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Political situation in Guinea 

Prosecutor: Nine dead in release of ex-dictator  

At least nine people died when former dictator Moussa "Dadis" Camara was released from a prison in Guinea's capital Conakry on Saturday. This is what the country's attorney general says in a statement on Monday, according to AFP.  

 

Moussa Camara was arrested less than a day after his release and has reportedly been back in prison since Sunday.  

 

Camara, who ruled Guinea between 2008 and 2010, is suspected of involvement in a massacre of civilians. In addition to Camara, two other former officials who are charged in the same case should have been acquitted on Saturday.  

 

Camara's lawyer has argued that he had nothing to do with the release, and that it should be seen as an attempted kidnapping. 

 

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The election in Poland  

 

Poland's president is expected to propose a prime minister  

 

Polish President Andrzej Duda plans to nominate a new prime minister today, Politico reports.  

 

"After consultations and deep thought, President Andrzej Duda has made a decision," writes an employee of the president at X.  

 

A coalition of opposition parties led by former prime minister Donald Tusk is believed to be the only one capable of mustering the majority needed to form a government, but Duda has previously said the president traditionally gives the largest single party the chance first, according to Politico. 

 

In that case, it would mean that the current governing party Law and Justice gets the chance.

 

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Suspected sex crimes in Antarctica  

 

Suspected of crimes in Antarctica: Sent to "remote ice field"  

 

The man who is suspected of abuse at a research station in Antarctica was sent after the accusations to a "remote ice field", where he was given responsibility for the safety of a professor and three young students, AP writes.  

 

The American suspect denies all charges.  

 

The incident is part of a chain of alleged abuses and irregularities in the US Antarctic research program, in which several women at the McMurdo research station have claimed that their testimonies of sexual harassment and abuse were minimized by managers.

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The climate threat|Global challenges 

  

96 percent of large companies are flouting the UN's climate guidelines

 

Half of the world's 2,000 largest listed companies have set goals to reach net zero emissions by 2050. But only a fraction of them meet the UN's climate guidelines, reports Reuters.  

 

1,003 companies in the Forbes 2,000 index, which ranks the 2,000 largest global companies, have set a climate goal. However, only 4 percent of them meet the criteria set by the UN's "Race to Zero" campaign, according to a new study that the news agency has seen. 

 

In order to achieve the criteria, the companies must, among other things, introduce immediate measures to reduce emissions through all possible channels, promise to achieve zero emissions as soon as possible, and present a plan that shows how the company will achieve the goals.

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