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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Tuesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll yet, following an increase in cases linked to the Delta variant and a lacklustre vaccination drive. A government tally reported 852 fatalities over the past 24 hours, a record in Russia since the start of the pandemic. The new figure brings the country’s total deaths from Covid-19 to 205,531 — the highest in Europe. Authorities have been accused of downplaying […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thai authorities on Tuesday rushed to protect parts of Bangkok from floodwaters that have already inundated 70,000 homes and killed six people in the country’s northern and central provinces. Tropical storm Dianmu has caused flooding in 30 provinces, with the kingdom’s central region the worst hit, the Thai Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said. The level of the Chao Phraya River — which snakes through Bangkok after winding almost 400 kilometres […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A coronavirus state of emergency targeting nightlife in Tokyo and other Japanese regions will end this week, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday, as cases nosedive nationwide. The emergency measures, which largely limit alcohol sales, restaurant opening hours and crowd sizes at large events, have been in place for much of the year, including during the Olympics. They are due to expire at the end of September, and Suga said there […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — At least 16 people were injured, including four seriously, in an explosion that tore through an apartment building in Swedish city Gothenburg early Tuesday, authorities said. Emergency responders added that the blast did not look like an accident, in a country that has suffered dozens of actual or attempted bombings linked to violent criminal gangs in recent years. Ambulances, fire trucks and emergency crews swarmed the scene on Tuesday morning as […]
(Eagle News) –The Department of Health on Tuesday, Sept. 28, reported an additional 102 COVID-19 deaths in the country. With the addition, the DOH said the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 was now at 37,596. In a statement, the DOH said the technical team was so far still manually encoding data on fatalities from previous days. It said further advisories would be issued. Earlier, the DOH said the COVIDKaya system server was down […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said Tuesday it was stopping work on an mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 despite positive test results as it lags behind rivals on producing a coronavirus shot. The company said it would focus instead on another type of jab it is developing with British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline and which is in the final phase of human trials. Sanofi’s mRNA vaccine — the ground-breaking technology used by rivals Pfizer/BioNTech […]
Plays video clip of Rep. Marcoleta’s questioning of tax expert Abrea during his latest “Talk to the People” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte cited how a certified public accountant who served as an expert witness in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings investigating the Philippine government’s emergency procurement of PPEs at the start of the pandemic, later backtracked on his allegations in a hearing of the House of Representatives. In his “Talk to […]
(Eagle News) — The 2020/2021 bar examinations which were supposed to be held this November have been moved to January and February 2022 instead. According to Bar Bulletin No. 28, S. 2021 signed by Associate Justice and Bar Chair Marvic Leonen, the resetting to January 16, 23, 30, and February 6, 2022 of the exams was approved by the Supreme Court upon Leonen’s recommendation, based on the advice from various experts and “after considering […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that the vaccination of children and the general population could hopefully be done within October due to the increasing vaccine deliveries to the country. In his Talk to the People on Sept. 27, Duterte said that the country is expecting at least 100 million vaccine doses by the end of October, citing the report of vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Because of this, the President said […]
ZHUHAI, China (AFP) — China on Tuesday showed off its increasingly sophisticated air power including surveillance drones and jets able to jam hostile electronic equipment, with an eye on disputed territories from Taiwan to the South China Sea and rivalry with the United States. The country’s biggest airshow, in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, comes as Beijing pushes to meet a 2035 deadline to retool its military for modern warfare. China still lags the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — NBA star Kyrie Irving skipped the Brooklyn Nets media day on Monday because of Covid-19 protocols and declined to discuss his vaccination status, which could prevent him from playing home games this season. “I would like to keep that stuff private,” Irving told reporters via a Zoom call. “I know that I’ll be there every day no matter what and just be present for my teammates as one of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – High levels of illegal drugs have been found in a river running through Britain’s Glastonbury music festival site, endangering a rare species of fish and other wildlife, scientists said on Tuesday. The levels of cocaine and MDMA — more commonly known as ecstasy — detected in the water were so high, experts said, they could be harming wildlife downstream in Whitelake River that runs through the festival grounds. Samples taken […]
