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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — An ISIS-inspired terrorist stabbed six people at an Auckland supermarket on Friday before police who had him under surveillance shot him dead, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. “What happened today was despicable, it was hateful, it was wrong,” she said, describing the attacker as a Sri Lankan national who arrived in New Zealand in 2011. © Agence France-Presse
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand police shot dead a man who wounded six people in an attack at an Auckland supermarket on Friday as terrified crowds fled for the exits. Police said the attack occurred when the man entered the Countdown supermarket in the city’s New Lynn suburb as people were doing afternoon shopping. Authorities described that attack as “random” and not terror-related. “Police have located the man and he has been shot. […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 34 million individuals, with those given first doses topping 20 million. Those fully vaccinated are now over 14.1 million, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that these milestones for the Philippines in a press briefing on Thursday, Sept. 2. Those who received a first dose represented 25.93 percent, while those who completed their doses reached 18.29 percent of the target population. “Good news. […]
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA JAIPUR, India (AFP) — Faizuddin is still traumatized from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common. Scores of people have met similarly gruesome ends this year in the western desert state of Rajasthan, where deaths caused by thunderstorms used to be uncommon. “I was hit by three thunderbolts, one after the other,” […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Britain will send four million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Friday, as his country raced to halt a deadly virus outbreak. The Australian leader said the planes delivering Pfizer vaccine doses were “on the tarmac” in the UK and would deliver “four million doses of hope” within weeks. Several of Australia’s largest cities are in lockdown and case numbers and deaths are steadily rising, as the […]
HAGATNA, United States (AFP) — The US Pacific territory of Guam has suspended a program allowing international visitors to receive a Covid-19 vaccination while enjoying a tropical holiday due to a surge in virus cases. The Guam Visitors Bureau this week halted the “Air V&V” — vacation and vaccination — scheme, launched in July in a bid to restart the island’s pandemic-devastated tourism industry. Infection numbers that once made Guam an attractive destination have exploded […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, effectively ending his tenure after just one year, his party’s secretary general said. Suga announced his intention to resign at an emergency meeting of senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Toshihiro Nikai told reporters. “Today at the executive meeting, (party) president Suga said he wants to focus his efforts on anti-coronavirus measures and will not […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Friday, Sept. 3, approved the emergency use of the Moderna vaccine on adolescents aged 12 to 17. Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo said the amendment in the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use was approved “after a thorough evaluation by our vaccine experts and our regulatory experts in FDA.” According to Domingo, experts agreed that because of the Delta variant, the benefits of getting adolescents […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty Filipinos were repatriated from Laos on Wednesday, Sept. 1. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the Filipinos included seven children, one pregnant woman, a pet dog and the cremated remains of a Filipino who passed away in Laos last July. The 50 passengers joined 92 Filipinos from Myanmar and Cambodia in the sweeper flight organized by the DFA, Myanmar National Airlines flight UB-9905. The department said all passengers […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration cautioned the public against unscrupulous individuals offering supposed entry permits in exchange for a fee. The bureau issued the warning after a complaint was filed against a netizen who told victims they had contacts with an immigration officer who would supposedly ensure the smooth entry of foreigners in exchange for the grease money. A check by the bureau found, however, that the supposed immigration officer was not a […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haitian authorities announced Thursday they will delay the start of the school year in aftermath of last month’s devastating earthquake. Initially scheduled for September 6, schools will open September 21 for the majority of Haitian children in kindergarten through high school. In the three southern departments that were ravaged by the August 14 quake, classes will start on October 4. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said authorities need time to rebuild the […]
Cloudy skies, rain showers expected (Eagle News) — The monsoon trough is affecting the western section of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized […]
