b/00/Pentagon-chief-orders-reforms-to-re-244137_small.jpg)
Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian d...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials Thursday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths...
![Global stocks mixed as markets digest Fed, dollar surges](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ec/fc/eb/Global-stocks-mixed-as-markets-dige-204446_small.jpg)
Global stocks mixed as markets digest Fed, dollar...
Global stocks ended trading mixed Thursday as markets weighed strong US economic data against concerns about tightening monetary p...
![US, Germany step up pipeline warnings if Russia invades Ukraine](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e0/fb/ee/US--Germany-step-up-pipeline-warnin-434414_small.jpg)
US, Germany step up pipeline warnings if Russia in...
The United States and Germany on Thursday warned Russia that a major gas pipeline was at stake if it invades Ukraine as Washington...
![Ukraine crisis reveals growing Republican rift on Russia](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/3a/85/19/Ukraine-crisis-reveals-growing-Repu-044112_small.jpg)
Ukraine crisis reveals growing Republican rift on...
As Washington rallies the international community against Russian aggression in Ukraine, conflict has broken out back home between...
!['Nightmare': Ukrainians in Canada worry for their home country](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/dc/e0/30/-Nightmare---Ukrainians-in-Canada-w-266111_small.jpg)
'Nightmare': Ukrainians in Canada worry for their...
Worried and helpless, members of the Ukrainian community in Canada are closely following the crisis involving their home country f...
![Xiomara Castro: from first lady to Honduras's first woman president](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/8d/5f/42/Xiomara-Castro--from-first-lady-to--134121_small.jpg)
Xiomara Castro: from first lady to Honduras's firs...
Honduras's former first lady Xiomara Castro forged her political career at the head of protests against the coup d'etat that ouste...
![US school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/68/ce/e9/US-school-board-bans-Holocaust-grap-116411_small.jpg)
US school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus...
A school board in Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove the award-winning 1986 grap...
![Syria Kurds hunt down jihadists after prison attack](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/f5/e0/07/Syria-Kurds-hunt-down-jihadists-aft-533851_small.jpg)
Syria Kurds hunt down jihadists after prison attac...
Kurdish-led forces on Thursday found dozens of jihadists holed up in a Syrian prison during mop-up operations after recapturing th...
![Xiomara Castro becomes first woman president of Honduras](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/g0/17/ab/Xiomara-Castro-becomes-first-woman--928389_small.jpg)
Xiomara Castro becomes first woman president of Ho...
Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras after seemingly resolving a rebellion in her...
![Zambia's leader says turning around economy, despite empty coffers](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/75/5f/1c/Zambia-s-leader-says-turning-around-641633_small.jpg)
Zambia's leader says turning around economy, despi...
President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday said his new government was on the fast track to restoring Zambia's credibility and credi...
![Denmark to pull troops out of Mali after junta demands](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/28/f2/8e/Denmark-to-pull-troops-out-of-Mali--400311_small.jpg)
Denmark to pull troops out of Mali after junta dem...
Denmark announced Thursday it would withdraw a newly deployed contingent of 100 troops from Mali after repeated demands, which Cop...
![With Fed set to hike US rates, 'ultra-cheap money' era nears end](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/15/5a/d0/With-Fed-set-to-hike-US-rates---ult-233888_small.jpg)
With Fed set to hike US rates, 'ultra-cheap money'...
Consumers, companies and financial markets are bound to see borrowing costs rise as the Federal Reserve gets ready to hike rates a...
![Stocks rise as US economy posts decades-high growth](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ac/47/09/Stocks-rise-as-US-economy-posts-dec-293831_small.jpg)
Stocks rise as US economy posts decades-high growt...
US and European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors put aside rate hike fears and focused on data showing the US economy g...
![US economy grew 5.7% in 2021, but Omicron hit looms](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4c/79/47/US-economy-grew-5-7--in-2021--but-O-620393_small.jpg)
US economy grew 5.7% in 2021, but Omicron hit loom...
The world's largest economy staged a solid recovery last year as it grew at the fastest pace since 1984, but damage from the Omicr...
![Princess Charlene recovery 'several' weeks away: Monaco palace](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c2/0c/f1/Princess-Charlene-recovery--several-303480_small.jpg)
Princess Charlene recovery 'several' weeks away: M...
Princess Charlene of Monaco, who is being treated for extreme fatigue, is still several weeks away from a recovery, the palace sai...
![Media under watch on EU's frozen eastern frontier](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/69/cb/06/Media-under-watch-on-EU-s-frozen-ea-208443_small.jpg)
Media under watch on EU's frozen eastern frontier
Squeezed into the back of a military jeep driving along frozen unpaved roads on the Poland-Belarus border, a group of journalists...
![Haunted by Holocaust, Israeli group helps fleeing Afghans](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/fd/6e/c5/Haunted-by-Holocaust--Israeli-group-264421_small.jpg)
Haunted by Holocaust, Israeli group helps fleeing...
When Israeli lawyer Inbar Nacht saw pictures last year of Afghans desperately trying to escape their homeland, she thought of her...
![Burkina's new junta holds talks on eve of key summit](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/45/31/1e/Burkina-s-new-junta-holds-talks-on--436026_small.jpg)
Burkina's new junta holds talks on eve of key summ...
Burkina Faso's new ruling junta held talks with union leaders on Thursday on the eve of a regional summit that could slap sanction...
![Ukraine leader orders probe after conscript shoots five dead](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/5e/c5/2a/Ukraine-leader-orders-probe-after-c-822677_small.jpg)
Ukraine leader orders probe after conscript shoots...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered police to investigate a mass shooting carried out by a member of the na...
