US announces another case of Covid Omicron variant

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Health authorities in the midwestern US state of Minnesota announced Thursday they had found another…

PAGASA: Typhoon “Nyatoh” no longer expected to enter PAR

(Eagle News) -- Typhoon "Nyatoh" is no longer expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine…

Starting Friday, Dec. 3, fully vaccinated adults could get booster shots — DOH

  (Eagle News) – Starting Friday, December 3, all fully vaccinated adults are eligible to receive COVID-19 booster shots, according…

Rare hunting scene raises questions over polar bear diet

by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Agence France-Presse OSLO, Norway (AFP) - A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it…

Purity or power: India’s coal quandary

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse SINGRAULI, India (AFP) - Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged…

BuCor: Ex-cop Jonel Nuezca may have died of heart attack

(Eagle News) -- Dismissed policeman Jonel Nuezca, who was caught on video shooting his neighbors dead in Tarlac in December…

Vietnam’s spectacular terraced ricefields wait for tourists

YEN BAI, Vietnam (AFP) -- As the morning sun finds its way through the mist over Vietnam's terraced rice fields,…

Japan eases blanket ban on new incoming flight bookings

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan has softened its suspension of all new incoming flight bookings to make it easier for…

Top oil producers may freeze output amid Omicron concerns

by Benoît PELEGRIN LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Major oil producers are due to meet Thursday to decide on output…

Omicron now in 24 countries; WHO asks nations to fully vaccinate 40% of population by year-end to end pandemic

Fully vaccinate 70 percent of population by middle of next year, says WHO as Tedros airs appeal to beat COVID…

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