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PERU

Former president Fujimori dies at 86

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori died on Wednesday at the age of 86 in Lima, "after a long battle against cancer", confirmed his daughter and political leader Keiko Fujimori. "Our father, Alberto Fujimori, has just departed to meet the Lord," Keiko wrote on X. Fujimori, who served as Peru's president from 1990 to 2000, was released from prison in December, where he was serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity.

IRAN

FM slams Western powers for sanctions

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi condemned on Wednesday the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Germany for imposing new sanctions on Teheran over alleged drone and missile sales to Russia. Araghchi criticized the sanctions as based on "faulty intelligence and flawed logic". "Iran has not delivered ballistic missiles to Russia. Period," he said. He described those imposing sanctions as "sanction addicts", adding that "sanctions are not a solution, but part of the problem".

UNITED STATES

Billionaire pulls off 1st private space walk

A tech billionaire performed the first private space walk hundreds of kilometers above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts — until now. Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the company's brand-new space suits on his chartered flight. It also saw SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis going out once Isaacman was safely back inside. "Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do. But from here, it sure looks like a perfect world," said Isaacman.

Xinhua - Agencies