New Mexico governor becomes substitute teacher amid Covid shortage
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The governor of New Mexico started work Wednesday as a substitute teacher, replacing one…
4 years ago
Castro to be sworn in as first woman president of Honduras
by Moises AVILA TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) -- Honduras president-elect Xiomara Castro is due to be sworn in as the country's…
4 years ago
Six sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator over thyroid cancer
by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Six young people sued the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear…
4 years ago
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Tonga
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Tonga at 0640 GMT on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said,…
4 years ago
Thailand rushes to contain oil spill after undersea leak
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - Thailand's navy and pollution experts battled Thursday to clear up an oil spill close to pristine…
4 years ago
Boston hospital refuses heart transplant to unvaccinated patient
BOSTON, United States (AFP) -- A hospital in Boston refused to perform a heart transplant on a patient who had…
4 years ago
PHL economy grows by 7.7 percent in 4th quarter of 2021 despite Delta variant, super typhoon Odette impact
PHL posts 5.6 percent overall growth based on GDP for whole year of 2021 (Eagle News) – The Philippine…
4 years ago
China warns US over Ukraine, ‘interfering’ in Winter Olympics
BEIJING, China (AFP) - China's top diplomat spoke with his US counterpart on Thursday, warning Washington to "stop interfering" in…
4 years ago
DOH finds 618 more Omicron cases; 497 are local cases mostly “stealth Omicron”
Omicron cases detected nationwide; DOH probing how Omicron sublineage BA.2 became predominant in PHL (Eagle News) – More Omicron variant…
4 years ago
Object found in the Milky Way ‘unlike anything astronomers have seen’
by Maddison Connaughton Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian researchers have discovered a strange spinning object in the Milky…
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