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![Canada anti-vax protest continues as vandals spark anger](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/01/77/76/Canada-anti-vax-protest-continues-a-346533_small.jpg)
Canada anti-vax protest continues as vandals spark...
Truckers and thousands of sympathizers blocked Ottawa streets for a second day Sunday to protest Canada's vaccine mandates, as rep...
![Portugal's Socialists win election marked by far right gains: exit polls](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0d/37/85/Portugal-s-Socialists-win-election--565234_small.jpg)
Portugal's Socialists win election marked by far r...
Portugal's ruling Socialists won Sunday's early election by a wide margin but may still fall short of an outright majority while t...
![US, UK ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5e/70/a5/US--UK-ramp-up-sanctions-pressure-o-421044_small.jpg)
US, UK ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia over U...
The United States and Britain on Sunday flagged new and "devastating" economic sanctions against Russia, as Washington and its NAT...
![China factory activity edges down in January amid Covid outbreaks](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/40/31/6b/China-factory-activity-edges-down-i-183336_small.jpg)
China factory activity edges down in January amid...
Factory activity in China edged down in January, official figures showed Sunday, but slightly exceeded expectations as businesses...
![Start ups bringing Pakistan's farming into digital age](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/46/88/b2/Start-ups-bringing-Pakistan-s-farmi-833115_small.jpg)
Start ups bringing Pakistan's farming into digital...
Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan's farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their...
![Bottom of gender rankings, Iraqi women defy critics to work](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/75/b4/f4/Bottom-of-gender-rankings--Iraqi-wo-642622_small.jpg)
Bottom of gender rankings, Iraqi women defy critic...
Each working morning, oil engineer Safa al-Saeedi dons a safety helmet and heads into a gas complex for another day challenging co...
![Miami's lure during Covid sends housing prices through the roof](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/b3/a7/93/Miami-s-lure-during-Covid-sends-hou-306611_small.jpg)
Miami's lure during Covid sends housing prices thr...
Miami resident Maria Ruby learned last month that her rent will shoot up 65 percent in February. She cannot afford it and does not...
![A Ukrainian mother vows to take up gun if Russia invades](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3b/e1/86/A-Ukrainian-mother-vows-to-take-up--118814_small.jpg)
A Ukrainian mother vows to take up gun if Russia i...
Standing in the dining room of her Kyiv flat, mother-of-three Mariana Zhaglo pulls her long rifle out of its khaki case.
![UK assisted dying bill hopes to end 'inhumane' suicides](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/96/ce/0d/UK-assisted-dying-bill-hopes-to-end-644414_small.jpg)
UK assisted dying bill hopes to end 'inhumane' sui...
Molly Meacher's voice quivers with emotion as she tells how her aunt took her own life after her liver cancer tumour grew to the s...
![Qatar looks to profit from Europe gas fears over Ukraine](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/31/0c/8b/Qatar-looks-to-profit-from-Europe-g-344233_small.jpg)
Qatar looks to profit from Europe gas fears over U...
Europe's fears of losing Russian gas supplies in the Ukraine crisis will loom large when Qatar's emir meets the US president on Mo...
![Amazon accused of anti-union tactics in New York](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/84/73/1c/Amazon-accused-of-anti-union-tactic-311433_small.jpg)
Amazon accused of anti-union tactics in New York
US labor authorities have filed a complaint accusing e-commerce giant Amazon of using threats and surveillance against its workers...
![At collapsed bridge, Biden envisions rebuilding America](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3b/95/cc/At-collapsed-bridge--Biden-envision-431601_small.jpg)
At collapsed bridge, Biden envisions rebuilding Am...
A bridge collapse Friday in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden's trip to the city to tout his $1 tril...
![Russia loses a million people in historic population fall](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2b/1a/ec/Russia-loses-a-million-people-in-hi-117604_small.jpg)
Russia loses a million people in historic populati...
Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday, a historic dr...
