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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, May 23: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights before going to the airport as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry. So far, the NCR Plus area, including Metro Manila, is under a general community quarantine, but with heightened restrictions. That means non-essential travel in […]
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — A lava flow reached the airport of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma early Sunday after the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, an official said. “The situation is deteriorating,” an official from Virunga National Park — where the erupting volcano is located — said in a message to staff, which AFP was copied in on. “Besides the lava flow in the north east (Kibumba / Rwanda), […]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch police on Saturday probed a spate of stabbings in Amsterdam in which one person died and four were injured, but said there were no indications of terrorism. Officers arrested a “confused” 29-year-old male suspect with possible substance abuse issues at the scene of Friday night’s attack, a police statement said. A 64-year-old man was confirmed dead at the site in an area of bars and restaurants near the capital’s museum […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Saturday passed the milestone of 30 million doses injected in its Covid-19 vaccination effort, with nearly 10 million people in the country now fully vaccinated. More than 9.85 million people in Italy have received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, according to government figures, representing 16.6 percent of the 60 million-strong population. Two thirds of the doses administered so far in Italy have gone to those aged over 60. […]
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — The government of the Democratic of Congo on Saturday ordered the evacuation of the eastern city of Goma after the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano overlooking the border city. Even before the official announcement, thousands of people had started filling the streets and carrying what they could as they headed out of the city, which has already suffered from previous eruptions. But later Saturday, Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya tweeted: […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least 16 people were killed and five more are missing after extreme weather hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometer cross-country mountain race in China, state news agency Xinhua said Sunday. “Extreme weather hit the area during the race” being held in the Yellow River Stone Forest near Baiyin City in northwestern Gansu province, Xinhua said. “As of 3 a.m. Sunday, 16 people were found dead and the rescue of […]
by Anna MALPAS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British government on Friday warned of potential action against the BBC, after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its use of deception to secure a 1995 interview with princess Diana, piling pressure on the corporation as it fights attacks on several fronts. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, whose brief includes media, said an independent inquiry into the affair highlighted “damning failings at […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government is investigating reports that COVID-19 vaccines that are supposed to be given for free are being sold in the market. In a statement released by Malacanang, it said that “the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 is deeply concerned with reports it has received regarding the illicit selling of anti-COVID vaccines.” “We are investigating this matter,” Malacanang said in a release. “We would like to remind everyone that anti-COVID […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two people were killed and several wounded in a shooting in the US city of Minneapolis late Friday, police said. Local law enforcement said one man was left in a critical condition following the attack in the downtown area of the city, which was where George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in May 2020. Minneapolis Police tweeted there were ten victims in total, five of whom were male […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — China’s Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface on Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency said, making the country only the second nation to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet. The launch last July of the Tianwen-1 Mars probe, which carried the Zhurong rover, marked a major milestone in China’s space program. Tianwen-1 touched down on a vast northern lava plain known as the […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Hundreds of Greek firefighters battled a forest fire near Athens for a third day on Saturday but brought the main front of the blaze under control as weather conditions improved. The fire, on the Geraneia mountain range, some 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital, is “one of the biggest in the past 20 to 30 years, and has come early in the season,” fire chief Stefanos Kolokouris told ANT1 […]
(Eagle News)– COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,178,217 on Saturday, May 22, after the Department of Health reported 6,831 additional cases. The DOH said only three laboratories did not submit data to the COVID-19 Documentary Repository System. Of the total cases in the Philippines, 54,326 were active. Of these, 93.6 percent were mild cases, 1.9 percent asymptomatic, 1.9 percent severe, 1.4 percent critical, and 1.26 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1103945, including the […]
