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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Attorney General Bill Barr, who angered him by contradicting his claims of having been the victim of mass fraud in the US election, is leaving office. “Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House,” Trump, who is set to step down after losing the November 3 election, tweeted. “Our relationship has been a very good one…. […]
by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. As Biden appealed to Americans to “turn the page” on the divisive contest, electors met across all US states to seal his win, with California pushing Biden over the […]
by Anna MALPAS LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British capital faces tougher Covid-19 measures within days, the UK government said on Monday, with a new coronavirus variant emerging as a possible cause for rapidly rising infection rates. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said London, and parts of three surrounding counties, would move into the highest of three levels of restrictions in force across England from Wednesday. Pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues will have […]
by Alberto PEÑA PUCON, Chile (AFP) — Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes on Monday as southern Chile and Argentina were plunged into darkness. Heavy rain had threatened to prevent star gazers in Chile from seeing the eclipse but at the last moment the clouds parted just enough for the phenomenon to be partially visible. “It was beautiful, unique. The truth is […]
A massive outage knocked Google services including Gmail and video sharing platform YouTube offline across much of the globe Monday. Within minutes, social media sites were awash with hashtags including #googledown and YouTubeDOWN as hundreds of millions of internet users tried vainly to connect to the US search engine. Google indicated the outage had affected all of its services for the “majority” of users. The outage began at approximately 1150 GMT and by 1230 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 450,733 on Monday, December 14, after the Department of Health reported 1339 additional cases. The DOH said of the 450,733 total cases, 23253 or 5.2 percent were active. Of these, 85.1 percent were mild, 5.7 percent asymptomatic, 5.9 percent critical, 3 percent severe, and 0.32 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 147, Davao City with 124, […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — One in four health centres worldwide lacks access to water, putting around 1.8 billion people at increased risk of contracting the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said Monday. The lack of this basic amenity endangers patients and staff alike at such centres, the WHO said in a joint report with the UN children’s agency UNICEF. The study was based on data from 165 countries. “Working in a healthcare facility without water, […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island, around two months after a suspected illegal campfire sparked the blaze. The fire on the world’s largest sand island, off Australia’s east coast, destroyed large swathes of the isle’s forests before heavy downpours arrived over the weekend. “With the help of welcome rainfall and a massive response from crews, the fire […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Shops selling non-essential goods, hair-salons and schools in Germany will close from Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, to halt an “exponential growth” in new coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The partial lockdown will apply until January 10, with companies also urged to allow employees to work from home or offer extended company holidays, under the new measures agreed by Merkel with regional leaders of Germany’s 16 states on Sunday. Alcohol […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have arrested a 57-year-old American who has a warrant for his arrest in the United States, the Bureau of Immigration said. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Donald Robert Tyler was arrested by joint operatives of the bureau’s fugitive search unit and the National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday at his residence in Barangay San Roque, Ginatilan, Cebu. A report from bureau FSU chief Bobby Raquepo said that the warrant against Tyler […]
(Eagle News) — The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said that over 90 percent of toll transactions in the country are through radio frequency identification (RFID) sticker use as a result of the implementation of the cashless transaction since Dec. 1, 2020. Still, the Senate is set to probe how this cashless toll transactions are being implemented amid reported problems that had resulted in traffic gridlocks that had affected motorists, according to Senator Grace Poe. […]
(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to occasionally heavy rains are being experienced over Dalupiri Island, Fuga Island, and Isabela (Divilacan and Maconacon). Light to moderate rains, on the other hand, are being experienced in Apayao (Calanasan, Flora, Kabugao and Luna), Cagayan (Amulung, Baggao, Buguey, Camalanuigan, Gonzaga, Iguig, Penablanca, Santa Ana, Santa Teresita, Solana and Tuguegarao City), […]
