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Separated by less than an arm’s length, people at a quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Shanghai after testing positive for COVID-19 lie in rows of grey camp beds, suitcases and other belongings strewn next to them.

Footage provided to Reuters on Thursday (April 14) by an occupant of the facility showed over a hundred people crammed into a floor of what looked like an office building, one of dozens of places the city has converted into quarantine centers in its battle to stem the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

The person who filmed the video, who declined to be identified, said there were at least 200 people there including young children. There were no showers, four shared toilets and they had gotten just plain bread for breakfast, she said.

“This centre is so crowded, everyone is less than a metre apart,” the person said. “How do you expect anyone to get better?”

Shanghai has been strictly enforcing quarantine policy, converting schools, recently finished apartment blocks and vast exhibition halls into centres, the largest of which can hold 50,000 people. Authorities said last week they have set up over 60 such facilities. The city reported a new record of 27,719 coronavirus cases on Thursday.

Published : April 14, 2022

By : Reuters

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Bin is one of more than 100 villages partially or completely burned by Myanmar’s military trying to suppress opposition since the start of this year

Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remains of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.
 

Bin is one of more than 100 villages partially or completely burned by Myanmar’s military since the start of this year, its homes among more than 5,500 civilian buildings razed as troops try to suppress opposition to last year’s coup, according to media reports collated by activist group Data For Myanmar.

Dozens of satellite images reviewed by Reuters, supplied by U.S earth-imaging company Planet Labs and U.S space agency NASA, show widespread torching of villages in the central part of the country. The photos, largely confirming the local media reports, are among the strongest evidence to date that the military is using widespread arson to step up its assault on resistance in the central Sagaing region, where residents have told Reuters there is armed opposition to the junta.

Military attacks and arson have led to large-scale displacements, residents told Reuters. More than 52,000 people fled their homes in the last week of February alone, according to the United Nations.

Tom Andrews, the United Nations special envoy for human rights in Myanmar has told Reuters he has spoken by phone with several witnesses and other people providing him with information on the ground. He said these people told him that the military had increased attacks in Sagaing over the past few months, with soldiers leading ground assaults and jets carrying out airstrikes.

The military and pro-military militias have been setting fire to villages in central Myanmar almost every day since December, according to reports from BBC Burmese and local media collated by Data For Myanmar and seen by Reuters. Publicly available NASA satellite photos confirm the location of almost all the largest blazes.

Reuters spoke to 14 villagers from the Sagaing region who described how soldiers torched their settlements. Reuters was unable to confirm certain aspects of their accounts. But they were nonetheless consistent with the satellite images seen by the news agency.

The junta, which overthrew the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, has declared any opposition to it illegal and says the military is seeking to restore order in the country. Myanmar’s military did not respond to requests for comment for this story. Over the past few months, the junta has accused opposition forces of burning villages, without presenting evidence.

Published : April 14, 2022

By : Reuters

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Satellite images released on Wednesday (April 13) showed the Moskva Russian missile cruiser in the port of Sevastopol before it was damaged by an ammunition blast.

The images, released by Maxar Technologies, show the vessel in and around Sevastopol on April 7 and April 10.

Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, was badly damaged when ammunition on board blew up, Interfax news agency quoted the defence ministry as saying on Thursday (April 14).

The blast is yet another military setback for Russia, which has suffered a series of blows since invading Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what Moscow calls a “special military operation” to “denazify” the country.

Interfax said all the crew had been evacuated. It cited the ministry as blaming the blast on fire and said the cause was being investigated.

A Ukrainian official earlier said the Moskva had been hit by two anti-ship missiles but did not give any evidence. The 12,500-tonne ship usually has a crew of around 500.

Although Ukrainian officials initially said all 13 guards had died in the subsequent Russian attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later said some of them survived.

Maksym Marchenko, governor of the region around the Black Sea port of Odesa, earlier said the Moskva had been hit by two Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles but did not provide evidence.

Last month Ukraine said it had destroyed a large Russian landing support ship, the Orsk, on the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast of the Black Sea. Moscow has not commented on what had happened to the ship.

Published : April 14, 2022

By : Reuters

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Over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol City as Russia’s strike on Ukrainian military targets with high-precision weapons continues, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Video released by the ministry on Wednesday showed a Russian warship firing missiles from the waters of the Black Sea.

The ministry’s spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that 1,026 soldiers from Ukraine’s 36th marine brigade, including 162 officers, had laid down their arms near the Ilyich iron and steelworks in Mariupol.

A statement from the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russia has fully taken the port of Mariupol from the Azov battalion and freed all hostages. The rest of the Ukrainian forces and the Nazis are all sieged and unable to escape.

The Ukrainian armed forces said on Wednesday that the fighting in Mariupol was going on, but didn’t mention the surrender of Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Oleksiy Arestovich said Wednesday on social media that the 36th marine brigade successfully reinforced troops in the city of Mariupol.

Also on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that if attacks on Russian territory continue, its forces will strike at places in Ukraine, including Kyiv.

Earlier in the day, the governor of Russia’s Kursk region said that frontier guards in the region bordering Ukraine had come under fire, and the Russian forces fired back. No casualties or property damage was caused.

Published : April 14, 2022

By : Reuters

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The CDC cited the spread of the BA.2 Omicron subvariant in its decision to extend the mask requirement. The subvariant now makes up more than 85 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the United States.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday the mask order remains in effect for public transit while the agency assesses the potential impact of the rise of COVID-19 cases.
 

“In order to assess the potential impact the rise of cases has on severe disease, including hospitalizations and deaths, and health care system capacity, the CDC order will remain in place at this time,” the agency said in a statement.

The CDC cited the spread of the BA.2 Omicron subvariant in its decision to extend the mask requirement. The subvariant now makes up more than 85 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the United States.

The mask order, which was set to expire on April 18, will run through May 3.

Published : April 14, 2022

By : Xinhua

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The suspect has been charged with violating a federal prohibition on “terrorist and other violent attacks against mass transportation systems,” and may face a sentence of up to life imprisonment, according to an attorney.

The man suspect of shooting 10 commuters on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York City, was arrested on Wednesday after a 30-hour manhunt, authorities said.
 

The suspect, Frank James, was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan after police received a tip, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a press conference.

James, 62, is suspected of setting off smoke grenades and firing a handgun at least 33 times in the subway during Tuesday morning rush hour, police said.

The attack left more than 20 people injured, 10 of them from gunfire, though none were believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.

James has been charged with violating a federal prohibition on “terrorist and other violent attacks against mass transportation systems,” Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at the press conference, adding “if convicted, he will face a sentence of up to life imprisonment.”

James had nine prior arrests in New York and three arrests in New Jersey, according to authorities.

Authorities identified James as a person of interest Tuesday night. As of Wednesday, after the investigation linked James to the shooting in numerous ways, police said he was considered the suspect and a wanted fugitive.

Any potential motive remains unclear, and further investigation continues.

Tuesday’s attack came as the city is struggling to cope with a rise in shootings. Citywide shooting incidents increased by 16.2 percent to 115 in March from a year ago, showed data from the New York City Police Department. 

Published : April 14, 2022

By : Xinhua