![US regulator points to progress in allowing 5G at more airports](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/29/7d/fe/US-regulator-points-to-progress-in--334898_small.jpg)
US regulator points to progress in allowing 5G at...
US aviation officials reported progress Friday on allowing more 5G service near airports following negotiations with telecommunica...
![Wall Street rebounds, European stocks slump at end of volatile week](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/b4/0b/6c/Wall-Street-rebounds--European-stoc-113901_small.jpg)
Wall Street rebounds, European stocks slump at end...
European stock markets ended a volatile week in the red of Friday, as investors weighed expectations of economic recovery against...
![Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh just before Biden speech](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0b/37/4a/Bridge-collapses-in-Pittsburgh-just-846843_small.jpg)
Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh just before Biden s...
A bridge collapse Friday in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for President Joe Biden's trip to the city to tout his $1 tril...
![US inflation slowed in December, spending fell: govt](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f3/79/23/US-inflation-slowed-in-December--sp-365063_small.jpg)
US inflation slowed in December, spending fell: go...
In the final month of 2021, Americans dialed back their spending even as incomes rose thanks to wage increases, while inflation sh...
![Argentina president announces new debt deal with IMF](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/fe/a6/f7/Argentina-president-announces-new-d-044623_small.jpg)
Argentina president announces new debt deal with I...
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez unveiled what he called a "reasonable" new debt repayment deal with the International Moneta...
![Caterpillar reports profit jump but warns of supply chain headwinds](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/7b/df/0d/Caterpillar-reports-profit-jump-but-773876_small.jpg)
Caterpillar reports profit jump but warns of suppl...
Caterpillar reported a jump in fourth-quarter earnings Friday on surging demand for industrial equipment, but warned that supply c...
![Italy speeds up presidential vote but deadlock persists](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d1/ec/e6/Italy-speeds-up-presidential-vote-b-141336_small.jpg)
Italy speeds up presidential vote but deadlock per...
Italy on Friday sought to accelerate the process of electing a new president after days of deadlock that has paralysed Prime Minis...
![Rwanda to reopen Uganda border in boost to ties](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/8e/b4/e8/Rwanda-to-reopen-Uganda-border-in-b-336736_small.jpg)
Rwanda to reopen Uganda border in boost to ties
Rwanda said Friday it would reopen its land border with Uganda next week after a three-year closure, a major breakthrough in repai...
![IMF warns China's property stress poses spillover risk](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/a8/30/67/IMF-warns-China-s-property-stress-p-346613_small.jpg)
IMF warns China's property stress poses spillover...
A funding crisis battering China's big property developers could start to shake the wider economy and global markets, the IMF warn...
![Left out in the cold by Spain's soaring energy prices](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/35/05/86/Left-out-in-the-cold-by-Spain-s-soa-442376_small.jpg)
Left out in the cold by Spain's soaring energy pri...
In her flat on the outskirts of Madrid, Pamela Ponce no longer turns on the heating despite the biting chill coming in through the...
![Google to invest $1 bn in India's number two mobile operator](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/16/4e/76/Google-to-invest--1-bn-in-India-s-n-055138_small.jpg)
Google to invest $1 bn in India's number two mobil...
Google will invest up to $1 billion in India's second-largest mobile operator, Airtel, the companies said Friday, as the Android-m...
![Toyota keeps top-selling automaker title despite chip crunch](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5e/85/dd/Toyota-keeps-top-selling-automaker--602340_small.jpg)
Toyota keeps top-selling automaker title despite c...
Toyota retained its crown as the world's top-selling automaker on Friday, having overcome a chip shortage and supply chain woes to...
![Philippines to re-open to vaccinated foreign tourists](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3a/34/0a/Philippines-to-re-open-to-vaccinate-433432_small.jpg)
Philippines to re-open to vaccinated foreign touri...
The Philippines will re-open to fully vaccinated tourists from most countries on February 10 and lift quarantine requirements, off...
