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Ukraine builds underground schools in the Zaporiyia region

Ukraine has begun to build five underground schools in the southern region of Zaporiyia so that schoolchildren can receive face-to-face classes during the next academic year, despite the constant risk of bombing.

According to the governor and head of the military administration of the region, Ivan Fedorov, the schools will be built with modern facilities and equipment to facilitate an interactive education model that is attractive to students.

The regional authorities hope that the project will contribute to ensuring the continuity of face-to-face classes for about 50,000 schoolchildren.

One of the schools that have begun to be built underground is in the center of the city of Zaporiyia, capital of the homonymous region and one of the large Ukrainian cities hardest hit by Russian bombings since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

The work has begun with the excavation of a pit 6.5 meters deep whose bottom will be covered with concrete and waterproofed, according to the engineer in charge of the work, Maksim Gaidai.

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The infrastructure that is being built in the center of the city of Zaporiyia will become part of the facilities of the Sichoví School, which only has shelters to accommodate half of the students in case of an air alert.

This forces the other half not to be able to attend face-to-face classes and must follow their education remotely.

The underground school that is being built will have a capacity for 500 students, which will allow to offer face-to-face education to a thousand schoolchildren in two different shifts.

International

Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer amid coup conviction

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer while serving a historic sentence for attempting a coup d’état. His medical team confirmed that the lesions have been removed and that, for now, he does not require further procedures, though he will need regular monitoring.

On Wednesday, September 17, Bolsonaro’s doctors confirmed the diagnosis. The announcement comes shortly after the former leader was convicted of orchestrating an attempted coup.

According to his physician, Claudio Birolini, Bolsonaro has “squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the most benign nor the most aggressive form — it is intermediate.” Birolini warned, however, that this type of skin cancer “can carry more serious consequences.”

International

Milei praises Paraguay’s growth, calls Argentina’s last 20 years a ‘decline’

Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay’s economic growth over the past two decades during a speech before the Paraguayan Congress on Wednesday (Sept. 17, 2025), crediting it to incentives that favored capitalism. At the same time, he contrasted that progress with what he described as Argentina’s deepening “decline” during the same period.

“If we compare the last 20 years of Paraguay with those of the Argentine Republic, we will find almost diametrically opposite results,” Milei told lawmakers during a special session of Parliament on the second and final day of his official visit to Asunción.

“While you have not stopped growing, we have deepened our decline. If we understand incentives as the engine of capitalism, Paraguay focused on preserving and strengthening them, while Argentina dedicated itself to chaining, directing, and suffocating them,” the right-wing leader stated.

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Trump administration launches large-scale immigration operation in Chicago

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a large-scale immigration operation in the Chicago area with the arrival of additional Border Patrol agents on Tuesday and the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a raid.

Noem posted a video on her X account showing the immigration operation, in which DHS reportedly removed “violent criminals” from the streets. The footage shows Noem observing the arrest of a man taken into custody at his home early Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location.

“I was in Chicago today to make it clear that we will not back down,” the secretary wrote. “Our work is just beginning,” she added.

The warning from Noem was echoed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino, who posted a video on X Tuesday showing multiple Border Patrol vehicles arriving in the city with the caption: “Chicago, we are here!”

Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles implemented since last June, said the team will remain in Chicago to continue the mission they started in California.

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Operation “Midway Blitz” is currently focused on the Chicago metropolitan area and its suburbs. Activists and residents have reported sightings of masked agents and unmarked vehicles in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.