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  By Will Grant BBC News, La Tinta, Guatemala, Edited by - Vinuri Randhula Silva, IMAGE SOURCE, MIRRORPIX/GETTY IMAGES By Will Grant BBC News, La Tinta, Guatemala It is a fact that even many die-hard Abba fans do not know. Despite selling millions of copies over more than four decades, their massive 1979 hit, Chiquitita, doesn't earn the Swedish supergroup a penny. "We gave the copyright to Unicef," its composer and founding member of Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, told the BBC. "A lot of money has come in over the years because Chiquitita has been played and streamed a lot, and lots of records have been sold. So, I'm very happy about that." Written for Unicef's Year of the Child, Chiquitita - which means "Little Girl" in Spanish - was also the first song Abba recorded in Spanish, becoming a huge success across Latin America. From the start, Bjorn Ulvaeus says the band was clear about what they wanted the royalties to be used for. "I think that the ...

  By Jasmine Andersson BBC News Edited by - Vinuri Randhula Silva, New year celebrations are in full flow in parts of the world where 2023 has already arrived. The Pacific nation of Kiribati was the first to welcome in the new year, followed by New Zealand an hour later. And thousands gathered in Sydney for the Australian city's renowned fireworks display. IMAGE SOURCE, BIANCA DE MARCHI/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK Image caption, Sydney's fireworks launched from its Harbour Bridge, Opera House and barges in its famous harbour IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Many also gathered to watch the fireworks under the trees in Sydney Botanic Gardens IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, People had gathered early to get a prime spot to watch the midnight fireworks over the Sydney Opera House IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, The Hagley Park celebrations in Christchurch, New Zealand, were marked with fireworks and live music IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS Image caption, People gat...