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ITCZ affecting Palawan, Visayas, Mindanao: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Palawan, Central and Western Visayas, PAGASA said, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to heavy to at times intense rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, the weather bureau said, will have partly cloudy […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Sept. 14

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Sept. 14: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines and confirm their flights prior to the scheduled travel. The Philippines has lifted the travel ban on India and nine other countries. Travel restrictions, however, are in place on travelers from countries under the Philippines’ red list. The Bureau […]

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DR Congo health budget disappears without trace, NGO says

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP) — DR Congo’s health authorities have failed to explain where millions of dollars meant for building hospitals and other treatment centres have gone, a public accountability group said on Monday. The Congolese arm of the Publish What You Pay global network — primarily concerned with transparency in the resources sector — said it looked into 35 of 77 projects funded in the 2019 budget to the tune of 9.6 billion CFA francs […]

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Apple issues fix for flaw linked to Pegasus spyware

by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple released a fix Monday for a weakness that can let the spyware at the heart of the Pegasus scandal infect devices without users even clicking on a malicious message or link. The Pegasus software from Israeli firm NSO Group has been under intense scrutiny since an international media investigation claimed it was used to spy on the phones of human rights activists, journalists and even […]

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No need for a vaccine third jab booster: study

by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) — Vaccines are effective enough at preventing severe cases of Covid-19 that there is no current need for the general population to be given third doses, according to a report in The Lancet published Monday. Some countries have started offering extra doses over fears about the much more contagious Delta variant, causing the World Health Organization to call for a moratorium on third jabs amid concerns about vaccine supplies […]

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Sudan floods kill over 80 people: official

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — Floods following heavy rain in Sudan have killed more than 80 people and damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes, an official said Monday. “A total of 84 people were killed and 67 others injured in 11 states across Sudan since the beginning of the rainy season,” said Abdel Jalil Abdelreheem, spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense. The deaths were drowning, electrocution and house collapses, he added. Some […]

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UK to vaccinate over 12s against Covid

by James PHEBY LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — All children aged 12-15 will be offered Covid-19 vaccinations, Britain announced Monday, following the advice of four top medical officers. Britain has been one of the countries hardest hit by Covid-19, recording more than 134,000 deaths. Despite a succesful vaccination program, case rates remain stubbornly high due to the emergence of the Delta variant, and officials are anxious about them rising further now that schools have returned […]

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Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens to swamp Texas coast

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas gained strength as it tracked up the Texas coast hours before its expected landfall late Monday, threatening to unleash a dangerous deluge of rainfall on the southern US state, meteorologists warned. At 2100 GMT Nicholas was located some 70 miles (115 kilometers) south of Port O’Connor on the Gulf of Mexico, with Texas’s largest city of Houston squarely in the storm’s sights, according to the National Hurricane […]

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WFP to slash food aid to 100,000 in S.Sudan

  JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) — The UN World Food Programme will suspend food aid to over 100,000 displaced people in South Sudan, as funding shortages force the agency to make “painful decisions”, it said Monday. The cuts will start next month and last until January, affecting 106,000 people living in the capital Juba as well as Bor South county and the town of Wau, WFP said, warning of further reductions unless funding was increased. […]

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First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover leaves Kabul

  by Mohamad Ali Harissi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — An international commercial flight left Kabul on Monday, the first since the Taliban retook power last month, offering some hope to Afghans still desperate to leave the country. The Afghan capital’s airport was left trashed after US-led forces finished a chaotic evacuation of more than 120,000 people, and the Taliban have since scrambled to get it operational with technical assistance from Qatar and […]

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US Open champion Raducanu can ‘rule the world’ says former coach

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Emma Raducanu’s stunning US Open triumph showed the British teenager can “rule the world” of women’s tennis, according to her former coach. Raducanu has become a global sensation after the 18-year-old stormed through qualifying to win the US Open in just her second Grand Slam appearance. She defeated Leylah Fernandez in Saturday’s final in New York to become the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title […]

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Cloudy skies, scattered rains still expected due to southwest monsoon, ITCZ

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and scattered rains are still expected on Monday evening, Sept. 13. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Batanes and Babuyan Islands, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said these conditions were due to the southwest Monsoon affecting Luzon and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides due to heavy to at times […]

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