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In his New Year's declaration, the North Korean ruler promised his people solutions to the supply crisis. The focus was also on the pandemic. The North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un focused on the precarious domestic supply situation and the corona pandemic in his New Year's declaration.  Kim presented "the achievement of an epochal step in the solution of problems related to the daily needs of the people" as "an important task," reported the state news agency KCNA. "Emergency measures" to combat the pandemic would also have "top national priority". According to the South Korean central bank, in 2020, due to the pandemic and the resulting border closure, the north recorded the worst economic decline in over two decades. Internationally, there was growing concern about a serious food crisis in the isolated country. USA: Hundreds Of Houses Destroyed According to the KCNA, Kim announced again a “strengthening of national defense capacities” becau...

In Tunisia, which is slipping into political chaos, President Kais Saied announced after the government was disempowered that he would now crack down on corruption. At a meeting with the UTICA union, however, Saied said there was  no intention of harming or abusing business people According to Saied, 460 people stole 13.5 billion dinars (around 4.1 billion euros) from Tunisia. He spoke of "wrong economic decisions" that would have led to major financial problems. If people returned the money, they could reach a "criminal settlement" instead of being "prosecuted and imprisoned," said Saied, a former law professor who won the 2019 election with a campaign against corruption. On Wednesday, Saied deposed the head of state television, Mohammed al-Dahach, and appointed an interim director, the president's office announced. The Tunisian police have also temporarily arrested two reporters from the New York Times. A spokeswoman for the US newspaper confirmed th...