(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is still affecting Luzon and Visayas. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Region, Zambales, Benguet, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, the weather bureau said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Aug. 7
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Aug. 7: MIAA advised passengers to check with their airlines first prior to the scheduled flight as flight schedules are still subject to changes. The travel ban on India and nine countries has been extended. Metro Manila, meanwhile, is under an enhanced community quarantine until Aug. 20 after the Department of Health confirmed the local transmission of […]
Canada jobless rate falls to 7.5% in July
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s economy created 94,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent as Covid-19 restrictions were eased, Statistics Canada reported Friday. This 0.3 percentage point drop followed a decline of 0.4 points in June, and increases in April and May. The jobless rate peaked at 9.4 percent in January of this year, the agency said. Long-term unemployment remained higher than in February 2020 before the pandemic and accounted […]
Nigeria bombs gunmen camp, kills 78: military
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigerian forces have killed 78 gunmen, known locally as bandits, during military operations including air strikes in northwestern Zamfara state, the air force said. Heavily-armed bandits have wracked northwest and central Nigeria for years, but the groups have recently stepped up attacks on schools, kidnapping hundreds of students for ransom and prompting a military response. “On 2 August 2021, Nigerian Air Force… locked on armed bandits on bikes moving into Kwiambana […]
Coronavirus: Latest global developments
PARIS, France (AFP) — Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Sydney’s new daily record Australia’s hope of returning to “Covid zero” suffers a fresh blow as Sydney reports another record number of new infections and authorities warn residents to brace for worse to come. Manila lockdown The Philippine capital Manila returns to lockdown as authorities seek to slow the spread of the hyper-contagious Delta variant and ease pressure on hospitals while trying […]
UN warns of growing hunger in Myanmar
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Friday it urgently needed funds to feed people in Myanmar amid fears that up to 6.2 million could be plunged into hunger by October. The UN’s World Food Programme said it was 70 percent short of the $86 million needed over the next six months, as the country goes through multiple crises. A major wave of Covid-19 infections is surging through Myanmar, compounding hunger, rising food and […]
New York police charge man over ‘Gone Girl’ actress death
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the two-wheeler hit-and-run death of “Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes, a force spokesman said Friday. Brian Boyd, 26, was apprehended on Thursday and charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian and leaving the scene of a deadly accident, the spokesman told AFP. Banes, who was visiting New York from Los Angeles, suffered a head trauma in […]
Four hurt in Tokyo train stabbing: media
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Four people were injured on Friday in a stabbing attack on a train in Tokyo, with the suspect captured after fleeing the scene, leaving his weapon behind, local media said. Violent crime is vanishingly rare in Japan, and the reported attack comes with the capital on heightened security alert as it hosts the Olympic Games. The attack took place on an evening commuter train in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward, in the west […]
US gains 943,000 jobs in July, unemployment falls to 5.4%: govt
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The recovering US economy added 943,000 new jobs in July, according to government data released Friday, as hard-hit industries continued to return to normal. The result was shy of the million jobs some economists had been expecting, but enough to push the unemployment rate down a half a point to 5.4 percent, the Labor Department reported. With widespread vaccinations allowing economic activity to return to normal, hiring has begun to […]
‘I’m stronger, smarter’: US boxer convinced of Tokyo Olympic gold
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Smooth-talking Keyshawn Davis said Friday that he is “bigger, stronger, faster, smarter” and will end the United States’ 17-year wait for men’s Olympic boxing gold. The 22-year-old, who has a 3-0 professional record, was deducted a point in the second round but still defeated Armenia’s Hovhannes Bachkov on unanimous points in their lightweight semi-final in Tokyo. The US, who once reigned over Olympic boxing, have seen the men’s medals dry up […]
Greece, Turkey battle fierce fires as heatwave continues
by AFP bureaus ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on the outskirts of Athens on Friday as dozens of fires raged in Greece in what the prime minister dubbed a “critical situation,” while neighboring Turkey came under increasing pressure over its handling of wildfires. Greece and Turkey have been fighting blaze upon blaze over the past week, hit by the worst heatwave in decades, a disaster that officials and experts have […]
PAGASA: Southwest monsoon affecting Luzon, Visayas
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Region, Zambales, Benguet, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or […]
