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Tigers At Thai Zoo Get Chicken Ice Pops As Temperatures Rise

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Tigers At Thai Zoo Get Chicken Ice Pops As Temperatures Rise

Tigers were fed frozen chicken ‘popsicles’ and enticed to splash in a wading pool at a Thai zoo as temperatures rose.

Around 50 of the big cats live at the Tiger Kingdom zoo in Chiang Mai, 700km (435 miles) north of Bangkok, according to Patchara Chanted, coordinator of the tiger handlers there.

“Tigers will save their energy during most of the day by lying down or trying to exert themselves as little as possible,” said Patchara. “But if it gets too hot for them, they will start panting like cats or dogs to avoid heat stroke.”

“We provide some activities in the water or a toy to help them cool down.”

Two tigers splashed in a pool, jumping to swat at a bunch of leaves held above the water by a handler. Twice daily during the summer months, the tigers are fed chicken encased in ice blocks.

Thailand’s hot season began at the end of February and temperatures are expected to rise as high as 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit).

Nasarawa NARD chapter joins nationwide strike, paralyses medical activities

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Nasarawa NARD chapter joins nationwide strike, paralyses medical activities

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors in Nasarawa State has joined the the national body of the association in the nationwide strike.
The State President of the Association, Dr Moses Joshua, disclosed this to Journalists in Lafia. Dr Joshua said the Union joined the strike following the directive by the national body to press home their demands.

According to him, the issue raised by the National body were not peculiar to the Federal Government institutions alone but were issues that affect the Association nationwide.

He said centralisation of house officers where all house officers will be centrally pool, just like NYSC where these house officers can be posted to various Hospitals was also discussed and form part of what under contention.

Dr Joshua who noted that there was no better time than for Government at levels to address all the issues raised to rescue the healthcare system from its shamble, appealed to the state government to use the opportunity available to address the issues raised by the national body in the state.

Ukrainian Artist Couple Turns Military Ammo Boxes Into Christian Icons In Charity Project

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Ukrainian Artist Couple Turns Military Ammo Boxes Into Christian Icons In Charity Project

Visiting a military base in 2014, Ukrainian artist and icon painter Oleksandr Klymenko was struck by how much the bottom and cover of a wooden ammunition box could resemble a Christian icon panel.

He borrowed one of the boxes from the base and painted a Byzantine icon featuring the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on its cover. Klymenko said the icon looked at least 800 years old.

The experiment led Klymenko and his wife, artist Sofia Atlantova, to start a charity project to raise money for a volunteer field hospital treating soldiers in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Since its launch in 2015, the project has raised $300,000 and the artworks have been displayed in Belgium, Germany, Canada, the United States and elsewhere.

Klymenko says the project, called ‘Buy an icon – save a life’, is based on the idea of transforming death, symbolised by the ammunition boxes, into life, symbolised by the icons.

“An ammunition box – like a coffin – is taken from under the ground, where it was previously stored. Once it is opened, death breaks out of it and destroys everything around,” Klymenko said in an interview:

“We transform it by painting life.”

Fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed forces in the eastern Donbass region has killed 14,000 people since 2014, Ukraine says. Kyiv and Moscow have traded blame for a recent spike in violence.

“Most people think of this war as of something very far away… It was important for me to show people that the war is real, that this ammunition box is real and it stored real weapons which killed real people,” Klymenko said.

“I don’t want this war to exist. And I don’t want this project to exist either.”

Two Kenyan drivers killed, two others missing in S.Sudan highway attack

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Two Kenyan drivers killed, two others missing in S.Sudan highway attack

Two Kenyan drivers were yesterday killed and another two went missing after their trucks were ambushed along the Juba-Nimule highway in South Sudan.

Security agencies in Juba said they had responded to a report of an attack in which the drivers were attacked and their vehicles torched. The motive of the attack was not immediately clear.

Col James Dak, the deputy spokesperson of South Sudan National Police Service said a team was sent to the scene early yesterday.

Juba could not confirm the nationality or number of drivers caught in the chaos, but an association of Kenyan long-distance truck drivers said two of its members had been confirmed dead, and another two were missing.

Kenya (Truck) Drivers Association chairman David Kerote said three trucks were attacked by a group of gunmen along the Nimule-Juba road before daybreak yesterday.

The association did not disclose the exact location where the incident happened.

US confirms participation in nuclear deal meet, ‘open’ to talk with Iran

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US confirms participation in nuclear deal meet, ‘open’ to talk with Iran

The United States on Friday confirmed its participation in the meeting on the Iran nuclear deal next week and offered to talk directly with Tehran.

Earlier on Friday, the European Union (EU) announced an in-person meeting of all parties in Vienna of the 2015 nuclear deal, named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, from which the US under former president Donald Trump pulled off.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed the Islamic Republic’s presence in the meeting, but denied any meeting with the US, calling it “unnecessary”.

The meeting aimed to “rapidly finalise sanction-lifting and nuclear measures for choreographed removal of all sanctions, followed by Iran ceasing remedial measures,” Zarif said.

US President Joe Biden has said that Washington would return to the nuclear accord if Tehran agrees to follow its commitments under the deal.

