Diasporas

North Korea has ordered a five-day confinement in its capital Pyongyang due to a “respiratory illness”, reported a South Korean specialized site. The move appears to be the first citywide measure taken since the country declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022. Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved emergency aid of $105 million for Haiti, which is plunged into a humanitarian crisis aggravated by inflation. The funds should enable the Caribbean country to “support those most affected by rising food prices through food distributions and payments to the most vulnerable …

A 61-year-old butcher was killed by a pig while attempting to slaughter it at the Sheung Shui slaughterhouse in Hong Kong, according to reports. “The butcher was about to kill the pig which he had already shot with an electric stun gun when it regained consciousness and knocked him over,” …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denounced the attitude of Volodymyr Zelensky’s allies including the United States and the West, during his trip in South Africa on Monday. “Russia does not refuse negotiations with Ukraine,” said Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, on Monday during a trip to Pretoria, South Africa. Almost …

Kylian Mbappé is among the most coveted single men in France right now and it turns out that the Malian-born singer Aya Nakamura is also single for a while since the separation with her ex, Vladimir. The singer and interpreter of Djadja posted a suspicious photo on her Instagram account. …

Seiji Kihara, a close friend of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has apologized after being filmed with his hands in his trouser pockets on January 13 during a trip to the United States, reports the Guardian. The attitude of the deputy had triggered strong criticism on Japanese social networks but …

Authorities in the United States have designated the Russian paramilitary group Wagner as an international criminal organization. The White House made the announcement on Friday, denouncing the group’s activities in Ukraine. “Wagner is a criminal organization that commits vast atrocities and human rights abuses,” White House National Security Council spokesman …

A 10-year-old in Mexico shot and killed another 11-year-old because he beat him at video games, several Mexican media reported Wednesday. The attacker shot the victim with a pistol that he picked up at the family home in a miserable area of the state of Veracruz (southeast). The two children …

Devanshi Sanghvi, heiress of the jewelry business Sanghvi and Sons in the Indian city of Surat (Gujarat, west) has decided to give up her fortune to become a nun in a strict religious order of the Jain faith. Renouncing a fortune of millions of dollars in diamonds, the eight-year-old Indian …

Chinese population, the world’s most populous country, fell in 2022 for the first time in six decades, an official body said on Tuesday. In total, 9.56 million births were registered last year, and did not compensate for the 10.41 million deaths, announced the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) in a …