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Focus On Food, Economy For 2022: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

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Kim Jong Un focused on food and development at a plenary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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Seoul, South Korea:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put the economy front and centre of an agenda-setting speech at the end of a key ruling-party meeting, state media reported Saturday, with no mention of the United States.
Instead of the policy positions on diplomacy for which Kim's New Year statements have been closely watched in recent years, he focused on food and development at a plenary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
The impoverished, nuclear-armed nation has been under a rigid self-imposed coronavirus blockade that has hammered its economy and left it struggling with food shortages.
"Achieving an epoch-making step in resolving issues related to the people's daily necessities was presented as an important task," the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a report on Kim's speech.
The pandemic and resulting border closure saw the North record its biggest economic contraction in over two decades in 2020, according to the South Korean central bank.
Concerns have grown about a full-blown food crisis in the country, and a United Nations human rights expert warned in October that the most vulnerable were "at risk of starvation".
Kim, who took power just over a decade ago after the death of his father Kim Jong Il, said at the party meeting that battling the pandemic was one of the main goals for the coming year.
"Emergency anti-epidemic measures must be placed as a top national priority and be vigorously carried out... without even a minor slack, gap or loophole," he said according to KCNA.
'Unstable environment'
While the leader did not mention the United States or South Korea directly, he briefly said Pyongyang would continue to build up its military capabilities.
"The increasingly unstable military environment on the Korean peninsula and the international situation demand the strengthening of national defence capabilities," Kim was quoted as saying by KCNA.
The state media dispatch did not provide any details on what that could entail.
Pyongyang is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, which have progressed rapidly under Kim.
But the worsening economic situation during the pandemic has not blunted those programmes, and North Korea has continued to pursue weapons development, a UN report said in October.
Pyongyang has stayed away from talks on its nuclear programme since the collapse in 2019 of the dialogue between Kim and then US president Donald Trump.
It has also rebuffed South Korea's diplomatic efforts.
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Queen Elizabeth Announces Knighthoods For Former UK Prime Minister, Covid Officials

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Tony Blair defeated Major with a landslide Labour victory in 1997 and spent a decade in office. (File)
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London:
Queen Elizabeth II on Friday announced a knighthood for former prime minister Tony Blair, while the traditional New Year's Honours also decorated officials who spearheaded Britain's fight against Covid-19.
The Queen personally appointed Blair as Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the most senior order of knighthood.
She previously knighted former Conservative prime minister John Major in this way in 2005.
Blair, now 68, defeated Major with a landslide Labour victory in 1997 and spent a decade in office.
His successes included securing peace in Northern Ireland and massively expanding gay rights. But he was widely reviled at home for his support for the 2003 US-led war in Iraq.
Blair said "It is an immense honour to be appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and I am deeply grateful to Her Majesty the Queen."
The main New Year's Honours list gave knighthoods to Chris Whitty, the UK government's chief medical adviser, and England's deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam.
Van-Tam in particular has gained a cult following over his colourful use of metaphors involving football and trains at Downing Street news conferences.
The Queen's traditional annual honours recognise the achievements and contributions of people across Britain, including a minority from the worlds of showbiz, sport and politics.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson then signs off on the choices, before the Queen awards the honour at ceremonies during the year.
This time nearly one in five honours were virus-related, the Cabinet Office said.
The recipients "have inspired and entertained us and given so much to their communities in the UK or in many cases around the world," Johnson said.
The chief scientific advisor to the government, Patrick Vallance, became a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath after receiving a knighthood in 2019. His counterparts in Scotland and Wales were also knighted Friday.
Vallance said he was "really pleased" honours were going to "those that have been working tirelessly as part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic".
There was a damehood for Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, a government agency created during the pandemic.
The UK's medicine regulator, the Medicines and the Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, in December 2020 became the world's first to approve the Pfizer vaccine. Its chief executive, June Raine, also becomes a dame.
Daniel Craig, 53, who played James Bond for the fifth and final time in "No Time To Die", released September, was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, a rare honour that author Ian Fleming bestowed on his fictional Bond.
The US producer of the Bond films for over two decades, Barbara Broccoli, has been made a CBE, or Commander of the British Empire for services to film, drama and philanthropy.
Actress Joanna Lumley, 75, who played champagne-quaffing Patsy in the BBC series "Absolutely Fabulous", said she was "thrilled and touched beyond words" at becoming a dame.
Songwriter Bernie Taupin, 71, who together with Elton John composed hits such as "Rocket Man" and "Candle In The Wind" was made an OBE (Officer of the British Empire).
Former Spice Girls star Melanie Brown was made an MBE (Member of the British Empire) for her work with domestic violence charity Women's Aid.
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Queen Elizabeth Appoints Prince Charles' Wife To Prestigious British Order Of Garter

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Camilla married Prince Charles in 2005. (File)
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London:
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II said on Friday she was appointing her daughter-in-law Camilla, a member of the ancient Order of the Garter, in an apparent boost to her royal standing.
The monarch announced she was adding Camilla, the wife of the heir to the throne Prince Charles, to the royal members of the Order, who currently include her children Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward and her eldest grandson Prince William -- but not their spouses.
The inclusion of Camilla, who married Charles in 2005, comes as she has taken on more prominent royal duties in recent years and has seen her public approval rating grow.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the oldest order of chivalry in the world, established in 1348 by the queen's ancestor King Edward III.
Its members are called knights and ladies.
They attend an annual service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, walking in procession wearing white ostrich plumes, blue velvet robes and black velvet hats.
The order includes a maximum of 24 non-royals personally chosen by the monarch.
It is Britain's highest honour and is awarded for outstanding public service and achievement.
The Queen on Friday also appointed former Labour prime minister Tony Blair as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the highest British civil honour obtainable.
He will join former Conservative prime minister John Major who was awarded the honour in 2005.
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Sick: New York Rations Covid-19 Treatments Based On Race

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New York’s Department of Health is prioritizing “non-white or Hispanic/Latino” people when providing oral antivirals to Covid-positive patients.
According to <a href="http://www.mssnyenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/122821_Notification_107774.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a memo published Monday</a>, “Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor,” and be treated in favor of white patients.
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Meanwhile, New York Governor Kathy Hochul ironically declared racism a “public health crisis,” on Dec. 23, claiming, “Communities of color in New York have been held back by systemic racism and inequitable treatment.”
Now, in the name of equity, not equality, white New Yorkers will pay the toll for something out of their control.
Last month, Infowars’ Harrison Smith was denied monoclonal antibodies at a clinic in Texas because he’s white.
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Literally just got denied medical service for being white.
— Harrison Hill Smith (@Harrison_of_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/Harrison_of_TX/status/1459550182673113089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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See the moment a Covid-positive Smith was denied treatment in the video below:
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Internet users called out the racial discrimination on Twitter.
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“Who issued this?” “Who actually wrote it and approved it?” “Did the Governor know?” All will be crucial questions. As will the reactions of the Governor, state AG and AG Garland. Question for them all: “Do you believe state action based in any way on race is constitutional?” <a href="https://t.co/Kl9Om5rE9c">https://t.co/Kl9Om5rE9c</a>
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/1476925927799939077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
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