SOCIAL
Thousands of tattooed inmates pictured in El Salvador mega-prison. Tens of thousands of suspects have been rounded up under a state of emergency following a spike in murders and other violent crime. The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members have been moved to a new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime.
Brazilian favela shack wins house of the year award. The modest dwelling of 66 square metres has won an international architecture competition. The design was judged as representing a constructive model using common materials in the slums, resulting in a space with great environmental quality.
Top EU bodies, citing security, ban TikTok on staff phones. The EU's two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’ data.
Mexico’s ex-public security chief convicted in US drug case. A former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the US of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating.
South Korea breaks own record for world’s lowest fertility rate. The fertility rate, or the average number of children expected per woman, fell to 0.78 in 2022 – down from 0.81 the previous year. More than $200 billion has been spent trying to boost the population over the past 16 years.
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