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Massive chunk of Greenland’s largest glacier crashes into sea

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — A massive chunk of ice — larger than the city of Paris — has broken off from the Arctic’s largest ice shelf because of warmer temperatures in Greenland, scientists said Monday. The 113-square-kilometre (43-square-mile) block broke off the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier in Northeast Greenland, which the scientists said had been expected given the rising average temperatures. “We’re observing increasing speed on this largest remaining ice shelf,” Jason Box, professor of glaciology at […]

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Hurricane Sally strengthens, on track to hit southern US

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Sally churned slowly towards the coast of the southern US states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday as it intensified into a Category 2 storm. The National Hurricane Center said the storm in the Gulf of Mexico was packing maximum sustained winds of around 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour. At 2100 GMT, it was located 145 miles southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi, and heading in a west-northwesterly direction […]

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Death toll from West Nile outbreak in Spain climbs to 4

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The death toll from an outbreak in southern Spain of West Nile virus, which is spread by mosquitos, has risen to four, local health authorities said Monday. An 87-year-old woman who was hospitalized with the disease in the town of Puerto Real in the southwestern province of Cadiz is the latest fatal victim of the outbreak, the health department of the regional government of Andalusia said in a statement. Three other […]

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UK facing one million job cuts in 2020 due to virus: study

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Coronavirus could potentially cost one million jobs in Britain this year, with most losses anticipated during the current third quarter, according to a study published on Monday. Job losses could hit 450,000 between July and September, the Institute for Employment Studies forecast in a report, warning this could worsen to 690,000 positions under a worst-case scenario. Another 200,000 cuts could follow in the fourth quarter, or three months to December, […]

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Roque: Pemberton to face court martial in US

(Eagle News) — US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton will face court martial proceedings in the United States. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was what US authorities said during Pemberton’s pre-trial over the Laude killing in 2014. “Pag-uwi raw po ni Pemberton tuloy pa rin ‘yung kanyang court martial proceedings at doon po malalaman kung meron pang additional na parusang ipapataw sa kanya at yung kanyang qualification to remain in service,” Roque said […]

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COVID-19 cases in PHL reach 265,888; recoveries at 207,504

(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 265,888 on Monday, Sept. 14, after the Department of Health reported 4,699 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 53,754 were active. Of these, 88.4 percent were mild, 8.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent severe, and 2.1 percent critical. Of the 4,699 newly-reported cases, 1,498 came from Metro Manila, 221 from Cavite, 198 from Bataan, 185 from Bulacan, and 176 from Batangas. The department said of […]

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UK reserves up to 190 million vaccine doses from Valneva

PARIS, France (AFP) — Britain has secured access to up to 190 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine from Valneva in deal worth as much as 1.37 billion euros, the French-Austrian vaccine firm said Monday. It had already been disclosed in July that the British government had reserved 60 million doses of Valneva’s inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine under development. The firm said it expects to begin trials of the two-dose vaccine in December and if […]

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Yoshihide Suga wins party vote, becoming likely next Japan PM

by Kyoko HASEGAWA / Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s ruling party on Monday elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the country’s next prime minister. Suga easily won the vote, taking 377 of the 534 valid votes cast by Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and regional representatives, significantly ahead of his two rivals. Given his party’s legislative majority, he is expected to […]

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Tanzania, Uganda, ink deal on $3.5b oil pipeline project

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement Sunday to commence construction on a 1,445-kilometre (900 mile) oil pipeline through East Africa that conservation groups say threatens livelihoods and fragile ecosytems. The project focuses on oilfields in landlocked Uganda discovered in 2006 and proposes pumping the crude to the coast via a pipeline across Tanzania at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion. The multi-national plan is led by French petroleum giant […]

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DOH urges extra vigilance as reduced physical distancing in public modes of transport starts today

If possible, choose transport modes that afford at least one-meter distancing, DOH says (Eagle News)–The Department of Health enjoined Filipinos to be “extra vigilant” as the reduced physical distancing in most public modes of transport starts today. In a statement, the DOH said the public should continue wearing masks and face shields, hand-wash, and practice physical distancing as based on evidence, the level of protection increases when the practices are combined. The department said if […]

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Municipal trial court of Bocaue, Bulacan physically closed until Sept. 25

(Eagle News)–The municipal trial court of Bocaue, Bulacan is physically closed starting today, Sept. 14. A memorandum from Acting Presiding Judge Myrna Lagrosa said this was after a staff member of the court tested positive for COVID-19. The memorandum said the court shall remain closed until Sept. 25. All court personnel shall work from home during the period, the memorandum said. The Department of Health has so far confirmed over 261,000 COVID-19 cases.  

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4.3-magnitude quake jolts Davao Occidental

(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Monday, Sept. 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 10:47 a.m., had its epicenter 246 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of 21 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded. Earlier, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake also struck off Davao Occidental.  

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