However, Iran has insisted on lifting off the sanctions imposed under Trump before beginning any negotiations.

Royal Opera Chorus Reunites For Performance on London Rooftop

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Royal Opera Chorus Reunites For Performance on London Rooftop

Standing apart due to social distancing measures brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 25 singers are gathered on the rooftop of the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden.

Their performance, which also includes the final chorus from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, will be streamed on the Royal Opera House’s Facebook page on Good Friday as the venue prepares to welcome back audiences in May.

“It’s about greeting Easter time and greeting the world after lockdown,” American conductor William Spaulding, who is the chorus director of the Royal Opera House, said.

“We all need a bit of hope right now … it’s been such a rough year and in particular for opera,” added director of opera Oliver Mears.

Like other cultural venues across Britain, the Royal Opera House, also home to the Royal Ballet, shut its doors in March 2020, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons to stay home.

Now, as the country slowly emerges from lockdown, the venue last week announced early plans for its 2021/22 Season, its first full season since 2019.

It will first welcome back audiences from May 17, with performances including a new Royal Opera production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito”.

While some members of the chorus, which was originally founded in 1946, performed in a Christmas concert in December, most have not sung together for a while.

Soprano Elizabeth Weisberg, who like fellow chorus members was furloughed during lockdown, said she felt she had lost a “big family feeling” by being away from her colleagues.

“I’m looking forward to the day when we can hug each other again,” she said.

“We really do look after each other and (I’m) just looking forward to seeing … the standing ovations when the audiences are back. I know they need it just as much as we do, and it’s just going to mean so much more to everybody once we are back and able to make music.”

Terrorism takes more deadly dimension in Tunisia

Henry Williams
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Terrorism takes more deadly dimension in Tunisia

Tunisian authorities said a female suicide bomber killed herself and her baby during security operations in an interior mountainous province.

Two other fighters were killed in the operations, according to an Interior Ministry statement on Thursday night.

In one operation, Tunisian forces were tracking an armed group in the Mount Salloum area of Kasserine province. They killed one suspected fighter, whose wife then killed herself by activating an explosive belt, the statement said.

The explosion killed her baby in her arms, while an older daughter also at the scene survived, according to the ministry.

Authorities said it was the first time they had reported the presence of a woman among armed groups taking refuge in the area.

Werner’s taking Extra Shooting Drills after recent fluffs

Henry Williams
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Werner’s taking Extra Shooting Drills after recent fluffs

Chelsea striker Timo Werner has struggled in front of goal since his £47.5m switch from RB Leipzig in the summer, a situation he’s replicating for the Germany national team as well.

His compatriot Thomas Tuchel took over after Frank Lampard was sacked in January and according to insider reports, one of his responsibilities is to get the German firing again.

Werner missed a sitter for Germany against North Macedonia midweek, which eventually led to a home loss for the Die Maanschaft and on his return to London wanted to take an extra finishing practice which Tuchel stopped.

Chelsea will take on West Brom at lunch time fixture tomorrow. Chelsea came from 3-0 down in the first leg to draw 3-3 in a very tense game under Frank Lampard and with Tuchel yet to concede a goal at Stamford Bridge, it will be a difficult place to come for relegation threatened West Brom.

Homeless Man Turns Model, Stuns In Viral Photos

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Homeless Man Turns Model, Stuns In Viral Photos

Olakunmi Ali was having a normal day, taking a nap under the Ikeja-along bridge in Lagos, Nigeria when he was approached by Afolabi Oriyomi, a Lagos-based fashion designer whose model was running late.

What attracted the designer to him is still unknown, but Oriyomi suggested to his team that they try him out and the the results created a viral sensation.

In a thread posted by Oriyomi on twitter he said “I had a shoot today at Ikeja, while we were waiting for the model to arrive,we decided to meet with a guy (Ali) who was sleeping under the bridge to model for us. I would like to believe that Ali was born for this. His pose, his body structure and his skin tone was perfect,”

“The photographer is @koko4president. We created magic and I can’t wait for you guys to see the images. Koko is flames. Ali is born for this. Look at his face and pose . Everything came easy with him today…”

In a follow-up post, Oriyomi expressed sadness over seeing Ali still sleeping under the bridge but expressed optimism that accommodation would be soon be secured for him following the social media response his tweet got.

Later on, Oriyomi tweeted that a modelling agency had gotten in contact with them.

Côte d’Ivoire: Former President Laurent Gbagbo is acquitted on appeal

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Côte d’Ivoire: Former President Laurent Gbagbo is acquitted on appeal

The ICC Appeals Chamber has confirmed the acquittal of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, pronounced at first instance on 15 January 2019. The decision means that Cote d’Ivoire’s former president will be allowed to return home.

He gave both thumbs up to his lawyer when the verdict was announced. For Laurent Gbagbo, it is over. After a decade-long trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), he is finally free.

On 31 March, the ICC Appeal Chamber confirmed his acquittal and that of Charles Blé Goudé, earlier pronounced on 15 January 2019. The two men were accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 2010-2011 post-election crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, which had left more than 3,000 dead.

The appeals chamber also decided to revoke all the conditions for release of Gbagbo and Goudé, who are now free to go.

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