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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year. The spacecraft, launched in July around the same time as a rival US mission, is expected to enter Mars orbit around February 10. The black-and-white photo released late Friday by the China National Space Administration showed geological features including the Schiaparelli […]
(Eagle News)–Six newly-commissioned Black Hawk helicopters will take COVID-19 vaccines to far-flung areas. In a statement, Defense spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the helicopters “can and will also be used in airlifting relief goods and first responders during disasters.” The remaining ten ordered in 2019 are expected to arrive this year. “For a country constantly beset by calamities and currently battling a pandemic, transport helicopters like the Black Hawks are an absolutely necessary asset in our […]
Ni Rose Marie Metran Eagle News Service correspondent LEYTE, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala nang active COVID-19 cases sa bayan ng Barugo, Leyte ayon sa inilabas na COVID-19 situation update ng local government unit ng Barugo, Leyte Sabado, Feb. 6, 2021. Ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan, wala na silang naitala pang bagong mga kaso. Ang kabuuang COVID-19 cases naman nito ay 212 kung saan 211 ang gumaling na at isa (1) naman ang nasawi. […]
BFP, city officials still probing how leak occured, inspect ice plant Eagle News Service reporter Mar Gabriel gives a view of the ice plant in Navotas City which is the site of the Feb. 3 ammonia leak accident that has killed two people. The Burea of Fire Protection and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Navotas City inspected the site of the ammonia leat inside the T.P. Marcelo ice plant on Thursday […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The United Nations has had its first contact with the military in Myanmar since it launched a coup this week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday, repeating calls for civilian leaders to be freed. “Our special envoy today had a first contact in which she expressed clearly our position to the deputy military commander,” Guterres told reporters, referring to Swiss diplomat Christine Schraner Burgener. Burgener was also in contact with other […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A heavily armed military reservist who crashed his truck onto the estate where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives pleaded guilty Friday to eight mischief and weapons charges. Corey Hurren, 46, had originally faced 21 counts of firearms violations and one of uttering threats against the prime minister. In July 2020 Hurren drove his pick-up truck into the main gate of Rideau Hall and was arrested without incident. The court heard […]
https://youtu.be/VZR52whAyeE (Eagle News) – Some 116,000 health care workers in Metro Manila have so far registered for the country’s Phase 1 masterlisting of those who will be among the first to receive vaccines against COVID-19. This is just the initial list. More will be added as the registration is still ongoing, said Dr. Nikka Hao of the COVID-19 surveillance and quick action unit. “We are in the process of master listing for group a1 or […]
by Laurent Banguet / with Janet McEvoy in Paris Agence France Presse Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, whose decades-long career featured an indelible star turn in “The Sound of Music” and an Oscar win late in life, died on Friday, his manager announced. He was 91. Plummer died at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side, his longtime friend and manager Lou Pitt said. “Chris was an extraordinary man […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists have identified Earth’s smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival. Tiny enough to perch comfortably on a fingertip, the ultra-compact chameleon — dubbed Brookesia nana — has the same proportions and world-weary expression as its larger cousins around the world. “We discovered it in the mountains of northern of Madagascar,” Frank […]
(Eagle News) — Five volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Kanlaon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, was sulfur dioxide emission. Sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 467 tons on January 31. PHIVOLCS said inflation was reported on various sectors of the volcano, which “may indicate hydrothermal or magmatic processes occurring deep beneath the edifice.” PHIVOLCS reminded […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Madrid authorities on Friday confirmed the first case in the region of the Brazilian variant of coronavirus, which is feared to be particularly infectious, in the region. A 44-year-old man who arrived at Madrid’s airport on January 29 tested positive for the coronavirus and subsequent lab tests confirmed he had caught the new strain, the regional government of Madrid said in a statement. The case is the first report in […]
by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse Europe and pharma groups must work together to speed up Covid-19 vaccinations, the head of the European branch of the World Health Organization said Friday, expressing concern about the effectiveness of vaccines on virus variants. “We need to join up to speed up vaccinations,” WHO Europe director Hans Kluge told AFP in an interview, as Europe bids to overcome a slow start to its vaccination campaign amid tensions […]
