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by Yannick Pasquet ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Rain overnight in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece have helped “improve the situation” on Thursday, a local mayor said, but hundreds of firefighters were still battling to contain new flare-ups. Fires fanned by Greece’s most severe heatwave in decades — which authorities have blamed on climate change — have burnt through nearly 100,000 hectares over the last fortnight, leaving three dead, hundreds homeless, thousands forced to evacuate, and economic […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Thursday reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic, saying 808 people had died over the past 24 hours. The new figures bring Russia’s total fatalities from Covid-19 to 168,049 — the highest toll in Europe. © Agence France-Presse
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Authorities in China have suspended operations at a terminal in the world’s third busiest cargo port after a worker was infected with the coronavirus. The closure of a key terminal at the Ningbo-Zhoushan port on the east coast, which handled almost 1.2 billion tons in 2020, reflects China’s determination to squash its worst coronavirus outbreak in months no matter the economic costs. The worker at the port’s Meishan terminal tested positive […]
by David FOX KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometers (95 miles) from Kabul, a senior lawmaker and the insurgents said Thursday. The city — the 10th provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in a week — lies along the major Kabul-Kandahar highway, effectively serving as a gateway between the capital and militant strongholds in the south. “The Taliban took control of the key […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Aug. 12, said he has recovered from COVID-19. The senator shared the news when asked in a Laging Handa public briefing. On July 28, Gordon announced he tested positive for COVID-19. “I was completely asymptomatic but because my wife, may autoimmune problem siya, siyempre ini-ingatan ko ang asawa ko, ang mga katulong namin sa bahay, mga kasama sa Red Cross, mga staff ko sa Senado,” Gordon said. […]
by Diana SIMEONOVA / Rossen BOSSEV SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) — It’s getting close to lunchtime and a Covid-19 vaccination centre in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, is almost empty, a vivid example of the way the country’s immunisation effort is hamstrung by fake news and widespread mistrust. As a fourth coronavirus wave threatens, official data show that only 15 percent of the population of 6.9 million people has been fully vaccinated, far below the EU average […]
CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s capital Canberra was ordered into a seven-day lockdown Thursday, after a single Covid-19 case was detected in the city that has largely avoided virus restrictions. About 400,000 people in the nation’s political hub will be under stay-at-home orders from 5:00 pm local time, joining millions more already under lockdown in Australia’s southeast. “This is the most serious public health risk that we are faced in the territory this year. Really, […]
by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US consumer prices jumped again in July, as spiking gasoline prices continue to fuel inflation, prompting the White House on Wednesday to call for oil producers to open the taps to boost supply. However, overall inflation came in at a slower pace than the prior month as some impacts of the pandemic shutdowns appeared to dissipate, according to government data released Wednesday. President Joe Biden hailed the […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s medicines agency approved Tuesday a first round of clinical trials on humans for a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Spanish firm Hipra. “This is the first trial on humans of a vaccine made in Spain,” the agency said in a statement. Dozens of volunteers will be recruited from Spanish hospitals “as soon as possible” for the clinical trials, it added. Hipra, which is based in the northeastern city of Girona, said […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish rescuers evacuated a regional hospital on Wednesday and plucked stranded villagers off rooftops as flash floods and mudslides swept across the Black Sea coast. Officials said one person died of a heart attack in the mayhem and an elderly women was swept away by the rushing water and remained unaccounted for. The health ministry said eight people were also rushed to hospital when a bridge collapsed. “From a meteorological point […]
by Alexandros KOTTIS PAPPADES, Greece (AFP) — Stunned, Kostis Angelou wanders between the corpses of his goats, all 372 of them burnt by a fire that devoured forests on Evia island in Greece. “I’m lost,” he sighs, “I can’t take it anymore.” The goats lie on the two flanks of a hill blackened by the blaze that burnt for more than a week in the north of Greece’s second biggest island. Up there, in the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. Philippine National Police data showed the additional 146 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 31,933. Of these, 1868 are active. Recoveries rose to 29,977 including the additional 90 ones. No additional death was reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 88. The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program continues, with members across the A1 to A4 categories being inoculated. […]
