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Ceasefire in Gaza takes effect this Sunday
Qatar, a key mediator in the agreement between Israel and Hamas, announced this Saturday, January 18, that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will come into force this Sunday, at 8:30 a.m. in the Palestinian enclave (6:30 GMT).
“As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 19, local Gaza time,” the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. , Majed al Ansari, in a message on X. “We recommend that residents take precautions, exercise maximum caution and wait for instructions from the authorities,” he added.
The Qatari authorities, who announced the achievement of the pact, stated at the time that the ceasefire was going to come into force “on Sunday, January 19, at 12:15 p.m.”, without specifying whether it was Gaza or Qatar time. . The new Doha announcement comes after the Israeli Government approved the agreement in the early hours of this Saturday, review D.W..
Without confirmation from Israel, the application of the truce and the start time were uncertain for the Palestinians surviving in the enclave, even more so considering the series of speculations that circulated from the Israeli government in recent days, which led to the doubts the beginning of the truce.
President of Belarus pardoned 23 other political prisoners a few days before elections
The president of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashenko, pardoned 23 other political prisoners convicted of extremism, an announcement that comes a few days before the presidential elections in this former Soviet republic, scheduled for January 26.
The Belarusian Presidency indicated on its official website that there are 3 women and 20 men, most of whom are over 50 years old. All those pardoned acknowledged their guilt and “repented” of their behaviorstates the official note, which adds that 14 of those pardoned, whose identities are not revealed, suffer from chronic diseases.
From July until this Saturday, January 18, Lukashenko, who aspires to his seventh term in the elections on the 26th, has granted amnesty to 247 prisoners, that is, 10% of those who are in Belarusian prisons for political reasons. refers D.W..
IMF maintains 2.5% growth for Latin America in 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its growth projections for 2025 and 2026. The report predicts that the world economy will expand 3.3% in both 2025 and 2026, but below the historical average of 3.7 %. Particularly, the organization raised the GDP of the United States and maintained that of emerging countries, including those in the region.
“The 2025 forecast remains broadly unchanged from the October 2024 World Economic Outlook, primarily because the upward revision in the United States offsets downward revisions in other major economies,” says the latest IMF report reviewed by The Republic.
And Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, chief economist of the IMF, highlighted that the big news is the divergence between the US and the rest of the world,” because while the world’s leading economy expands to pre-pandemic levels, China , no (4.6%).
By region, in Latin America and the Caribbean, growth forecasts show an increase of the economy of 2.5% and 2.7% for 2025 and 2026. This, despite the fact that the main economies in the area, Mexico and Brazil, had a low figure, 1.4% and 2.2% respectively.
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