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Prince Harry in the new book: Has killed and taken cocaine  

Prince Harry's much talked about autobiography is released next week. But after Spanish copies were leaked prematurely, British media are already abuzz with reports about the content.  

And it seems clear that readers will learn a lot about the British royal that was not previously known.  

Like how many he killed while serving as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, like taking cocaine — but not liking it, and how his father, King Charles III, didn't hug him when he told him the prince's mother died in a car accident.  

Concerning how many he has been involved in killing, the 38-year-old writes, according to AFP: 

"My number is 25. It's not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but it's also not something I'm ashamed of."

The climate threat 

The race risk in the Himalayas City in the Himalayas is at risk of collapsing - residents are evacuated  

Many residents of the picturesque riverside town of Joshimath in northern India are being evacuated after more severe cracks were discovered in walls and elsewhere in their homes as well as in the ground. The BBC reports.  

Although the race risk has been known for a long time, the situation has worsened over the years and according to experts, the land in Joshimath is slowly sinking in some parts of the area due to over-establishment, increased population and extreme weather conditions, which are now occurring more and more frequently.  

According to the Indian climate movement Down to Earth, there are suspicions that the construction of a hydroelectric plant may have caused the new cracks in over 500 houses.  

Traveler from China is tested at an airport in France. Aurelien Morissard / AP  

The coronavirus infection in China  

The Chinese embassy criticizes the Swedish test requirement 

The Chinese embassy in Sweden is very critical of the introduction of the requirement for a negative covid test for travelers from China.  

"We understand that Sweden takes the necessary preventive control measures, but we oppose measures that discriminate against specific groups," spokesperson Yan Zihao writes to TT.  

The restrictions do not apply to Swedish citizens or EU citizens, nor to persons with a residence permit in Sweden or permanent residence in the EU. The embassy claims that it thus only “targets Chinese citizens.”

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The Wagner group: First Russian prisoners have been pardoned  

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Russian Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin announced today that the first group of prisoners recruited to fight in Ukraine have now been pardoned. The Moscow Times  reports. 

It was in September that a video was published in which Prigozhin is seen speaking in front of prisoners inside a Russian prison. There he promised that Russian prisoners who served six months with the Wagner Group in Ukraine would be released.  

So now the first recruits have fulfilled their contracts.  

- Society must treat them with the utmost respect, and they should not run afoul of the law. If you see an individual who was in prison and volunteered to join our group, you must understand that this man is a legitimate member of society, Prigozhin said, according to Novaja Gazeta, citing Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.  

He is said to have also urged the released prisoners to "not drink a lot, avoid drugs and not rape women 

  

Germany sends Patriot to Ukraine 

Germany sends Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. Photo: Axel Heimken  

Germany is to send the US Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.  

This is announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden in a joint statement.  

In December, it became clear that the US is sending a Patriot battery to Ukraine.  

Now Germany is following in the same track. Pinned post