NewsOvernight briefing: Electronic failure causes funeral chaos in Portugal
Overnight briefing: Electronic failure causes funeral chaos in Portugal
It happened while you were sleeping. Here’s what the world agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday.
- The Portuguese Ministry of Health has confirmed a failure in the electronic death certificate issuance system. As a result, there have been numerous delays in organising funerals across the entire country. According to TV channels SIC and CMTV, citing sources in the ministry's Directorate-General for Health (DGS), the system failure has persisted for at least four days. Media reports indicate that due to the chaos related to the system failure, several hundred funerals across the country have been delayed or temporarily cancelled.
- Thousands of people took to the streets of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on Friday for the first time in years 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 organised by opposition parties, led by the Republican Bloc for the Defence of the Constitution (BRDC).
- Russians have once again attacked Kryvyi Rih, causing further destruction and casualties. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out. According to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defence Council, fires engulfed residential buildings, private infrastructure, and commercial properties. At least one person was killed in this attack. During an earlier attack, at least 16 people were killed, including six children, and more than 50 were injured.
- At the age of 94, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died, having been removed from the clergy due to an abuse scandal. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's death was confirmed in a statement by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Archbishop of Washington. No further details were provided.