![Holocaust survivor urges Germany to fight 'cancer' of hatred](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/77/ed/41/Holocaust-survivor-urges-Germany-to-637218_small.jpg)
Holocaust survivor urges Germany to fight 'cancer'...
In what was expected to be one of the last addresses by a Holocaust survivor to the German parliament, Inge Auerbacher appealed Th...
![Minimum wage in focus as Portugal heads to polls](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e6/2a/5e/Minimum-wage-in-focus-as-Portugal-h-618881_small.jpg)
Minimum wage in focus as Portugal heads to polls
Like nearly one in four workers in Portugal, Fernanda Moreira, a food services worker at a hospital in a Lisbon suburb, earns the...
Russia says US failing on Ukraine but more talks p...
Russia said Thursday that the United States was failing to address its main security concerns over Ukraine but left the door open...
![China warns US over 'interfering' in Winter Olympics](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/5c/07/16/China-warns-US-over--interfering--i-526342_small.jpg)
China warns US over 'interfering' in Winter Olympi...
China warned the United States to "stop interfering" in the Winter Olympics on Thursday, a week before the controversy-hit Games a...
![China hails WTO green light on US import duties](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/0e/07/a5/China-hails-WTO-green-light-on-US-i-222763_small.jpg)
China hails WTO green light on US import duties
China on Thursday hailed a WTO decision allowing it to slap duties on $645 million worth of US imports each year, calling on Washi...
![Castro to be sworn in as first woman president of Honduras](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/8d/c6/55/Castro-to-be-sworn-in-as-first-woma-666644_small.jpg)
Castro to be sworn in as first woman president of...
Honduras president-elect Xiomara Castro is due to be sworn in as the country's first woman president on Thursday, as confusion rei...
![Major Australian energy firm Woodside announces Myanmar pullout](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c5/e7/f3/Major-Australian-energy-firm-Woodsi-313261_small.jpg)
Major Australian energy firm Woodside announces My...
Australian energy firm Woodside announced its withdrawal from junta-run Myanmar on Thursday, the latest company to head for the ex...
![North Korea fires two missiles as testing blitz continues](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/aa/80/9e/North-Korea-fires-two-missiles-as-t-629449_small.jpg)
North Korea fires two missiles as testing blitz co...
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth weapons test this month in one of the most inte...
![New Mexico governor becomes substitute teacher amid Covid shortage](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/00/72/27/New-Mexico-governor-becomes-substit-295324_small.jpg)
New Mexico governor becomes substitute teacher ami...
The governor of New Mexico started work Wednesday as a substitute teacher, replacing one of the thousands of educators across the...
![Torture trail raises questions on Kazakh terror claims](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/68/47/3e/Torture-trail-raises-questions-on-K-203310_small.jpg)
Torture trail raises questions on Kazakh terror cl...
As Kazakhstan witnessed its worst unrest in 30 years of independence this month, Aset Abishev was grabbed off a bus and locked awa...
![Honduras leader offers rebel deputy post to end congress crisis](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/02/96/9b/Honduras-leader-offers-rebel-deputy-413642_small.jpg)
Honduras leader offers rebel deputy post to end co...
Honduras' president-elect Xiomara Castro made a last ditch attempt late Wednesday to solve a congressional crisis with hours left...
![Fighting Taliban and mistrust, Pakistan marks one year polio-free](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/cb/5e/b5/Fighting-Taliban-and-mistrust--Paki-245605_small.jpg)
Fighting Taliban and mistrust, Pakistan marks one...
Bathed in crisp morning light, Sidra Hussain grips a cooler stacked with glistening vials of polio vaccine in northwest Pakistan.
![North Korea fires 'projectile' in sixth test of 2022](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/aa/80/9e/North-Korea-fires--projectile--in-s-322222_small.jpg)
North Korea fires 'projectile' in sixth test of 20...
North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile" early Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth apparent weapons test this year as the nuclea...
![US shares reverse course as Fed signals likely March rate hike](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/d8/1e/88/US-shares-reverse-course-as-Fed-sig-934219_small.jpg)
US shares reverse course as Fed signals likely Mar...
Wall Street stocks ended mostly lower Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled an interest rate hike is likely...
US rejects Russia demand on Ukraine but talks see...
The United States on Wednesday rejected Russia's key demand to bar Ukraine from NATO and said it believed Moscow was ready to inva...
![UN chief calls on Taliban to uphold women's rights](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c0/be/1d/UN-chief-calls-on-Taliban-to-uphold-128044_small.jpg)
UN chief calls on Taliban to uphold women's rights
The Taliban must uphold the fundamental human rights of women and children, the United Nations chief said Wednesday, urging the in...
![Fed signals first US rate hike since pandemic could come in March](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/g0/91/a3/Fed-signals-first-US-rate-hike-sinc-326331_small.jpg)
Fed signals first US rate hike since pandemic coul...
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday indicated it is ready to raise US interest rates in March for the first time since cutting them t...
![US rejects Russia demands on Ukraine but offers 'path' out of crisis](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c0/a3/a0/US-rejects-Russia-demands-on-Ukrain-224621_small.jpg)
US rejects Russia demands on Ukraine but offers 'p...
The United States on Wednesday rejected Russia's demand to bar Ukraine from NATO and said it believed Moscow was ready to invade b...
![Infantino says biennial World Cup can 'give hope' to potential migrants](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/bc/90/ae/Infantino-says-biennial-World-Cup-c-144343_small.jpg)
Infantino says biennial World Cup can 'give hope'...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino seemed to establish a link on Wednesday between his plan for a World Cup every two years and the t...