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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia on Monday called for the nation’s oxygen supplies to be sent to hospitals overflowing with coronavirus patients as fresh cases and deaths hit new records. Oxygen producers had been told to allocate their stocks to the medical sector as the country is battered by an unprecedented wave of infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, said senior minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. “We have enough oxygen supply, but demand is […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — An explosion near Thai capital Bangkok’s international airport Monday left a plastics factory in flames, killing at least one firefighter and wounding 29 people, officials said. Heavy plumes of black smoke could be seen rising up to the sky from the city’s downtown 35 kilometres (21 miles) away, as helicopters continued to dump fire suppression foam from the air on the site. The blast occurred around 3 am at Taiwan-based Ming […]
by Charlie CHARALAMBOUS NICOSIA, Syria (AFP) — Firefighters in Cyprus said Monday they had brought under full control the island’s worst blaze on record, which ripped through mountain forests and farmland, killing four people and destroying scores of homes. Water-bombing planes from Greece and Israel and British aircraft from bases on the Mediterranean island helped douse the huge fire, which blackened 55 square kilometres (21 square miles) of the Troodos Mountains. The Cyprus Forestry Department […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — After battering Cuba with a dangerous storm surge, mudslides and “flooding rains,” Tropical Storm Elsa gained slightly in intensity on Monday as it headed north toward the Florida Keys, the US National Hurricane Center reported. The storm left a trail of destruction through the Caribbean, claiming at least three lives. But Florida appeared to be getting a bit of a break, as forecasters shifted its likely path westward, suggesting not the […]
by Jitendra JOSHI LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday revealed plans to lift most of England’s coronavirus restrictions, including face masks and social distancing from July 19, urging personal responsibility rather than government edict. His announcement came as experts in Israel, which led the way in vaccination, expressed concern that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine widely used there might be less effective against the dangerous Delta variant. Data collated by AFP meanwhile […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese city near the border with Myanmar has imposed a lockdown and started mass testing after three coronavirus cases were reported on Monday, with officials rushing to curb another outbreak. It is the second time in four months that Ruili, home to more than 210,000 people, has been locked down after the discovery of cases imported from Myanmar. Ruili is a major crossing point from Muse in neighbouring Myanmar, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are now at 1,441,746 after the Department of Health reported 5392 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 51594 were active. Of these, 91.1 percent were mild, 3.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.1 percent severe, and 1.57 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1364960 including the additional 6477 ones. The death toll is now at 25192 including the additional 43 ones. The Philippines’ COVID-19 […]
PHL Defense department investigating incident (Eagle News) – Malacanang expressed its condolences to those who lost their lives in a plane crash of a C130 Hercules plane in Sulu where at least 50 lives were lost, mostly soldiers who recently finished a training on counter-insurgency. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the whole nation is in mourning. The Department of National Defense is conducting an investigation of Sunday’s tragic incident involving a second-hand plane […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden celebrated US Independence Day on Sunday with an upbeat assessment of a country he said is roaring back to post-pandemic life, even if Covid-19 has yet to be fully “vanquished.” Speaking before a festive crowd of 1,000 guests on the White House South Lawn, Biden drew a comparison between the declaration of independence from the British Empire in 1776 and […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Emong” has maintained its strength as it continues to move closer towards the Batanes and Babuyan Islands area. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Signal No. 1 remains raised over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga) including Babuyan Islands, with the center of Tropical Depression “Emong”was estimated 315 km east of Aparri, Cagayan. So far, it is packing maximum sustained winds of […]
(Eagle News) — The United States offered its condolences to the Philippines after a military C-130 crashed in Sulu on Monday, July 5. “On behalf of the United States, I offer our deep condolences to the people of the Philippines regarding the tragic plane crash in which several dozen service members were killed,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with those who were injured and the families of those […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokesperson Mark Timbal on Monday, July 5, regarding the evacuation of Taal residents living in high-risk areas around the restive Taal volcano. Timbal said that at least 5,583 individuals, mostly from the barangays of Laurel and Agoncillo, have been evacuated as of Monday. There are 22 evacuation centers set up to house the evacuees. At least 3,670 are in evacuation centers, […]
