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Honolulu launches program to check customers for COVID-19 vaccination or testing before entering businesses

by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) HONOLULU (Eagle News) - Starting on September 13, customers on Oahu Island will need to…

Hurricane Ida could become costliest weather disaster: UN

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the US Gulf Coast at the weekend, could become the…

Weather, climate disasters surge fivefold in 50 years: UN

  by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse Weather-related disasters have skyrocketed over the past half-century, causing far more damage even…

WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named ‘Mu’

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as "Mu",…

Ireland to lift Covid lockdown on October 22

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Ireland on Tuesday announced that it will fully reopen on October 22 after 18 months…

PM Johnson says UK owes ‘huge debt’ to Afghan refugees

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said Britain owed "an immense debt" to Afghans who…

Thirty-two die as bus plunges off cliff in Peru

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Thirty-two passengers died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted…

New York charges ‘AntiVaxMomma’ over $200 fake vaccine cards

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York prosecutors on Tuesday charged 15 people in a fake vaccination card conspiracy…

Biden declares end to ‘forever wars’ in Afghan exit

by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden made a forceful defense Tuesday of his "wise" decision…

Ida death toll edges upward as US South surveys damage

by Daxia ROJAS NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) -- Louisiana and Mississippi took stock Tuesday of the disaster inflicted by…

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