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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Japan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held top-level talks on tensions with China and North Korea. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the two nations were signing a five-year extension of the support package provided by Japan for the hosting of nearly 50,000 US troops on its soil. The new agreement “will invest greater resources to deepen our military readiness […]
Of 29, 19 with indicated addresses in Metro Manila (Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Thursday, Jan. 6, reported 29 more Omicron variant cases in the country, bringing the total cases of the highly transmissible variant to 43. According to the DOH, 18 additional cases of the Delta variant were also recorded, bringing the total to 8,497. The DOH said the latest genome sequencing run involved 48 samples on January 2. The DOH said of […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel’s health ministry on Wednesday announced nearly 12,000 new coronavirus cases, constituting the largest daily rise in infections since the beginning of the pandemic nearly two years ago. According to the figures, 11,978 new Covid cases were detected over the course of Tuesday, surpassing the country’s previous record high of 11,344 cases recorded on September 2 last year. While there were currently nearly 60,000 people with Covid in Israel, the number […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian health authorities authorized Covid-19 vaccines for children age five to 11 on Wednesday, as South America’s most populous country faces a rapid increase in cases due to holiday gatherings and the arrival of the Omicron variant. The final green light by Brazil’s Ministry of Health comes three weeks after the nation’s independent medicines regulator, Anvisa, declared Pfizer-BioNTech’s child-size dose to be safe and effective. “To all those parents who want […]
Alert Level 3 in these areas to remain in effect until January 15 (Eagle News) — Starting Friday, January 7, Laguna will be placed under Alert Level 3 joining Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal which are also under the higher alert level until January 15. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the recommendation of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics “to escalate Laguna to Alert Level 3, due to […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Star Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving scored 22 points in an NBA season debut delayed by his unvaccinated status, helping the Nets rally for a 129-121 victory over the Pacers in Indiana on Wednesday. Irving’s first appearance was just one highlight on a night that featured the Dallas Mavericks’ 99-82 triumph over the league-leading Golden State Warriors. The victory in Dallas set the scene perfectly for a post-game ceremony to […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,888,917 on Thursday, Jan. 6, after the Department of Health reported 17220 additional cases. According to the DOH, all laboratories were operational on Jan. 4 while 11 labs did not submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). The DOH said of the total cases, 56561 were active. Of these, 1837 were asymptomatic, 49988 were mild, 2954 were moderate, 1470 were severe, and 312 […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Macau has announced a two-week ban on any inbound passenger flights from outside of China after three coronavirus cases were found in passengers arriving from overseas. The move came the same day Hong Kong banned flights from eight nations and ramped up social distancing measures, leaving the two neighbouring Chinese territories even more cut off from the rest of the world. Like mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau have […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — More than 1,000 people have been wounded in days of mounting unrest in Kazakhstan, the health ministry said Thursday. “More than 1,000 people were wounded following riots in different regions of Kazakhstan, nearly 400 among them were hospitalised and 62 people are in intensive care,” deputy health minister Azhar Guiniyat said on Khabar-24 television, according to Russian news agencies Interfax and TASS. © Agence France-Presse
by Julie JAMMOT LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — A ring shimmers on display at the Consumer Electronics Show, but this is no mere piece of jewelry — it’s packed with sensors capable of detecting body temperature, respiration and much more. Startups at the annual gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas touted technology-enhanced accessories designed to look fetching on the outside while scrutinizing what is happening on the inside of wearers. “We want to democratize personal […]
PSG says those who tested positive came from holiday break and “not detailed in any way with the President” (Eagle News) — Malacanang said “a number of positive cases” among Presidential Security Group (PSG) personnel had been recorded, particularly among those “who came from holiday break.” In a statement on Thursday, January 6, the Palace said that 15 PSG personnel “have yielded positive test results” after taking RT-PCR tests. The tests were done after […]
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) – Police in Kazakhstan killed “dozens” of protesters who tried to storm administrative buildings overnight in the country’s biggest city Almaty, police told local media on Thursday. “Last night, extremist forces tried to assault administrative buildings, the Almaty city police department, as well as local police commissariats,” police spokesman Saltanat Azirbek was quoted as saying by Interfax-Kazakhstan, TASS and Ria Novosti news agencies. “Dozens of assailants were eliminated,” he said, adding that police […]
