Plus, why the East-West battleground will shift from fossil fuels to metals
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We're looking back at 2022's biggest stories, and looking forward to what 2023 has in store. Today's highlights include unrest in Iran, nuclear threat in North Korea, and the leftist wave in Latin America. by Linda Noakes |
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A man views a newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's 'morality police', in Tehran, September 18, 2022 |
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- Iran's clerical leaders to grapple with deepening dissent. Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of an Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, have ushered the country into a deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large. Her death unleashed years of pent-up grievances, over issues ranging from tightening social and political controls to economic misery and discrimination against ethnic minorities.
- North Korea's weapons program reaches uncharted territory. The isolated country forged ahead with its missile program in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war in Ukraine fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it. "The possibility of denuclearizing North Korea has all but disappeared," said Evans Revere, a former U.S. diplomat.
- Latin America's 'pink tide' may have hit its high-water mark. Dramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022. However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested.
- Cryptocurrencies at a crossroads after annus horribilis. Crashes, contagion and collapses came in such quick succession this year that investors are asking serious existential questions. Next year, the traditional financial world could use the crypto malaise to up its game: snap up platforms and assets in the blockchain world, issue tokenised bonds and stocks or maybe even roll out more central bank digital currencies.
- Elon Musk, 'Chief Twit'. What started as a narrative about the battle for survival of an aging digital business has turned into a global referendum on free speech and content moderation. But Musk's first task is to figure out how to stop Twitter from losing $4 million a day to service some $13 billion in debt he used to finance his acquisition.
- VIDEO: Innovative ways we saved energy in 2022. From a Scottish nightclub harvesting dancers' body heat to Hungarians pedaling to light up a Christmas tree.
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Indigenous demonstrators drive past burning road blockades while heading towards the capital Quito in Machachi, Ecuador, June 20 | |
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A 2022 Reuters Special Report |
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Stefanie Lambert listens during a court hearing in Detroit, Michigan, October 20, 2022 | |
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The Michigan lawyer pushing Trump's voter-fraud fictions in U.S. courts. Stefanie Lambert was a defense attorney with financial woes before seizing on the election-denial movement for new business. Now she faces potential disbarment and a criminal investigation into voting-data hacks. Her journey highlights the key role lawyers played in a struggle shaking American democracy. |
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