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by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Public trust in vaccine safety is slowly growing in Europe even as it dips in parts of Asia and Africa, researchers said Friday, calling for more investment in health information campaigns for the forthcoming Covid-19 vaccine. The largest ever global survey of vaccine confidence, published in the Lancet medical journal, shows clear links between political instability and misinformation and the levels of trust in the […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Sept. 11: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Passengers were advised to get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation are allowed to enter the airport premises. Domestic flights are allowed with Metro Manila under a general community quarantine. The Bureau of Immigration said restrictions on […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore Airlines said Thursday it was cutting about 4,300 jobs — around 20 percent of its workforce — due to the coronavirus, and warned any recovery would be “long and fraught with uncertainty”. SIA is the latest airline to announce massive layoffs as the global aviation industry faces its greatest-ever crisis due to travel restrictions to fight the spread of the pandemic. The city-state’s flag carrier said about 1,900 positions had […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Greenpeace warned residents in Lebanon’s capital Thursday to protect themselves against “toxic” smoke after a huge fire broke out in a Beirut port warehouse said to be storing tyres. “Burning tyres produces a lot of fine particulates, visible smoke and ash but also a lot of volatile organic pollutants that can be inhaled even outside the smoke plume,” the environment campaigners said. “The smoke can include highly toxic and carcinogenic compounds, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A flawless 102-carat oval diamond will head to auction on October 5 in Hong Kong at Sotheby’s. The auction house has not given an official price estimate for the egg-shaped stone of exactly 102.39 carats, which has the highest color grade, D, for a white diamond and is rated Type IIA for its chemical purity and exceptional transparency. Quig Bruning, Sotheby’s New York head of jewelry, said the house […]
All “provisional authorities/certificates of public convenience” also revoked (Eagle News) – The National Telecommunications Commission has recalled all the radio frequencies and television channel frequencies earlier assigned ABS-CBN Corporation, citing the media network’s absence of a valid franchise. In a decision dated Sept. 9, the NTC said that “absent a valid legislative franchise,” ”all assigned frequencies/channels assigned to ABS CBN are hereby recalled.” The NTC also revoked and cancelled “all provisional authorities/certificates of public convenience” […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Award-winning British actress Diana Rigg, who starred in the original “The Avengers” television series and “Game of Thrones”, has died aged 82, her agent announced on Thursday. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning,” Simon Beresford said in a statement. “She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time,” he added, calling her […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft said Wednesday its next-generation Xbox game console will launch on November 10, with an estimated starting price of $499. The new XBox Series X, Microsoft’s flagship console which competes notably against Sony’s PlayStation devices, will be available for pre-orders from September 22. The news comes one day after Microsoft said it would sell a slimmed-down Xbox S game console priced at $299, also in November. The Xbox Series […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A typhoon that struck North Korea wrecked nearly 60 bridges and destroyed or inundated more than 2,000 houses, state media reported Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the damage had disrupted central planning for the rest of the year. Typhoon Maysak brought days of heavy downpours to the country’s east coast last week even as the North was still reeling from earlier flooding and typhoon damage, and this week […]
by Kelly MACNAMARA LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Record temperatures are accelerating the rise of sea levels, melting glaciers and snow coverage and threatening the water supplies for billions, according to a major UN report Wednesday charting the “increasing and irreversible” impacts of climate change. The multi-agency United in Science report said the world had seen its warmest five years on record in the last five years, adding that extreme weather events bore “a clear […]
by Didier Lauras with Jalees Andrabi in New Delhi AMBALA, India (AFP) — India’s defence minister hailed the formal commissioning Thursday of the country’s first new French Rafale jets as a “strong message” to its adversaries, amid an escalating border row with China. The first five of a $9.4-billion order for 36 Rafale aircraft formally entered service following a ceremony in Ambala in northern India. “The induction of Rafale is a strong message for the […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Parliament on Thursday removed Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the “Sakharov Prize community” because of her “acceptance” of state crimes against the Rohingya community. The EU assembly awarded the former democracy campaigner its top human rights prize in 1990, a year before she received the Nobel Peace Prize, but she will no longer take part in events for laureates. A source close to the parliament said […]
