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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, Aug. 11: Flight schedules may change at any given time. As such, MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been extended. Metro Manila is under an enhanced community quarantine until Aug. 20 amid the threat of the Delta variant. The Department […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao’s anticipated showdown with Errol Spence is off after the unbeaten American suffered a torn retina in his left eye, organizers said Tuesday. World Boxing Association welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas will replace Spence and defend his title against the 42-year-old Filipino southpaw, an eight-division world champion, on August 21 in Las Vegas. Ugas had been scheduled to defend his title on the undercard. “I’m very disappointed that […]
MONTREAL,Canada (AFP) — Canadians wanting to eat at a restaurant, go to a bar or gym, or attend a festival in Quebec will have to present a vaccine passport starting September 1, officials announced Tuesday. The province will be the first in Canada to require such passes, which are increasingly being used across the world to limit entry to public places to those who have been vaccinated, recovered from Covid-19 or tested negative. They are […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Star guard Russell Westbrook says his role with his new Los Angeles Lakers teammates will be simple — and it includes making things easier for superstar LeBron James. The Lakers landed the Westbrook in a blockbuster deal with the Washington Wizards with hopes of a “Big Three” lineup of James, Westbrook and Anthony Davis could push them back to the top in 2022 after they relinquished the NBA title […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese lined up in long queues Tuesday to stock up on cooking gas following warnings of imminent shortages, as an economic crisis eats away at supplies of basic imports. Lebanon, grappling with an economic crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the planet’s worse since the mid-19th century, has been hit in recent months by a wave of shortages of basic items from medicine to fuel. Liquefied petroleum gas, […]
GREENVILLE, United States (AFP) — Before one of California’s worst-ever wildfires hit Greenville, the sky turned dark red like a warning. After the flames tore through the tiny town, all that remained was charred walls, ash and smoke. The horrific consequence of the Dixie Fire was captured by AFP in a series of before and after photos from the monster blaze that has consumed hundreds of structures and forced thousands to flee. “I watched in […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — A massive Chinese-financed dam in Cambodia has “washed away the livelihoods” of tens of thousands of villagers while falling short of promised energy production, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 dam in the kingdom’s northeast has sparked controversy since long before its December 2018 launch. Fisheries experts had warned that damming the confluence of the Sesan and Srepok rivers — two major tributaries of the resource-rich […]
by Ye Aung THU TAUNGOO, Myanmar (AFP) — Buddhist monk and a budding sailor are among the outcasts squatting in an abandoned building in Myanmar while they help bury coronavirus victims and their worried families tell them to keep away. A surge in infections across the country has been aggravated by a lack of formal medical care, with many hospitals empty of staff joining nationwide strikes against a February military coup. Thar Gyi, one of […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — US Central Intelligence Agency chief William Burns was due in Israel Tuesday for talks on common foe Iran, as rising tensions overshadow talks on restoring a landmark nuclear deal. A spokesman for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave no details of the agenda for the CIA chief’s talks in Israel. But the Walla News website said he would discuss Iran’s nuclear programme and its activities in the region with both Bennett and […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has arrived in Sudan for a week of talks including on outstanding arrest warrants for genocide in Darfur, state media reported Tuesday. Khan will hold talks on “ways to boost cooperation” on investigations into the crimes committed during the devastating civil war in Darfur, the official SUNA news agency said. The United Nations says 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced in […]
by Alexandros Kottis with John Hadoulis in Athens AVGARIA, Greece (AFP) — Backed by a huge multinational force, Greek firefighters on Tuesday struggled for an eighth day to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have caused massive damage, prompting an apology from the prime minister. Nearly 900 firefighters, reinforced overnight with fresh arrivals from abroad, were deployed on the country’s second largest island as major towns and resorts remained under threat. Most of […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Coldplay, Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran are among the stars announced Tuesday for a day of concerts across multiple cities on September 25 to raise awareness about climate change, poverty and vaccine distribution. New York, Paris and Lagos are the first cities to be announced for Global Citizen Live, which will run for 24 hours and be screened around the world via TV stations and social media. Joining Eilish and Coldplay […]
