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Clients who step inside Ammar Kalsh's barbershop in Brasilia sometimes head right back out the door when they see that the intrepid entrepreneur cuts hair with an axe. Owner and head barber Ammar Kalsh became an internet sensation in Brazil and somewhat of a local celebrity in the Brazilian capital after being filmed using an axe and hammer to cut people's hair, taking some off the top in a way that has many grabbing for their necks. The Syrian refugee fled his native Damascus in 2014 with only the clothes on his back and $30 to his name, escaping the bloodshed and violence to start a new life in Brazil.
Thousands of students march through downtown Buenos Aires in protest against budgets cuts to higher public education, research and science, declared by right-wing president Javier Milei's new government IMAGES
The European Commission announces it is clearing a 50-million-euro payment to the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, which was under review following Israeli claims its staff participated in Hamas's October 7 attack. Commission spokesman Eric Mamer tells reporters the funds would be "implemented through international partners, such as, for example, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent." SOUNDBITE
The EU sharply cut its eurozone growth forecast for 2024, Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni says. Gentiloni says the European Commission predicts the single-currency economic area to grow by 0.8 percent in 2024, down from a previous forecast of 1.2 percent. SOUNDBITE
The EU demands an "urgent" audit of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA and says it is reviewing funding, following Israeli allegations that some staff participated in Hamas's October 7 attack. The audit should be led by European Commission-appointed experts and be conducted alongside a UN investigation into the claims, commission spokesman Eric Mamer tells journalists. SOUNDBITE
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