Leading 🇮🇹Italian Politician and👉 Anti-Vaxxer Hospitalised With Chickenpox

An Italian politician and leading anti-vaxxer has been hospitalised after contracting chickenpox.

Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the right-wing Northern League party and president of the Friuli-Venezia Giuli region, had argued against the Lorenzin decree which has made vaccination compulsory in Italy.

Fedriga spent four days being treated for the disease, which can be deadly in adults.

He said although his children were vaccinated, it should not be forced on people, reports La Vanguardia.

He also claimed to make vaccinations mandatory would not convince anti-vaxxers to have their shots.

Prominent microbiologist Robert Burioni wrote on his website that had Fedriga been vaccinated, he would be in perfect health.

*New Zealand🇳🇿 Bans🚫 Semi-Automatic, Assault Rifles After👉 Mosque Shootings*

New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country's worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.

Ms Ardern said she expects the new laws to be in place by April 11 and buy-back scheme will be established for banned weapons.

“Now, six days after this attack, we are announcing a ban on all military-style semi-automatics (MSSA) and assault rifles in New Zealand,” Ms Ardern said.

A lone gunman armed with semi-automatic rifles including an AR-15, last Friday killed 50 people in two mosque attacks in Christchurch.

*New Zealand🇳🇿 Bans🚫 Semi-Automatic, Assault Rifles After👉 Mosque Shootings*

New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country's worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.

Ms Ardern said she expects the new laws to be in place by April 11 and buy-back scheme will be established for banned weapons.

“Now, six days after this attack, we are announcing a ban on all military-style semi-automatics (MSSA) and assault rifles in New Zealand,” Ms Ardern said.

A lone gunman armed with semi-automatic rifles including an AR-15, last Friday killed 50 people in two mosque attacks in Christchurch.

Nicaragua🇳🇮 Agrees✔ to Free All 👉Opposition Prisoners*

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The Nicaraguan government has agreed to release all opposition prisoners within 90 days in a bid to restart stalled peace talks.

Mediators said the government would free more than 700 people detained since anti-government rallies began last April.

A crackdown on the protests has left more than 300 people dead.

The agreement also called for sanctions imposed on Nicaragua by the US and EU to be lifted.

Luis Angel Rosadilla, a special envoy from the Organization of American States (OAS), told a news conference that President Daniel Ortega's government had agreed to release "all the people detained in the context of the protests".

The process, which opposition leaders said could begin this week, will be monitored by the Red Cross.

*French 🇫🇷Soldiers on Duty for Next👉 'Yellow Vest' ✊Protest*

French soldiers will be deployed Saturday to help guard public buildings, allowing police to focus on dealing with "yellow vest" demonstrators in case of renewed violence in Paris and other cities, the government said.

It was announced separately that Prime Minister Edouard Philippe had decided to put off a planned overseas trip to French Guiana at the weekend to be on hand at home. "Given the special situation concerning public order, the premier decided to postpone his visit," his office said.

Last Saturday, more than 5,000 police officers failed to stop hundreds of violent protesters from rampaging along the Champs-Elysees, burning and looting over 100 businesses in disturbances that lasted more than seven hours.

Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said earlier that the troops will be redeployed from the "Sentinelle" anti-terror operation, which patrols streets and protects airports, train stations, places of worship and other sites. This will allow police forces to "concentrate on crowd control, along with maintaining law and order," he said.

*Mount🏔 Everest: Melting Glaciers 👉Expose Dead Bodies*

Expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers' bodies that are becoming exposed on Mount Everest as its glaciers melt. Nearly 300 mountaineers have died on the peak since the first ascent attempt and two-thirds of bodies are thought still to be buried in the snow and ice. Bodies are being removed on the Chinese side of the mountain, to the north, as the spring climbing season starts.

"Because of global warming, the ice sheet and glaciers are fast melting and the dead bodies that remained buried all these years are now becoming exposed," said Ang Tshering Sherpa, former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association. "We have brought down dead bodies of some mountaineers who died in recent years, but the old ones that remained buried are now coming out."

Officials with the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) said they were bringing down all ropes from the higher camps of Everest and Lhotse mountains this climbing season, but dealing with dead bodies was not as easy.