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North Korea fired missile – alarm in Japan
North Korea fired a ballistic missile overnight on Tuesday that landed in the Sea of Japan.
Residents of the Japanese island of Hokkaido were urged via their mobile phones to seek shelter.
“Evacuate immediately, evacuate immediately,” the message read.
Later, the warning was withdrawn in a new message, writes NHK.
The missile was the first fired by North Korea since March 27. It landed in the waters outside Japan’s economic zone, states Kyodo News.
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Pirate drama in bay – tanker boarded
A Singapore-flagged tanker, with 20 people on board, has been boarded by “unidentified persons”, it said Al Jazeera.
The ship was in the Gulf of Guinea off the Ivory Coast when it was hijacked.
A patrol boat sent out to rescue the crew was unable to locate the vessel as the transponder was switched off.
– We think they are pirates because the approach is the same. We are looking for external help from Spain and Europe, an anonymous source told Reuters.
Sri Lanka’s plan: Sell 100,000 monkeys
Sri Lanka has advanced plans to export 100,000 monkeys to China. Ölandet has major financial problems and needs to get money in, and quickly, writes TT.
Therefore, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera wants to export Ceylon macaques, a species endemic to Sri Lanka and classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
– They want the monkeys for the over one thousand zoos they have in their country, he says.
According to official figures, there are between two and three million Ceylon macaques on the island, but no one knows how well that number corresponds to reality.
Many Sri Lankans see Ceylon macaques as pests that destroy crops and enter homes in search of food. But animal rights groups are critical of the deal.
– We want to know why they want so many monkeys, whether it is for food, for medical experiments or something else, says Jagath Gunawardana at an organization in Colombo.
There is no information on how much China is willing to pay for the monkeys.
Large fire in a truck – chaos on the E6
A truck is on fire on the E6 near Skottorp in Halland.
The incident has “a very large impact on traffic”, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.
The rescue service is on the scene, but states that the truck will burn out, says Peter Stened, internal commander of the rescue service to Hallandsposten.
– We have a forecast of a couple of hours for the fire itself, but I don’t know when the road can be opened again. Diesel oil has spilled onto the road and it’s a really bad mix with plastic that creates a lot of heat that damages the asphalt.
The Swedish Transport Administration estimates that the problems may continue until 00:45.
Robber with knife chased customer in grocery store
At the same time as an assault alarm is triggered in a grocery store in Nynäshamn at 8:30 p.m., people call the police about assault and threats with a knife in the same store.
Several police patrols are called to the scene.
Once on the scene, the police were able to establish that the whole thing started as an attempted robbery against the store but turned into two perpetrators chasing a customer at knifepoint and beating the customer.
When the police arrived at the scene, private individuals and guards in the store had caught and disarmed the two perpetrators.
The police took over the arrest.
The men are now suspected of attempted robbery, aggravated unlawful threats, attempted aggravated assault, assault, aggravated violation of the Knife Act, violation of the Weapons Act (tear gas), threat to an official and drug offense personal use.
According to the police, both people are in their early teens.
Putin approved the journalist’s arrest
Evan Gershkovich is taken out of court in Moscow on March 30. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, sources say Bloomberg.
Gershkovich was arrested on March 29 and is now formally charged with espionage. Something that the US protested loudly against.
According to Bloomberg’s sources, the Kremlin’s hard line suggests it is seeking a confrontation with Washington.
Trump is suing Michael Cohen for $500 million
Being sued by his former client. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP
Former President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer Michael Cohen for more than $500 million, reports say Fox News.
According to a source for the news site, the lawsuit should have nothing to do with the indictment against Trump.
Instead, it should be about Cohen breaking his professional code by having spread false claims about Trump, with “malicious intentions”.
He also allegedly violated the confidentiality of his employment agreement with Trump.
According to the lawsuit, these statements must have been made during numerous press conferences, in a podcast series in which Cohen participated and in two books that he wrote.
Trump’s legal team filed the more than 30-page lawsuit in a Florida court today.
The electricity support is delayed: “Talking for months”
Energy and Industry Minister Ebba Busch (KD) Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TT
Five million households have to wait even longer for the electricity subsidy.
This is what Energy and Food Minister Ebba Busch (KD) tells TT.
Busch does not want to go into what is causing the delay.
– The forecast looks good because in a few weeks we should be able to come back with a little more precision in time, I dare not say a date. But a span of time anyway, says Busch and continues:
– We are talking months, not six months, I dare say that much.
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17,000 life-threatening lampposts in New Zealand
It started with a lamp from a street lamp falling across a footpath in Wellington.
Now 17,000 life-threatening street lamps have been discovered around New Zealand.
“Every single street lamp in New Zealand’s capital is at risk of collapsing without warning onto the footpaths,” writes The Guardian.
The bulbs in the streetlights weigh like a full-grown turkey, a car tire or two bowling balls and risk causing major damage, according to council spokesman Richard MacLean.
– I think it is safe to say that you would either be seriously injured or killed, he tells The Guardian.
According to the municipality, the adapter that attaches the LED lights should not be adapted to Wellington’s strong winds.
Suspected attempted murder – man beaten by several people
Shortly after 3 p.m., the police received an alarm about a suspected assault in Nyköping.
Several perpetrators allegedly assaulted a man with at least one affection.
The injured man is aged 25. He was taken to hospital but was awake and talking.
The police have carried out door knocking in the area and a forensic investigation is to be carried out
The incident is classified as attempted murder or aggravated assault. At least one person has been arrested in the case, the police write on their website.
Man stabbed in the face
A man has been stabbed in the face in an apartment in Gothenburg, according to the police.
The man has been taken to hospital for stitches.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
A death in fire
One person has died after a fire in southern Dalarna, the police write on their website.
The person is not identified. The police will carry out a forensic examination.
A preliminary investigation into arson has been launched.
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