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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George scored 41 points as the Los Angeles Clippers kept their NBA Western Conference finals series alive with a battling 116-102 road victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday. With the Suns poised to clinch a series victory in front of an expectant home crowd, George once again put the Clippers on his back to stave off elimination from the postseason. The Clippers talisman exploded for 20 points […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to look into the illegal operations of “fixers” who seek payment from people who wish to get vaccinated at an earlier schedule. Eleazar gave the order after Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said two “fixers” were caught asking for fees in exchange for allowing persons to get COVID-19 shots ahead of their schedules in Pasig City’s vaccination program. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — After declining fast for two months, the rate of Covid infections in the United States has leveled off since mid-June thanks to localized spikes in under-vaccinated regions of the country, data showed Monday. It comes as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to gain traction, now accounting for 35.6 percent of sequenced cases in the past two weeks, according to the covSpectrum tracker. Authorities have said it is poised to […]
by Holly ROBERTSON BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Brisbane on Tuesday became the fourth major Australian city ordered into lockdown, as officials told residents to stay at home for three days over concerns about the rapid spread of Covid-19. About 10 million Australians will be in lockdown once the latest order comes into force from Tuesday evening. “These are tough decisions,” Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. “We are having lockdowns in major cities because the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden on Monday reassured Israel’s president, ahead of a visit by new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, that the United States will not permit Iran to develop nuclear weapons. “Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch,” Biden told President Reuven Rivlin in the White House. After the talks, Rivlin told reporters that he was “very much satisfied” by Biden’s comments on Iran and said Israel and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the community quarantine classifications recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Palace said on Tuesday, June 29. With the approval, Metro Manila, Rizal and Bulacan will be under a general community quarantine (GCQ) “with some restrictions” until July 15, 2021. Laguna and Cavite, meanwhile, will be under a GCQ “with heightened restrictions.” The following areas will be under the corresponding community […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant will spearhead a powerful United States basketball team chasing a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal after being named in the squad for next month’s Tokyo Games on Monday. Brooklyn Nets star Durant was included in a 12-man roster which will be led by San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich with assistant coaches Steve Kerr, Lloyd Pierce and Jay Wright. Several notable NBA stars are not part […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300 overseas Filipino workers were repatriated from Saudi Arabia on June 25. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 301 distressed OFWs from Riyadh arrived in the Philippines via a flight chartered by the department’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs. The DFA said qualified repatriates received financial assistance of P10,000. They will undergo quarantine provided by the Philippine government, in accordance with the health protocols set by the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte early Tuesday, June 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 1:41 a.m. It had its epicenter 24 kilometers northeast of Burgos. The depth of focus was 12 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Six people were treated by medics Monday and one hospitalized after a blaze at industrial units in south London sent thick smoke billowing across the British capital and disrupted transport. At its height, some 100 firefighters were sent to tackle the fire in three commercial units under railway arches at Elephant and Castle, near the River Thames. Six cars and a telephone box also caught fire, London Fire Brigade (LFB) […]
PNP chief renews call for witnesses to surface (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar renewed his call for witnesses to the June 16 police operation in Binan, Laguna to come forward and give their statements. Eleazar made the appeal after the Regional Crime Laboratory Office of PRO-4A reported an autopsy on Antonio Dalit, alias Tala, and the 16-year-old slain in the operation, yielded no other distinct marking, including signs of being handcuffed, […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong is to ban all incoming flights from the United Kingdom from July 1 to curb the more infectious Delta strain of the coronavirus, the financial hub’s government said in a statement Monday. “All passenger flights from the UK will be prohibited from landing in Hong Kong,” the statement said. The UK would now be designated in the “extremely high-risk” category of countries, it added, the most severe rating […]
