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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand is to cut the quarantine for vaccinated travellers to seven days starting in October, officials said Monday, as it seeks to revive its battered tourism industry. Pre-pandemic Thailand attracted nearly 40 million visitors a year, but Covid-related travel restrictions have hammered the sector, contributing to the economy’s worst performance in more than 20 years. The kingdom is pushing to reopen despite still being in the grips of a deadly third […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The International Criminal Court’s new chief prosecutor said Monday he wants to focus his investigation in Afghanistan on the Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan, and to “deprioritise” alleged war crimes by US forces. Karim Khan said he had asked judges to allow him to relaunch the probe — put on hold last year at the request of Kabul’s then-government — because the Taliban takeover in August meant there was “no longer […]
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AFP) — A Canary Islands volcano that has been erupting for over a week fell silent Monday as coastal residents were confined over toxic gas fears when the lava hits the sea. La Cumbre Vieja, which straddles a southern ridge in La Palma in the Atlantic archipelago, erupted on September 19, spewing out rivers of lava which have slowly crept towards the sea. But on Monday morning, there was no […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain experienced further ‘panic-buying’ of motor fuel Monday as a shortage of lorry drivers on Covid and Brexit fallout could reportedly prompt the government to use the army to make deliveries. The Petrol Retailers Association claimed that almost half of the UK’s 8,000 fuel pumps had run out of petrol on Sunday, as desperate drivers formed long queues to fill up tanks. PRA chairman Brian Madderson told the BBC that […]
(Eagle News) — Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Sara Duterte confirmed the development on Monday, Sept. 27. “The congressman is now in isolation at a hospital while his family are also under quarantine at their residence,” the office the congressman said in a statement. According to the statement, the congressman is “not manifesting any severe symptoms.” Rep. Duterte represents the first district of Davao City. He is the eldest son […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — The Royal Navy said a British warship was sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a rare voyage by a non-US military vessel through the sensitive waterway that is likely to strain ties with Beijing. “After a busy period working with partners and allies in the East China Sea, we are now en route through the Taiwan Strait to visit Vietnam and the Vietnam People’s Navy,” tweeted HMS Richmond, a frigate […]
Total COVID vaccines delivered to PHL hit nearly 69.7 million doses (Eagle News) – Some 3 million Coronavac doses from China’s Sinovac arrived in the country on Sunday, bringing the total vaccine doses so far delivered to almost 69.7 million, according to the National Task Force against COVID-19. This was the second batch of 3 million Sinovac doses that arrived this September. The earlier batch of 3 million Sinovac doses arrived last Sept. 19. […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Equity markets mostly rose in Asia on Monday following a broadly positive lead from Wall Street, while investors kept a nervous eye on developments in the crisis at troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande as it teeters on the brink. Hong Kong was among the best performers on bargain-buying after suffering a blow-out last week, though traders were still none the wiser about whether Evergrande paid interest on an offshore bond […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A strong earthquake struck the Greek island of Crete early Monday, killing a man who was working in a church that collapsed and injuring nine others, the civil protection agency said. The quake, measuring magnitude 5.8 according to the National Observatory of Athens, struck at 0617 GMT, 23 kilometres (14 miles) from Heraklion, the capital of Greece’s largest island. The quake sent panicked residents rushing into the streets and damaged old […]
by Michelle FITZPATRICK FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Germany braced for a period of political unpredictability Monday after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative camp. Preliminary official results showed that the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) narrowly won the vote at 25.7 percent, while Merkel’s centre-right CDU-CSU bloc sunk to a historic low of 24.1 percent. The Green party placed third at […]
(Eagle News) — At least 200 areas are under a granular lockdown in Metro Manila, Philippine National Police data showed as of Sunday, Sept. 26. According to the PNP data, the 294 areas on lockdown are located in 151 barangays in 10 cities and municipalities. Of these, 193 were houses, 14 residential building floors, 39 entire residential buildings, 30 streets, and 18 were subdivisions. Metro Manila is under a COVID-19 alert level 4 until September […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Vaccinated Sydney residents will finally emerge from a lengthy Covid lockdown by mid-October, Australian officials said Monday, outlining a “blueprint for freedom” as case numbers fell in the city. Stay-at-home orders are set to be lifted in Sydney and surrounding New South Wales when the double-dose vaccination rate hits 70 percent, with state premier Gladys Berejiklian saying “quite confidently” that was now expected to occur on October 11. Shuttered pubs, restaurants […]
