UK reaches deal to boost CO2 production after shortage
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain has signed a deal enabling it to restart production of captured carbon dioxide for…
4 years ago
Manila mayor Moreno announces plan to run for president in 2022
(Eagle News) -- Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced he is running for president in 2022. Moreno…
4 years ago
S.Africa regulator approves controversial floating power plants
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - South Africa's energy regulator on Tuesday approved generating licenses for three controversial floating power plants, stoking…
4 years ago
Brazil’s health official tests positive for Covid-19 at UN gathering
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday after attending the UN General Assembly…
4 years ago
Climate: summer wildfires emit record amount of CO2
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Wildfires in Siberia, North America and around the Mediterranean caused record…
4 years ago
ADB cuts Asia growth forecast on slow Covid vaccine rollout
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The Asian Development Bank warned of "lasting scars" from the coronavirus pandemic as it cut its…
4 years ago
P1.53 billion damage to agriculture left by typhoon Jolina, says NDRRMC’s updated report
Updated number of casualties at 20 (Eagle News) -- Disaster officials said that typhoon Jolina (international name Conson) left at…
4 years ago
Rare Australia earthquake triggers panic in Melbourne
by William WEST MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- A rare quake rattled southeastern Australia early Wednesday, shaking buildings, knocking down walls…
4 years ago
Iran says to buy 2 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran is considering the purchase of two million doses of the US-German Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, an…
4 years ago
4.9-magnitude quake hits Occidental Mindoro early Wednesday, Sept. 22
(Eagle News) -- A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro early Wednesday, Sept. 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology…
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