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Pope Francis has a respiratory illness and will need to be hospitalised for “a few days,” the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday, prompting worries for the 86-year-old’s health. According to the statement, the 86-year-old pope was transferred to Rome’s Gemelli hospital after complaining of respiratory issues for many days. According to the report, tests revealed that he had the illness but lacked COVID-19. The Vatican added, “Pope Francis is touched by the many messages received and expresses his gratitude for the closeness and prayer.” Francis, who celebrated his tenth year as Pope this month, is sometimes short of…

A passenger ferry caught fire in the waters off the southern Philippine province of Basilan on Wednesday evening, killing ten people and rescuing 230, according to a coast guard spokesman. Commodore Rejard Marfe, coast guard head in southern Mindanao, told the DZMM radio station that nine persons were hurt in the fire that began in air-conditioned cabins. The boat can transport up to 430 passengers. The Coast Guard tweeted photos of the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 ship being splashed with water while rescued passengers were escorted to land. The Coast Guard said that it would help with an investigation…

Chile has identified the first human case of bird flu, according to the country’s health ministry on Wednesday. According to a ministry statement, the instance was discovered in a 53-year-old male who had severe influenza symptoms, although the patient was in stable condition. The authorities are also looking into the source of the infection as well as anyone who came into touch with the sufferer. Since late last year, Chile has documented occurrences of H5N1 bird flu in wild animals. Recent incidents on industrial farms prompted the authorities to suspend chicken exports. Although industrial instances have been found in Argentina,…

To disperse opposition supporters who sought to congregate in the capital Dakar for the first of three scheduled opposition rallies against the libel trial of one of its leaders, Senegal’s security forces used tear gas and stun grenades. As the West African country prepared for more demonstrations over a court decision that has stoked tension and bloodshed before of presidential elections next year, stores and banks shuttered early on Wednesday. On Thursday, opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing over a libel suit filed by the tourism minister, who claimed that Sonko had falsely…

Peruvian prosecutors are looking into President Dina Boluarte and former President Pedro Castillo for allegedly laundering money as part of a criminal organization, according to a tweet from the attorney general’s office on Tuesday. The inquiry into the alleged offences committed by Boluarte and Castillo is part of a larger investigation into potential campaign funding violations perpetrated during Peru’s presidential election in 2021. The disclosure comes after a former Castillo advisor informed local media that he funded a portion of Castillo’s presidential campaign in 2021, as well as vacations for Boluarte when she ran for Castillo’s vice president. “The alleged…

Obesity-fighting drugs may be put for the first time on the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines list,” which is used to guide government buying choices in low- and middle-income nations, according to the U.N. Journalist was informed by the agency. A team of WHO advisors will assess fresh medication requests for inclusion next month, with an updated essential medicine list coming in September. Three doctors and a researcher in the United States requested that obesity drugs be considered. It applies to the active component liraglutide in Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) obesity medicine Saxenda, which is about to go off patent, enabling…

The Nigerian Air Force has rejected an online notice of admission into the National Diploma or Higher National Diploma (ND or HND) Nursing Programmes at the Air force School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine (NAFSMSAM), Kaduna, for the 2023-2024 Academic Session. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa, condemned the online admittance notice as “spurious and fraudulent” in a statement on Tuesday. Famuyiwa said that the advertisement, signed by an ‘impostor, Air Commodore Anike Obinna,’ urging unwary members of the public to pay a non-refundable sum of N15,000.00 for the purchase of an admission form,…

Busola Tejumola, MultiChoice’s Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels said on Tuesday that the eighth season of Nigerian Idol will begin on April 23 and continue through July 16. Tejumola said at a media conference in Lagos that the show’s live performances will begin on May 28. She said that the winner of this year’s version of the programme will get N35 million in cash, with the entire grand prize of N100 million, including gift items, to be revealed later. “This time, we are bringing back our judges: Obi Asika, Simi, and D’Banj, as well as Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa…

On Tuesday, when the federal government continued its voluntary evacuation in Libya, it worked with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to evacuate 151 trapped Nigerians from Benghazi, Libya. This was said in a statement made available to the media on Tuesday in Abuja by Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’affiares en titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya. The evacuees, who comprised 71 women, 54 men, 14 kids, and 13 newborns, are reportedly due to arrive at Lagos’ Murtala Mohammed Airport around 8 p.m., according to Musa. According to Musa, the IOM and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs successfully deported…

Turkish police detained at least 50 people on Sunday after Istanbul’s LGBT community held their annual Pride march. The government led by President Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party has toughened its stance on LGBTQ+ freedoms. Speaking after his election victory in a runoff last month, Erdogan accused opposition parties of being “pro-LGBT”. On Sunday, police in riot gear prevented access to Istiklal Avenue, the traditional venue for Pride marches, as well as the central Taksim Square. Streets nearby were blockaded and public transport in the area was suspended. On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people carrying rainbow and transgender…