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In Burma, the death toll rises to 145 after the passage of the terrible cyclone « Mocha”

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Steph Deschamps / May 23, 2023

In Burma, the death toll from Cyclone Mocha, which swept through the country and Bangladesh, has risen to 145, mostly Rohingya, the junta announced in a statement Friday.
 
The cyclone hit Burma and Bangladesh on Sunday, with heavy rains and 195 km/h winds that demolished buildings and turned streets into rivers.  The strongest storm in the region in more than a decade ravaged villages, uprooted trees and cut off communications in much of Rakhine State, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya live in camps displaced by decades of inter-ethnic conflict.
 
A total of 145 people were killed in the cyclone,” the junta’s information team said in the statement. “According to the information we got, four soldiers, 24 residents and 117 Bengalis were killed in the storm,” it said.
 
Bengali” is a derogatory term used in Burma to designate the Muslim minority. Some 600,000 Rohingya have been living in Burma for several generations, deprived of access to health and education, “under an apartheid regime”, according to Amnesty International. All are treated as foreigners and even have to ask for permission to travel outside their village.
 
A Rohingya village chief had told AFP that more than 100 people were missing in his village alone in the aftermath of the cyclone. Another village chief near Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state, told AFP that at least 105 Rohingya had died in the vicinity of the town, and that the count was not complete.
 
In neighboring Bangladesh, officials told AFP that no one died in the cyclone, which passed near huge refugee camps housing nearly a million Rohingya.
  
The junta’s statement also said that media reports about the deaths of 400 Rohingya were “false” and that action would be taken against the media outlets that published them.
 
Since its coup more than two years ago, the junta has arrested dozens of journalists and closed media outlets deemed critical of its regime. Ships and the air force have brought in thousands of bags of rice and thousands of electricians, firefighters and rescue workers had been deployed to Rakhine State, junta-backed media reported Friday.
 
Flights resumed normally at Sittwe airport on Thursday, according to the official Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper. Some international aid agencies, including the World Food Programme, were working on the ground in Sittwe town this week, according to AFP correspondents on the ground.
  
When asked by AFP, a junta spokesman did not immediately respond to a question about whether UN agencies had access to IDP camps outside Sittwe.
 
In 2017, a violent military crackdown drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, reporting stories of murder, rape and arson.
 
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who has been in power since the Feb. 1, 2021, coup and was head of the armed forces during the 2017 crackdown, called the identity of the Rohingya “imaginary. »
 
Cyclones, sometimes called hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific, are a regular threat to the northern Indian Ocean coasts, where tens of millions of people live.

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Moscow attack: Vladimir Putin promises those responsible will all be “punished”, EI says four of its fighters carried out the attack

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Eva Deschamps / March 23,

 

At least 133 people were killed on Friday evening in an armed attack followed by a huge fire at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, which was claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (EI).
 
The four perpetrators” of the attack were arrested “on their way to Ukraine”, said the Russian president on Saturday March 23.
 
The Russian president spoke at a time of terrible tragedy in Russia. “The four perpetrators” of the attack near Moscow were arrested “on their way to Ukraine”, he said in a televised speech broadcast the day after the murderous attack. “According to initial data [from investigators], on the Ukrainian side, a passage had been prepared for them to cross the border”, he continued, notes Le Monde.
 
The attack, which killed at least 133 people near Moscow, was in the eyes of the Kremlin leader a “bloody and barbaric act of terrorism”. “Peaceful, innocent people […] including children, teenagers and women” were killed, he continued, adding, “I express my deepest and most sincere condolences to those who have lost their loved ones.” A national day of mourning will be observed on March 24.
 
“War”. In his speech, Vladimir Putin assured that “those behind these terrorists will be punished” and that they “will have no future”. On Saturday, the Kremlin announced that eleven people had been arrested, including the four suspects who carried out the attack.

 
As a reminder, the Islamic State (EI) claimed responsibility for the attack. Its Afghan branch, the Islamic State in Khorassan, known as “EI-K”, is suspected of being behind the attack. According to EI, the attack is part of a “raging war” between the organization and countries fighting Islam, its Amaq news agency said in a statement.
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Princess Kate announces cancer diagnosis

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Sylvie Claire / March 23,

 

After weeks of silence from the British royal family, cancer-stricken Princess Kate has announced that she has begun chemotherapy.

 
Princess Kate has been diagnosed with cancer, Kensington Palace announced on Friday evening. The wife of the heir to the British throne has begun chemotherapy. “I’m fine,” assured the 42-year-old princess after her cancer diagnosis was announced. In a video, the princess explained, “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding. While I was recovering from surgery, it was an incredibly difficult two months for the whole family. But I had the benefit of a fantastic medical team who took great care of me, for which I am very grateful. In January, I underwent a major domino operation in London and, at the time, my condition was not thought to be cancerous“.
 
She continues: “The operation was successful, but tests carried out after the operation revealed the presence of cancer. My medical team therefore advised me to undergo preventive chemotherapy, and I am now in the early stages of this treatment. William and I have done everything in our power to manage this situation privately, in the best interests of our young family“.
 

Princess Kate explains that it has taken them some time to explain the situation to their children George, Charlotte and Louis. She concludes her message: “But for now, I need to focus on my full recovery. I am also thinking of all those whose lives have been affected by cancer. For anyone facing this disease in any form, don’t lose faith or hide. You are not alone.

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She underwent major abdominal surgery on January 16 at the London Clinic, where she was hospitalized for ten days. For weeks, rumors had been circulating about the princess’s state of health.
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Dragon Ball: a theme park inspired by Toriyama’s universe is coming soon!

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Steph Deschamps / March 23,

 

The world’s first theme park inspired by the world of the famous Japanese manga and anime series Dragon Ball is to be built in a future leisure city in Saudi Arabia, the developer of this colossal project announced on Friday.
 
The planned opening date of this 500,000 m2 theme park was not specified, nor was its cost, as is usually the case for the Saudi kingdom’s tourism megaprojects.
 
Located in Qiddiya, near the capital Riyadh, the park will feature seven different zones from the Dragon Ball universe, around 30 attractions as well as hotels and restaurants, according to a press release from Qiddiya Investment Company, also issued by Japanese studio Toei Animation, producer of the franchise’s cartoons.
 
The death of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama on March 1 at the age of 68 provoked a worldwide wave of emotion, reflecting the immense popularity of his work.

 
First published in 1984, Dragon Ball is one of the best-selling mangas of all time, and has spawned countless animated series, films and video games. It recounts the adventures of Son Goku, a young martial arts prodigy in search of seven crystal balls to help him and his allies protect the Earth from evil enemies.
 
The new town of Qiddiya is one of the pharaonic projects in Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” program, designed to develop the country’s tourism industry and reduce its economy’s heavy dependence on hydrocarbons.
 
Qiddiya will eventually house several theme parks, sports facilities and cultural venues. Construction of the city began in 2019, but its completion date is not known.
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