Disaster

North Korea have warned its citizens to brace themselves for a possible famine and extremely severe economic hardship in the comings months.  State-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun published an editorial saying that the “the road to revolution is long and arduous,” warning citizens that they may have to go “on an arduous march, during which we will have to chew the roots of plants once again,” in reference to the famine in the 1990’s which killed 3 million people.

Hopefully, this will remain an isolated case. Bird flu has been found in ducks belonging to a South Korean poultry farm – the first case of the dangerous flu in 4 months Yahoo News reports: The case involved a strain known as H5N8, the same type of influenza that occurred last November.  All 11,604 ducks at the infected farm in the city of Icheon, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Seoul have been slaughtered, the official said.

The AP reports on the starvation of Yemen and its terrible effects:

The spread of hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s war since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the United States, launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. The impoverished nation of 26 million people, which imports 90 percent of its food, already had one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world, but in the past year the statistics have leaped.

An EgyptAir domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and has landed in Cyprus. The plane was  hijacked by a passenger, who said he had a suicide belt and forced the pilot to land in Larnaka Airport, Cyprus. There were reportedly 81 passengers and crewmembers on board the plane. @airlivenet What a timing! The idiot got full media attention all over the “observable twuniverse” 🐦📺 — KLM Windsor (@Laurence_MM) March 29, 2016 All hostages on the plane are to be released with the exception of the flight crew and four non-Egyptian passengers.

New studies suggest that scented candles pose a major risk to human health – and researchers have warned that breathing in the toxic fumes from these household products is more dangerous than smoking a packet of cigarettes.  As reported in The Daily Mail, scented candles, aerosols, gels and plug-in air fresheners change the structure of our DNA due to the industrial chemicals contained within – increasing the risk of lung damage, tumors, hormonal damage, asthma, and birth defects.