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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday hit Iran’s southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage, state media said. The 10-kilometre (six mile) deep quake hit 27 kilometres northwest of the port city of Genaveh at 11:11 am local time (0641 GMT) and was felt in nearby provinces, Iran’s seismological agency said. State news agency IRNA reported that the quake and several aftershocks caused […]
(Eagle News) — More COVID-19 virus variants were detected in sample cases recently analyzed by health authorities, the Department of Health said. According to the DOH, of the 752 samples that constitute Batch 15 sequenced nationwide, 266 contained the UK variant, 351 the South African variant, and 25 the P.3 variant first detected in the Philippines. The DOH had said the P.3. variant was not a variant of concern. Of the 266 UK variant cases, […]
by Farid Farid CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — A train accident north of Cairo on Sunday left 11 people dead and 98 others injured, Egypt’s health ministry said, in the latest rail calamity to hit the North African country. The ministry, in an updated toll, said that “11 people were killed and 98 others injured in a train accident in Toukh”, a small farming town in the fertile Nile Delta about 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional 140 COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 18669. Of these, 2228 were active. Over 100, or 188, additional recoveries also led to an increase in the PNP COVID-19 recovery total, now at 16390. Two additional deaths on Saturday pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 51, a separate PNP statement said. According to the […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P2.6 million worth of shabu from a 19-year-old over the weekend in Bacolod City, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Dan Aldrick Ballesteros was also nabbed in the buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 on Saturday morning, at 10 a.m. Seized from Ballesteros were 22 sachets of shabu, three pieces of plastic containing suspected shabu with an approximate combined weight of 396 grams, two P500 bills, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Emotions ran high Monday as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, allowing families split by the pandemic to finally reunite. “(I’ll) yell, scream cry, hug, kiss, (feel) happy — all of these emotions at once,” Denise O’Donoghue, 63, told AFP at Sydney airport as she prepared to board her flight. The arrangement means that for the […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, April 19: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights. It had said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. On March 28, the Palace said NCR Plus, which covers Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal, would revert to an enhanced community quarantine, the strictest form of community quarantine, starting Monday, […]
by AFP bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) — The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday as the pandemic speeds up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers. It is the latest grim milestone since the novel coronavirus first surfaced in central China in December 2019 and went on to infect more than 139 million people, leaving billions more under crippling lockdowns and ravaging the […]
Bising still veering away from Luzon, won’t hit landmass – PAGASA (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Bising” (international name Surigae) slightly weakened on Sunday and on Monday morning, April 19, turned north northwestward over the Philippine Sea east of Catanduanes, continuing its forecast track of veering away from the Luzon landmass until it exits the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Bising, however, is still powerful, even at its slightly weakened state, with maximum sustained winds […]
by Hui Min NEO Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany held a national memorial service on Sunday for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, with the president urging the country to put aside deep divisions over Covid restrictions to share the pain of grieving families. Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joined an ecumenical service in the morning at Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, a memorial against war and destruction, […]
by Guillaume LAVALLÉE and Michael BLUM Agence France Presse JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israelis stepped into the streets without masks on Sunday for the first time in a year, a key milestone as the country vaccinates its way out of a coronavirus nightmare. “It’s very strange but it’s very nice,” said Eliana Gamulka, 26, after getting off a bus near the busy Jerusalem shopping boulevard of Jaffa Street and removing her face covering. “You can’t […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 936133 on Sunday, April 18, after the Department of Health reported 10098 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 141089 were active. Of these, 96.7 percent were mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 0.7 percent severe, 0.5 percent critical, and 0.43 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 779084,including the additional 72607 ones. The death toll is now at 15960,with the additional 150 deaths. The Philippines vaccination drive is […]
