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PARIS, France (AFP) — A group of thieves struck the Bulgari store in Paris’s Place Vendome on Tuesday, making off with around 10 million euros ($12 million) in jewellery after leading police on a high-speed chase that saw two of the suspects captured, sources told AFP. The attack on the luxury store in the heart of the French capital occurred around noon, and officers arrived at the scene shortly after, a police source said. The […]
by Allan Garcia ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, leaving at least one person dead and shaking buildings in the capital several hundred kilometers away. The epicenter was 11 kilometers (seven miles) southeast of Acapulco in Guerrero state, the National Seismological Service reported. A man was killed when a utility pole fell on him in the nearby city of Coyuca de Benitez, Guerrero […]
Says there is no corruption in procurement of PPEs (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte accused the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee headed by Senator Richard Gordon of using the hearings on the Department of Health (DOH) as a venue for “politicking.” In his Talk to the People aired on Wednesday, Sept. 8, President Duterte explained that the procurement of PPEs, and other needs at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 as a […]
Severe tropical cyclone made landfall over San Juan, Batangas this morning, PAGASA says (Eagle News) — Severe Tropical Storm “Jolina” has maintained its strength as it moves northwestward over Batangas after making landfall over San Juan in the province. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under Signal No. 2: Luzon Marinduque the northern and central portions of Oriental Mindoro (Bansud, Gloria, Pinamalayan, Pola, Socorro, Victoria, […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — For families struggling to survive on $150 a month in Bangkok’s biggest slum, coronavirus swab tests are a luxury that few can afford. The Khlong Toei slum, where an estimated 100,000 people live packed into tiny, overcrowded dwellings, has been a major concern as Thailand battles its third wave of the pandemic. Now the Bangkok Community Help Foundation, a charity, has launched a mass testing drive to try to identify cases […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island on Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said. The blaze at the Tangerang Penitentiary, just outside the capital Jakarta, broke out in the early hours when most inmates were asleep. Rescue teams were able to put out the fire, which was mostly contained in one block that housed prisoners jailed over drug charges, at around 3:00 […]
President Rodrigo Duterte, in his regular “Talk to the People” recorded on Sept. 7, and aired on Sept. 8, assures the public that there is no corruption in the government’s procurement of the PPEs, medicines and other needs for the COVID-19 pandemic. He also hit the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for the way it conducted hearings on the Department of Health’s utilization of budget regarding the needs to address the COVID-19. President Duterte also […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday near the Pacific coast, the National Seismological Service said, shaking buildings in the capital several hundred kilometers away. The epicenter was 11 kilometers (seven miles) southeast of the beach resort of Acapulco in Guerrero state, the service said, upgrading its estimate of the tremor’s strength. The earthquake was felt strongly in parts of Mexico City, sending residents and tourists spilling into the streets […]
by Carlos Mario Marquez and Moises Avila SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to embrace bitcoin as legal tender, with consumer demand crashing its brand-new cyber “wallet” system even as the currency’s value seesawed against the US dollar. Under the initiative of President Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran consumers can now legally use bitcoin — along with the US dollar which has been the official currency for two decades […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — There will be enough Covid-19 vaccine doses produced by the end of this year to cover the global population, industry heavyweights said Tuesday. There is a yawning gap in vaccination rates between rich and poor countries, but the threshold of 7.5 billion vaccine doses will be reached in September, Thomas Cueni, the head of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) told a news conference in Geneva. Up to […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Kiko” is undergoing a period of “rapid intensification” over the Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Wednesday, Sept. 8. According to PAGASA, while no tropical cyclone wind signal is currently in place, the same may be hoisted over several provinces in Northern Luzon, with higher wind signal levels possible over Extreme Northern Luzon, as “Kiko” moves west northwest. So far, “Kiko” is estimated at 1,175 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A judge in the US state of Ohio has said a hospital cannot be forced to administer an unproven treatment to a patient with Covid-19, reversing the ruling of another court. Judge Gregory Howard had ordered West Chester Hospital to administer the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to Jeff Smith, as prescribed by his physician, for 14 days. Smith’s wife, Julie, had filed suit to force the hospital located outside Cincinnati to […]
