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Russia’s Medvedev Says There Will No Talks with Ukraine After Kursk Incursion 

A destroyed Russian tank sits on a roadside near the town of Sudzha, Russia, in the Kursk region, on Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
A destroyed Russian tank sits on a roadside near the town of Sudzha, Russia, in the Kursk region, on Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
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Russia’s Medvedev Says There Will No Talks with Ukraine After Kursk Incursion 

A destroyed Russian tank sits on a roadside near the town of Sudzha, Russia, in the Kursk region, on Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
A destroyed Russian tank sits on a roadside near the town of Sudzha, Russia, in the Kursk region, on Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region means there will be no talks between Moscow and Kyiv until Ukraine is completely defeated on the battlefield, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia's Security Council, said on Wednesday.

"The casual chit-chat of self-proclaimed intermediaries on the virtuous subject of peace has ceased. Even if they cannot say it out loud, everyone recognizes the reality of the situation," Medvedev wrote on his official account on the Telegram messaging app.

"They understand that there will be NO NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL THE ENEMY IS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY DESTROYED!"

Medvedev, who has styled himself as one of the Kremlin's toughest anti-Western hawks, said that the "premature and unnecessary peace" talks that had previously been suggested "had vague prospects and no tangible outcomes."

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Thailand Says Mpox Case Recorded in Traveller from Africa 

The logo for Thailand's Department of Disease Control is pictured after officials hold a press conference on the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. (AFP)
The logo for Thailand's Department of Disease Control is pictured after officials hold a press conference on the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. (AFP)
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Thailand Says Mpox Case Recorded in Traveller from Africa 

The logo for Thailand's Department of Disease Control is pictured after officials hold a press conference on the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. (AFP)
The logo for Thailand's Department of Disease Control is pictured after officials hold a press conference on the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. (AFP)

Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday.

Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 form of mpox, as the person, a 66-year-old European man with residency in Thailand had arrived on Aug. 14 from an African country where it was spreading, Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, told Reuters.

"After he arrives from the flight there is very little time frame where he come into contact with others," Thongchai said. "He arrives around 6 pm and on the next day, Aug 15, he went to see the doctor at the hospital."

Thongchai said the man has undergone a test to determine whether the case was a Clade 1 variant, with the result expected by Friday. Authorities are also monitoring 43 people in the country who may come into contact with the patient, he said.

The director-general did not name the African country the man had been in. He said the man had transited in a Middle Eastern country, which he also did not name, before flying on to Thailand.

Thailand has detected 800 cases of mpox Clade 2 since 2022, but so far not detected a case of the Clade 1 or Clade 1b variants.