No mountain high enough: Study finds plastic in ‘clean’ air
PARIS, France (AFP) - From Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench, microplastics are everywhere – even high in the Earth’s…
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Hong Kong adds Britain to govt camp virus quarantine tier
Travellers to Hong Kong from Britain will have to initially quarantine in a government camp from Tuesday, joining 12 African…
4 years ago
Thailand reimposes quarantine for travellers to halt Omicron spread
Thailand reimposed mandatory coronavirus quarantine measures for foreign tourists on Tuesday, nixing a quarantine-free travel scheme as the kingdom seeks…
4 years ago
EU watchdog says ‘no answer’ if Omicron-specific jab needed
by Jan HENNOP There is "no answer yet" on whether vaccine makers will have to adapt their Covid shots to…
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Germany targets New Year’s parties, sports in new Covid curbs
by Michelle FITZPATRICK Germany's leaders on Tuesday limited private New Year's parties to 10 people and banned spectators from football…
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NHL players will not compete at Beijing Olympics: reports
National Hockey League players will not compete in February's Beijing Winter Olympics in the wake of 50 NHL games being postponed…
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Human cost of China’s green energy rush ahead of Winter Olympics
by Poornima WEERASEKARA Agence France-Presse BAODING, China (AFP) - Beaten, forced off their land, cheated out of money, and even…
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Biden says US ‘prepared’ for Omicron as Israel calls for 4th shots
by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus President Joe Biden on Tuesday told Americans worried about the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus…
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DILG: Over 4,000 PNP, BFP personnel deployed to Visayas, Mindanao for disaster response operations
(Eagle News) -- Over 4,000 members of the Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Fire Protection have been deployed…
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U.S. donates additional 3.4 Million Pfizer vaccine doses to the PHL
Considered as the largest single donation of Pfizer vaccines to the PHL from the 500 million doses made available by…
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