NewsOvernight reports: Russians attack Ukraine, chaos in Portugal
Overnight reports: Russians attack Ukraine, chaos in Portugal
It happened while you were sleeping. Here’s what world agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday.
- The Portuguese Ministry of Health confirmed a failure in the electronic death certificate issuance system. As a result, there have been numerous delays in organizing funerals across the entire country. TV channels SIC and CMTV, citing sources in the ministry's Directorate-General for Health (DGS), reported the system failure has persisted for at least four days. Due to this chaos, several hundred funerals have been delayed or temporarily canceled nationwide.
- Thousands of people took to the streets of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, for the first time in years on Friday to protest against the plans of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, who intends to run for a third term with the support of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group. The protests were organized by opposition parties, led by the Republican Bloc for the Defense of the Constitution (BRDC).
- Russians have once again attacked Kryvyi Rih, leading to further destruction and casualties. A fire broke out as a result of the attack. “Houses and private infrastructure, as well as commercial premises, went up in flames,” said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council. At least one person was killed. In an earlier attack, at least 16 people were killed, including 6 children, and more than 50 were injured.
- At the age of 94, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died after being removed from the clergy due to an abuse scandal. His death was confirmed in a statement by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, though no further details were provided.
