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Stories for January 9th 2023

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Prince Harry “very stupid” for giving details of his Talban skills, Admiral Lord West

  

  The Duke of Sussex has been accused of making the Invictus Games a target for extremists by revealing he killed 25 people in Afghanistan. Falkland Islands Veteran Admiral Lord West, former head of the Royal Navy, called Prince Harry “very stupid” for giving details of his Taliban kills.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

  US: Republican Kevin McCarthy becomes new Speaker of the House

  

  It took Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy almost four days and 15 rounds of voting until he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives to replace the Democrat Nancy Pelosi.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Biden reaches El Paso to have first-hand impression of migration crisis

  

  US President Joseph Biden Sunday arrived in El Paso, Texas, from where he will cross into Mexico for a Summit with his local colleague Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Brazilian prosecutors want former Justice Minister arrested over Sunday's riots

  

  Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) Sunday requested the arrest of former federal Justice Minister Anderson Torres and of “all public agents responsible for the acts and omissions” during the demonstrations that caused havoc to the headquarters of the three branches of government.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Chile's Justice Minister resigns to avoid impeachment

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font accepted during the weekend the resignations of Justice Minister Marcela Ríos and Cabinet Chief Matías Meza Lopehandia, it was reported in Santiago.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentina finalizes currency swap with China

  

  Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) and the People's Bank of China (PBC) have reactivated a currency swap to help the South American country offset foreign exchange market operations and strengthen reserves.