Mystery Stomach Disease Hits North Korean Province
NORTH KOREA IS RUSHING TO CONTAIN AN OUTBREAK OF A “MALIGNANT” INTESTINAL DISEASE A MONTH AFTER THE COUNTRY ACKNOWLEDGED IT IS DEALING WITH A COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
STATE MEDIA HAVE NOT DISCLOSED THE NAME OF THE INTESTINAL DISEASE BUT SAY NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN HAS SENT MEDICINES TO COMBAT AN “ACUTE ENTERIC EPIDEMIC” IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF SOUTH HWANGHAE.
ENTERIC DISEASES ARE OFTEN ACQUIRED BY CONSUMING CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER BUT CAN ALSO SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON. THEY CAUSE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS DIARRHEA, FEVER OR CRAMPS AND CAN BE DEADLY IF LEFT UNTREATED.
EUROPEAN TRIO IN KYIV AS UKRAINE PUSHES FOR MORE WEAPONS
THE FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY LEADERS ARE IN KYIV FOR HIGH-LEVEL TALKS
EMMANUEL MACRON, OLAF SCHOLZ AND MARIO DRAGHI AIM TO COUNTER CRITICISMS OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
MACRON SAYS “FRANCE HAS BEEN ALONGSIDE UKRAINE SINCE DAY ONE” SAYING IT “MUST RESIST AND WIN”
SCHOLZ SAYS THE VISIT SHOWS COMMITMENT TO UKRAINE – “FINANCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN, BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO WEAPONS”
THE TRIO INSPECTED WAR DAMAGE ON A VISIT TO THE TOWN OF IRPIN WHICH RUSSIAN TROOPS OCCUPIED AT THE WAR’S START
IT COMES A DAY AFTER THE US PLEDGED ANOTHER $1BN OF WEAPONS AID TO KYIV
MEANWHILE A REGINAL GOVERNOR SAYS, 10,000 CIVILIANS ARE TRAPPED IN THE EMBATTLED EASTERN CITY OF SEVERODONETSK.
New Somali President Appoints Prime Minister
Somalia’s President Sheikh Mohamud has appointed a new prime minister, Hamza Barre, who is a member of parliament for President Sheikh’s party.
The president says he has been considering the selection of a new prime minister for some time, and saw Barre as a potential candidate.
Speaking after his appointment, Barre who is expected to form a government once he is approved by parliament, says he will form a government worthy of rescuing the country, with the priority of working towards a united Somalia.
Tigray forces ‘ready’ for Kenya-mediated peace talks
TIGRAYAN FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN AT WAR WITH THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS SAY THEY ARE READY TO SEND A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO TALKS, MEDIATED BY THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT.
A LETTER SIGNED BY THE HEAD OF THE TIGRAY PEOPLE’S LIBERATION FRONT, DEBRETSION GEBREMICHAEL, DID NOT SET OUT ANY PRECONDITIONS – UNLIKE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS.
EARLIER ON TUESDAY, ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED SAID HIS GOVERNMENT FAVOURED THE IDEA OF PEACE TALKS TO END THE WAR.
THE TWO STATEMENTS HAVE RAISED HOPES THAT THE CONFLICT THAT HAS FORCED MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES CAN BE BROUGHT TO AN END THROUGH DIALOGUE.
Pope Francis Praises ‘Brave’ Ukraine, But War Possible
POPE FRANCIS HAS TAKEN A NEW SERIES OF SWIPES AT RUSSIA FOR ITS ACTIONS IN UKRAINE, SAYING ITS TROOPS ARE BRUTAL, CRUEL AND FEROCIOUS, WHILE PRAISING “BRAVE” UKRAINIANS FOR FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL.
BUT IN THE TEXT OF A CONVERSATION HE HAD LAST MONTH WITH NEWSMEN AND PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY, HE ALSO SAID THE SITUATION WAS NOT BLACK AND WHITE AND THAT THE WAR WAS “PERHAPS IN SOME WAY PROVOKED”.
ACCORDING TO THE PONTIF WHILE CONDEMNING THE FEROCITY, WE MUST NOT FORGET THE REAL PROBLEMS IF WE WANT THEM TO BE SOLVED WHICH INCLUDE THE FACTORS THAT PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR WAR.
UK WORKING ‘FLAT OUT’ TO FREE DEATH SENTENCE BRITONS
UK FOREIGN SECRETARY LIZ TRUSS HAS SAID SHE WILL DO “WHATEVER NECESSARY” TO FREE TWO BRITONS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER FIGHTING IN UKRAINE.
AIDEN ASLIN, SHAUN PINNER, AND A MOROCCAN, SAAUDUN BRAHIM, DENY CHARGES OF BEING MERCENARIES.
THEY WERE SENTENCED THIS MONTH BY THE SELF-PROCLAIMED DONETSK PEOPLE REPUBLIC IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
MEANWHILE, ALL BRIDGES TO THE EMBATTLED UKRAINIAN CITY OF SEVERODONETSK ARE DESTROYED.
THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS – AND TROOPS – AND THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.
THE UK SAYS RUSSIA’S MILITARY IS LIKELY TO HAVE MADE SMALL ADVANCES IN THE KHARKIV REGION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL WEEKS,
Russia vs Ukraine: Zelensky laments high human cost of War
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the intense battle for Sievierodonetsk is taking a “terrifying” toll on Ukraine.
He lamented that the human cost of the battle is very high and the battle for the Donbas will be remembered in military history as one of the most violent battles in Europe.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai says all three bridges to the embattled eastern city of Sievierodonetsk have been destroyed, however saying that Russia had not “completely captured” the city and “a part of the city” was under Ukrainian control.
KEY DONBAS CITY ‘COULD BE CUT OFF’ IF FINAL BRIDGE DESTROYED
A UKRAINIAN REGIONAL GOVERNOR SERHIY HAIDAI HAS SAID SEVERODONETSK WILL BE “CUT OFF” FROM THE REST OF UKRAINE IF RUSSIA DESTROYS THE LAST REMAINING BRIDGE TO THE CITY.
South Africa Bus Accident Leaves 15 Dead, 37 Others Injured
FIFTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 37 INJURED THIS FRIDAY WHEN A BUS AND A TRUCK COLLIDED ON A SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHWAY NEAR THE CAPITAL PRETORIA
Liverpool Reject Bayern’s £30m Bid for Sadio Mane
LIVERPOOL HAVE REJECTED A DEAL WORTH £30MILLION FOR SENEGAL FORWARD, SADIO MANE FROM BAYERN MUNICH.