![China Unicom says no 'justifiable grounds' for US ban](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/08/43/68/China-Unicom-says-no--justifiable-g-648331_small.jpg)
China Unicom says no 'justifiable grounds' for US...
China Unicom said Friday there were no "justifiable grounds" for a US order that banned the company from operating in the country...
![Ex-government workers mine for salvation in Afghan mountains](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/a7/ab/b0/Ex-government-workers-mine-for-salv-664118_small.jpg)
Ex-government workers mine for salvation in Afghan...
In the bone-splitting chill of the Afghan mountains, Mohammad Israr Muradi digs through coarse earth spilling from the open mouth...
![German industry seeks ladder out of supply chain woes](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/28/fd/g0/German-industry-seeks-ladder-out-of-163439_small.jpg)
German industry seeks ladder out of supply chain w...
A new warehouse with a freshly unboxed smell is the consequence of the coronavirus pandemic for the German ladder, stool and scaff...
![Salvadorans show support for bitcoin despite IMF criticism](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/75/0e/8f/Salvadorans-show-support-for-bitcoi-282863_small.jpg)
Salvadorans show support for bitcoin despite IMF c...
Karen Hernandez sells mobile phone accessories in El Salvador and says business has been through the roof since the country starte...
![Apple quarterly revenue record high despite chip shortage](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/c3/87/a0/Apple-quarterly-revenue-record-high-247324_small.jpg)
Apple quarterly revenue record high despite chip s...
Apple reported record $124 billion quarterly revenue on Thursday, despite a global chip pinch and shifting impacts of the pandemic...
![Morocco starts construction of anti-Covid vaccine plant](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/04/0d/ca/Morocco-starts-construction-of-anti-684811_small.jpg)
Morocco starts construction of anti-Covid vaccine...
Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipha...
![Honduras: Poor, violent and corrupt](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d7/4f/2e/Honduras--Poor--violent-and-corrupt-122112_small.jpg)
Honduras: Poor, violent and corrupt
Honduras, which inaugurated Xiomara Castro as its first-ever woman president Thursday, is a small country with idyllic beaches at...
![McDonald's profits rise as fast-food giant lifts prices carefully](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/90/44/59/McDonald-s-profits-rise-as-fast-foo-030102_small.jpg)
McDonald's profits rise as fast-food giant lifts p...
Price increases helped McDonald's report higher profits Thursday as the fast-food giant navigates an inflationary environment that...
![Tests of HIV vaccine using mRNA technology have begun](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e0/47/1c/Tests-of-HIV-vaccine-using-mRNA-tec-536836_small.jpg)
Tests of HIV vaccine using mRNA technology have be...
Testing in humans of an HIV vaccine that uses messenger RNA technology has begun, the biotech firm Moderna and the International A...
![Rare Botticelli sells for $45 mn at New York auction](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/fc/07/29/Rare-Botticelli-sells-for--45-mn-at-864441_small.jpg)
Rare Botticelli sells for $45 mn at New York aucti...
A rare Botticelli painting depicting Jesus Christ sold at auction for more than $45 million Thursday at Sotheby's in New York, a y...
![Stocks rebound as US economy posts decades-high growth](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/4c/9b/14/Stocks-rebound-as-US-economy-posts--040113_small.jpg)
Stocks rebound as US economy posts decades-high gr...
US and European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors put aside rate hike fears and focused on data showing the US economy g...
![Standing up to violent colleagues a high-risk 'duty' for US police](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/37/33/1a/Standing-up-to-violent-colleagues-a-449700_small.jpg)
Standing up to violent colleagues a high-risk 'dut...
US police officer Cariol Horne intervened when a colleague started choking a Black suspect during an arrest in 2006. "Fifteen year...
![Greenpeace says abandoned Yemen oil tanker a 'grave threat'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/c9/82/fe/Greenpeace-says-abandoned-Yemen-oil-261349_small.jpg)
Greenpeace says abandoned Yemen oil tanker a 'grav...
A long-abandoned fuel tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen poses a "grave threat" to millions of the impoverished country's resi...