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A report from the UN has laid bare huge regional disparities in maternal death rates. The problem touches every region in the world but poorer countries and those affected by conflict are particularly vulnerable. In 2020, Subsaharan Africa’s Maternal mortality rate was 136 times that of Australia and New Zealand where MMR was lowest. South Sudan has the highest numbers followed by Chad and Nigeria. FRANCE 24 is joined by Argentina Matavel Piccin, regional director for the UN Population Fund.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and Health Minister François Braun arrive at the Ile-de-France Regional Health Authority (ARS) at a time when emergency services in many regions are facing an increase in activity due to the concomitant epidemics of Covid, flu and bronchiolitis. IMAGES
One of the big hotbutton issues in the midterms was abortion. That's after the Supreme Court overturned Roe Versus Wade -- the decision from the 1970s that made abortion legal in the United States. Several states decided to put abortion on the ballot. Voters turned out in favor of pro-choice in Michigan, Kentucky and Vermont... with another pro-abortion intiative set to pass in California. FRANCE 24's Alyssa Caverley reports.
France is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get. Each region has its specialty. In Bordeaux, the chocolate-coated cherry known as a guinette delights locals with its soft liqueur heart. Over in Biarritz, the rugged Basque coastline inspired chocolate makers to create the rocher de Biarritz: roasted almonds and preserved orange peel coated with dark or milk chocolate. Finally, in Strasbourg, a chocolatier sought inspiration in the sandstone found throughout the Vosges forest to create a delicious praline emblematic of the city.
Mourners from all walks of life filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth through the night as she lay in state in London's ancient Westminster Hall, paying their final respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch before her funeral on Monday.
Five "powerful" Russian missiles hit the western city of Lviv on Monday (April 18), killing at least seven people, local officials say. Philip Crowther, an Associated Press correspondent, tells us more.
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