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The “Slow Death”, a homemade alcohol, kills 9 people in a village on New Year’s Eve in Venezuela

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January 7, 2023

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Eva Deschamps / January 7, 2023

The “Slow Death”, so the inhabitants of Chivacoa, agricultural village of the center-west of Venezuela have nicknamed the adulterated alcohol which cost the life to 9 persons during the celebrations of the New Year. Sixteen other persons were hospitalized, confirmed the governor of Yaracuy Julio Leon evoking a “ethylic intoxication of an artisanal product not approved by the sanitary authorities ».

The consumption of such low-cost artisanal beverages has spread, especially in the working-class neighborhoods of large cities and in the villages of the interior of the country affected by an unprecedented economic crisis.

A few drops of the yellowish liquid remained in bottles perched in the garden of the house… The party with musicians went on late into the night in a house in Pueblo Nuevo. No one suspected that a few hours later, the deaths would follow one another.

It started on January 1 when he lost his sight. He was very dizzy,” recalls Joselyn Oropeza, a 27-year-old housewife, of her uncle Oswaldo Oviedo, one of the victims. Oviedo was attending the funeral of another deceased when his symptoms worsened, forcing him to go to a health center.

The deaths were added throughout the week. “We are going through a painful moment (…), most of the deceased are friends and partly brothers too”, regrets Winder Campos, brother of Manuel Campos, while coming back from the cemetery where he rests.

We don’t know what they were really up to,” says Oropeza, but “it’s very strange that so many people died in such a short time, three days. The source of the alcohol is not yet known. The police want to find the suppliers, but the person who sold it without control and brought it to the party also died from consumption. »

Authorities interviewed relatives and visited the house where the party was held. They took samples of the little alcohol left for laboratory analysis. A police source told AFP that the alcohol was adulterated with methanol, a substance that can cause blindness, liver damage and ultimately death.

As the investigation into the “slow death” progresses, traumatized neighbors gather and chat on plastic chairs in the street in front of their homes. They talk about the victims. Doris Barico, 56 years old, mourns her older brother Carlos, 57 years old: “He led a very good life, very happy ».

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Shooting in Hamburg, Germany, leaves two dead

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March 27, 2023

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Sylvie Claire / March 27, 2023

Two people died in a shooting that took place Saturday night in Hamburg (Germany). According to the police, a man would have shot another individual before turning the weapon against him.

It could be a settlement of accounts between motorcycle gangs, the German press reported Sunday.

Earlier this month, the city of Hamburg was the scene of a shooting that left 7 dead and 12 wounded among the Jehovah’s Witness community.

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Actor Peter Hardy, known for his role in “Neighbours”, was found dead

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March 23, 2023

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Steph Deschamps / March 20, 2023

Peter Hardy is gone. The “Neighbours” actor died of drowning on a beach in Australia.

The world of cinema is in mourning this Sunday. We learned that Peter Hardy died on Thursday. The Australian actor died of drowning on a beach in Fremantle near Perth, Australia. According to several local sources, he was snorkeling at the time of the facts.

Peter Hardy was known for his role in the soap opera “Neighbours”. He had a career of almost 40 years on the big and small screen. He had also participated in the musical “Mamma Mia”.

The actor was 66 years old.

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War in Ukraine: the International Criminal Court will not let go of Vladimir Putin, the international arrest warrant remains valid for life

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March 23, 2023

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The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) for Russian President Vladimir Putin will remain valid even if Russia’s war against Ukraine ends.

“There is no statute of limitations on war crimes,” ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan told BBC Radio on Monday.

The latter highlights Vladimir Putin’s alleged responsibility for the war crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country. The arrest warrants against the head of state and his commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, will therefore remain hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives, he said. “Unless they appear before the independent judges of the court and the judges decide to drop the charges. »

The arrest warrants are essentially symbolic. A trial seems to be out of the question for the time being.

The British lawyer and chief prosecutor in the trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague told Sky News reporters that because of the arrest warrant for him, Vladimir Putin has become a wanted criminal. “This label will stick to him for the rest of his life, unless he is tried and acquitted or, which is almost unthinkable, the ICC withdraws the arrest warrant,” he explained. “The arrest warrant is a very, very important and encouraging step,” he said.