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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mixed Monday following last week’s gains with investors keeping a worried eye on a fresh Covid outbreak in China that could drag on the already stuttering economy. Long-running worries about inflation continued to cast a shadow over trading floors, though a healthy batch of earnings have tempered those concerns in the past couple of weeks. Reporting by tech titans including Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Microsoft are on […]
by Etienne BALMER and Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France-Presse SHIMODA, Japa (AFP) – A boat’s crew casts a net into the seemingly clean waters off Japan’s Izu peninsula, but not to catch fish — they are scooping up microplastics to learn more about the pollution’s impact on marine life. Tiny floating fragments from plastic packaging, synthetic clothing and fishing nets have proliferated over the past four decades, and are now found in every part of the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Actor James Michael Tyler who played coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit sitcom “Friends” died Sunday at age 59, US media reported. Tyler died at his home in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer that he was first diagnosed with in 2018, according to a representative. “The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh ‘Friend’), from the hit series Friends, but Michael’s loved ones knew him as an […]
MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) – Bahrain announced Sunday it aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, a day after neighbouring Saudi Arabia made the same pledge ahead of the COP26 climate summit. The Gulf kingdom “aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, in order to face the challenges posed by climate change and to protect the environment”, its official news agency said. Bahrain will use technology including carbon capture, as well as tree planting, to […]
LOS ANGELES, United States(AFP) — Miles Bridges scored a team-high 32 points as the Charlotte Hornets won their third straight to spoil the Brooklyn Nets’ home debut with a 111-95 win on Sunday. Charlotte, who trailed by eight points at halftime, shook off a slow start by outscoring the Nets 61-37 in the second half. The Hornets are 3-0 and off to their best-ever start to a season. “That just shows where our growth is,” […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent by 2060, according to an official plan published by state media on Sunday. The cabinet document follows a pledge by President Xi Jinping to wean the world’s biggest polluter off coal, with a target of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality 30 years later. But the country has been criticised for pushing […]
by Anne-Sophie THILL Agence France-Presse BEAUHARNOIS, Canada (AFP) – With vast amounts of cheap and renewable electricity mostly generated from hydro dams, Quebec is seeing more and more tech giants setting up power-hungry data centres in the Canadian province. Demand for cloud services has sent the number of data centres soaring worldwide, and in Quebec alone fifty now operate where just 39 existed two years ago. Many are owned by multinationals such as Amazon Web […]
(Eagle News) — Over 82,000 violators were reported in Metro Manila since the implementation of the COVID-19 alert level 3 in the region. According to the Philippine National Police, of the 82,191 total violators, 8,602 were reported on Sunday, Oct. 24. From Oct. 16 to 24, a daily average of 9,162 violators was recorded, the PNP said. Of the total number of violators, 60,573 violated the minimum public health standards and 21,159 violators violated the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,756,923 after the Department of Health reported 5,279 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 60,957 were active. Of these, 77.5 percent were mild, 6.1 percent were asymptomatic, 2.1 percent were critical, 5.1 percent were severe, and 9.2 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,654,173 with the additional 7,312 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 41793 with the additional 208 deaths. […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Monday, Oct. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 5:54 a.m. It had its epicenter 393 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 94 kilometers. According to PHIVOLCS, the earthquake was of tectonic origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country on Monday, Oct. 25. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and Western Visayas are expected to have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains […]
by Rania Sanjar Agence France-Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia will aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, its de facto ruler said on Saturday, days before the COP26 global climate summit. The kingdom, one of the world’s biggest polluters, said it would also join a global effort to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The UN says more than 130 countries have set or are […]
