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QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 15 people were killed when an earthquake hit southern Pakistan early Thursday, disaster management officials said. “15 to 20 people have been killed so far. The death toll may increase,” the head of Balochistan’s Provincial Disaster Management authority told AFP. © Agence France-Presse
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Sweden’s Public Health Agency on Wednesday recommended a temporary halt to the use of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine among young adults, citing concerns over rare side effects to the heart. Neighbouring Norway and Denmark also on Wednesday reiterated that Moderna’s vaccine was not recommended for under-18s. Sweden’s health agency said the suspension concerned anyone born after 1991 and should initially be in force until December 1, explaining that it had received […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in which more than two million doses were given of the vaccine, first made by the pharmaceutical company GSK in 1987. After reviewing evidence from those […]
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Two people were shot and two others injured when an 18-year-old student drew a gun and opened fire during a classroom fight at a Texas high school on Wednesday, police said. Arlington assistant police chief Kevin Kolbye said a suspect, identified as Timothy George Simpkins, had been arrested after the shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington, a suburb of Dallas. Kolbye said Simpkins, who turned himself in after fleeing […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are planning to meet by video link before the end of the year, a senior US official said Wednesday. There is an “agreement in principle” for the “virtual bilateral,” the official told reporters on condition of anonymity. “The president said how nice it would be to see Xi which he has not done for some years,” the official said. “We would […]
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report. “I wish to express to the victims my sadness and pain for the trauma they have suffered,” he said during his weekly audience at the Vatican. “And also my shame, our shame, my shame […]
Those with comorbidities to be prioritized; first phase of pilot implementation to start with those aged 15 to 17, followed by 12 to 14 age group Vaccine czar Secretary Carito Galvez Jr., speaking during the Oct. 4 briefing on COVID-19 vaccines. (Screenhot of PCOO/RTVM video/ courtest PCOO/RTVM) (Eagle News) – The Philippine government bared plans for the vaccination of adolescents, saying that the first phase would be the inoculation of those aged 15 to 17 […]
(Eagle News) — Manila mayor Franscisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso filed his certificate of candidacy for the presidential run in 2022 under the Aksyon Demokratiko party on Monday, Oct. 4. He filed his CoC together with his running-mate Dr. WIllie Ong who is known for his social media posts giving advice to ordinary Filipinos. Moreno had earlier criticized how the Duterte administration had been handling the COVID-19 response when he announced his presidential bid on […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The United Arab Emirates declared Wednesday that it has overcome the Covid crisis, recording its lowest number of infections this month since summer last year. “I wanted to assure you all that our lives must go back to normal,” said Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed in footage published by the official WAM new agency. “There are some changes in how we work, in our families’ studies […]
BANDAR SERI BAGAWAN, Brunei (AFP) — Southeast Asian nations are discussing whether to exclude Myanmar’s junta chief from a summit due to slow progress on a plan to address turmoil after a coup in the country earlier this year, a top diplomat said Wednesday. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been under pressure to address unrest in the aftermath of the military power grab in February and a subsequent crackdown on dissent. But […]
by Amber WANG TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Military tensions between China and Taiwan are at their highest in four decades, the island’s defence minister warned Wednesday, adding Beijing would be in a position to launch a full-scale invasion in 2025. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which views the self-ruled democratic island as its territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary. Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng offered his assessment […]
by Alfons LUNA TAZACORTE, Spain (AFP) — Fleeing their home after the La Palma volcano erupted on September 19, one couple married nearly 60 years decided to seek safe haven aboard their tiny boat until the storm passed. When the evacuation order came, neither Margaretha Straates, 80, nor her 90-year-old husband Luis Rodriguez Diaz fancied the idea of staying in temporary accommodation. “It suddenly came to me, why don’t we try the boat? It’s only […]
