(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest: Greetings from Leiden! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-08-11 Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes09OP0az coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments. There are not really any good news stories today. Skies are grey and bright blues alternating. Up until today it often rained. We begin with France24: Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises Paris (AFP) – The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 percent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest". The WHO declared in May that Covid is no longer a global health emergency, but has warned that the virus will continue to circulate and mutate, causing occasional spikes in infections, hospitalisations and deaths. From ABC News: 'Disease catastrophe' looms in Sudan as health conditions deteriorate, medics warn "We are seeing a health crisis in the making," a doctor with an NGO group said. By Emma Ogao LONDON -- Sudan is facing the risk of "major disease outbreaks," with medics reporting "thousands of corpses" decomposing in the streets of the Khartoum, the capital, as morgues are stretched to "breaking point," health officials said. Sudan has recorded a "horrifying combination of rising numbers of corpses, severe water shortages, non-functioning hygiene and sanitation services," according to Save the Children, a nongovernmental organization. From the BBC: And one final health (ish) story, from WPTV: From the Associated Press: Man in Bosnia kills ex-wife live on Instagram and kills 2 more people before taking his own life SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A man in Bosnia shot and killed his ex-wife while streaming the slaying live on Instagram and then killed two other people while on the run before taking his own life Friday, according to police and media reports. The attack took place in the northeastern Bosnian town of Gradacac, where the assailant left three people wounded before he “committed suicide after being located and before being apprehended,” police in the city of Tuzla said in a statement. From the NY Times: Patrons Want Straight Answers in Crooked House Pub’s Demise The beloved tilted landmark in the West Midlands area of England was razed after a fire that police suspect was arson, leaving locals looking for answers. By Aaron Boxerman ​​​​​​​ Getting a drink in The Crooked House pub could feel intoxicating, even if you’d ordered a lemonade. Originally built as a farmhouse in England’s West Midlands in 1765, the red brick structure had begun to sink in the 19th century after years of coal mining under its foundations. As a result, the walls slouched sideways at a 16-degree angle, dizzying customers and delighting children. From The Independent: Deadly ‘mushroom poisoning’: The family lunch mystery gripping Australia Host remains a suspect after three teachers die and pastor left fighting for life Tara Cobham A well-respected pastor and three beloved teachers were among those who sat down together for a home-cooked family lunch apparently involving wild mushrooms in rural Australia at the end of last month. Within days, the teachers were dead and the pastor left fighting for life. From CNN Travel: Mountaineer denies ignoring dying porter on K2 record-breaking climb By Lianne Kolirin and Chris Stern A record-breaking Norwegian climber has hit out at what she calls “misinformation and hatred” surrounding claims she and her team climbed over a dying porter on K2 to summit the deadly peak. Last month, Kristin Harila and Nepalese Tenjin Sherpa – known as Lama – smashed the record for the fastest summit of all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter (26,000-feet) mountains. They completed the feat in three months and one day after climbing Pakistan’s K2, the last peak on their quest and considered to be more technically challenging than Mount Everest. But their achievement has now been overshadowed by shocking claims that dozens of climbers walked past a Pakistani porter who fell off a sheer edge, was hanging upside down in ropes and later died. From The Guardian: [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/11/2186713/-Overnight-News-Digest-Greetings-from-Leiden Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/