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Easterlies affecting PHL today

(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said  partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers, in particular, are expected in Metro Manila. The entire Visayas, Palawan including Kalayaan Islands, and Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said the same conditions are expected in the rest of the country. Flash floods or landslides […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Friday, April 30

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, April 30: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights before going to the airport. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Flight schedules are also subject to changes, MIAA said. Starting April 12, the Palace said the NCR Plus area, including Metro Manila, would be placed under […]

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Trump slams Giuliani raid as ‘very, very unfair’

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Former US leader Donald Trump complained Thursday that an FBI raid on his ex-personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s home was “so unfair,” as President Joe Biden defended the integrity of the investigation, saying he had not been involved in the move against New York’s one-time mayor. Under Trump’s turbulent presidency, he frequently accused US government institutions of playing political favorites but also used the power of his office to try […]

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New York City aims to ‘fully reopen’ on July 1

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that the city hopes to “fully reopen” on July 1. The mayor did not specify exactly how or when pandemic restrictions would be lifted, which is actually a decision for New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo, with whom he has a difficult relationship. “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full strength,” de Blasio told […]

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Russia-Brazil spat erupts over Sputnik vaccine snub

by Valeria PACHECO / with Andrea PALASCIANO in Moscow BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s health regulator said Thursday its decision to reject the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was based on the developer’s own data, after the latter threatened to sue for defamation. Brazilian regulators’ decision Monday to deny emergency use authorization for the vaccine has blown up into an all-out international row, with Sputnik V’s makers accusing them of “knowingly spreading false and inaccurate […]

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US looks to ramp up oxygen in India aid push

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is looking to help India quickly and sharply scale up oxygen supplies available for Covid patients as it rushes in aid, officials said Thursday. A first military plane loaded with emergency supplies including nearly one million instant tests and 100,000 N95 masks was arriving early Friday in New Delhi, part of what the White House said was more than $100 million in support. The first priority “is […]

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Brazil’s Covid death toll surpasses 400,000

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s death toll in the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 400,000 Thursday, as the country struggled to secure enough vaccines and the Senate investigated whether President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has exacerbated the crisis. The health ministry reported 3,001 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing Brazil’s overall toll to 401,186 — second only to the United States. With 212 million people, the South American giant also has one of the highest mortality […]

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Vietnam reports cases of Indian Covid variant, new community outbreak

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam has detected four cases of a Covid-19 variant believed to be behind a devastating surge of the virus in India, state media said Thursday. Separately, the country also reported its first community outbreak in weeks on Thursday. Vietnam has so far kept case numbers low — reporting 2,910 of them and 35 deaths — thanks to mass quarantines and extensive contact tracing. All four of those infected with the B.1.617 […]

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PHL logs 8,276 additional COVID-19 cases; total at 1,028,738

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1028738 on Thursday, April 29, after the Department of Health reported 8276 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 69354 were active. Of the active cases, 94.9 percent were mild, 1.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.4 percent were severe, and 0.92 percent were moderate cases. Recoveries rose to 942,239 including the additional 6636 recoveries. The death toll is now at 17145, including […]

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BioNTech eyes Covid vaccine for 12-15 year olds from June in EU

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — BioNTech said Thursday that it expected its Covid-19 vaccine, jointly developed with Pfizer, to be available to 12 to 15-year-olds in Europe from June. The German firm’s CEO Ugur Sahin told Der Spiegel weekly that it was “in the final stretches” of preparing its submission for European regulatory approval. The evaluation of the trial data “takes four to six weeks on average”, he added. Vaccinating children is seen as a crucial […]

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Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dead at 90

by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. Sometimes called “the loneliest man in history” because of his long solo flight while his colleagues loped across the lunar surface, Collins never earned the same global name recognition as Neil Armstrong […]

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Glacier melt is speeding up, raising seas: global study

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing pace, contributing to more than a fifth of global sea level rise this century, according to unprecedented research released Wednesday. Glaciers — vast bodies of frozen water that sit above ground — have been melting fast since the middle of the 20th century, but until now the full extent of ice loss had only been […]

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