FINLAND   –  We all know about the dreaded meat sweats.  But at this Burger King in Finland, they might be brought on by eating your Whopper in the sauna.

As nude dining looks set to become Europe’s most unlikely food trend a naked restaurant in London currently has a waiting list of 37,000 the Mannerheimintie branch of Burger King in Helsinki has opened an in-store spa. The latest innovation we never knew we needed features a 15-person sauna, shower room, locker room and media lounge with TV and gaming facilities. Guests can spread out on blue and red benches in the sauna, perhaps covering their modesty with a Burger King towel or robe, and watch TV or play video games while basking in the steam.

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Geneva, Switzerland –  The Zika virus strain linked to surging cases of neurological disorders and birth defects in Latin America has for the first time been found in Africa, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

The UN health agency announced that the Zika virus strain circulating in Cape Verde had been shown to be the same as the one behind an explosion of cases in the Americas. “This is the first time that the Zika strain responsible for the outbreaks linked to neurological disorders and microcepaly has been detected in Africa,” Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Africa regional chief, told reporters in Geneva. (Jamaica Observer/photo: jamaicaobserver.com)…[+]

ISRAEL –  Israeli Defense Minister Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon resigned Friday morning in the midst of a government shake-up that would have seen him replaced. “I have lately found myself in difficult moral and professional controversies with the Prime Minister, a number of other ministers, and some members of Knesset,” Ya’alon said at a Tel Aviv press conference after his announcement.

“To my great sorrow, they have taken over Israel, and the Likud movement, dangerous and extremist elements, that upend the house and threaten it. This is not the Likud movement that I joined.” Ya’alon has been in a protracted public argument with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli military. In recent weeks, Ya’alon has encouraged military generals to speak out about moral issues and the rules of engagement, even if they did not have the support of politicians. The statement was seen as criticism of Netanyahu. The two men met for an hour Monday to reconcile their differences, saying: “There is no quarrel.” (CNN/photo: newsunited.com)…[+]

Guyana is not currently considering accepting refugees from neighbouring Venezuela but would take returning Guyanese. According to President David Granger, the economic crisis in Venezuela will no doubt affect the security of the region, with Guyana wanting an orderly resolution to the situation.

The economy of neighbouring Venezuela, a country with the large oil reserves, has been in crisis since the decline in oil prices on the world market. International media report that three years of recession, crime, shortages, looting, electricity and water rationing, and inflation projected to rise to as much as 700 percent, has angered Venezuelans. “I am deeply concerned, Guyana has special interest because of the territorial question, but I think the whole region is concerned about what is taking place in Venezuela, and we hope that there is not going to be a resort to lawlessness,” President Granger stated in a Ministry of the Presidency statement. (KAIETEUR NEWS/photo: caribbeantrakker.com)…[+]