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by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Isabelle Tourne in Paris DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The World Health Organization sent out a fresh warning on Monday over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to life by staging an annual music festival and sending millions of children back to school. In spite of numerous European countries further easing their lockdown restrictions, cases around the world are rising especially in Latin America with […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch health authorities Monday reported no new deaths overnight resulting from the coronavirus pandemic for the first time since the beginning of March. Officially the Netherlands has reported 49,658 cases of infection, with 69 people testing positive over the last 24 hours. In all 6,090 people have died. “There has been no report of any deaths,” the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said on its website. The RIVM warned […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French schools opened their doors to greet pupils on Monday for what the government says is two weeks of obligatory lessons before the summer break, although many parents may yet defy the decision and keep their children at home. Schools began reopening when the government eased its lockdown rules six weeks ago, but parents were allowed to keep their children at home and a strict health protocol meant that classes could […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Disneyland Paris said Monday that it would begin a “phased reopening” of the theme park on July 15, with visitor numbers limited via a new online reservation system to ensure social distancing. Visitors aged 11 and older will have to wear face masks, and many shows and events will remain suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, the resort said. A first hotel at the site, which usually has some 15 million […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Nokia plans to eliminate 1,233 jobs at its Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary in France, slashing its workforce in the country by a third as it grapples with intense competition in the telecoms equipment market amid the launch of 5G networks, the company and unions said Monday. It is the fourth round of layoffs at hardware manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent in the four years since it was bought by Nokia in 2016, and the biggest by […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law transferring the seat of government and capital of Rizal. In signing Republic Act 11475 on June 19, the President formally gave Antipolo City that recognition, and removed Pasig which had held the role under Act 137 on paper. Act 137 was passed in 1907 under American rule. Even after Pasig was removed from Rizal and included in Metro Manila in 1975, on paper, the city remained the […]
Two people were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a block party in the eastern US city of Charlotte, local media reported Monday. Five others were hurt when they were hit by vehicles during the gathering, which CBS affiliate station WBTV reported was part of extended celebrations over the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Police said they had responded initially to reports of a pedestrian hit […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5 quake shook Ilocos Sur on Monday at around 4 p.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quake was felt at intensity 4 in Candon, Ilocos Sur. The quake’s epicenter was located 55 kilometers northwest of this city, off the waters near the Ilocos Sur coast. The quake was shallow, with a depth of only four kilometers. It was felt at various intensities in […]
by Eugenia LOGIURATTO with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil registered its 50,000th death from the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, underlining Latin America’s desperate struggle to contain the disease, as Europe’s gradual emergence from lockdown was marked by Spain reopening its borders. Brazil is the second worst-affected country behind the United States, and the spread of COVID-19 is accelerating across Latin America, with Mexico, Peru and Chile also hard-hit […]
(Eagle News)–The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases among overseas Filipinos has breached the 8300 mark. The Department of Foreign Affairs said of the 8301 cases, 2160 were recorded in the Middle East and Europe. Recoveries rose to 5055 with the 2193 new recovered cases, mostly from the Middle East as well. The death toll stands at 506. According to the DFA, of the 506, 164 were recorded in the Americas across six countries. The […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 30,682 with more than 400 fresh cases added each day in the last few days, latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. Virus recoveries also surpassed 8,000 with the addition of 250 new recoveries on Monday, June 22, which was more than the previous day’s 243 recoveries. As of 4 p.m., the number of COVID-19 recoveries reached 8,143. The DOH […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Croatia’s Borna Coric announced on Monday he has tested positive for coronavirus after playing in an exhibition tournament featuring world number one Novak Djokovic. “Hi everyone, I wanted to inform you all that I tested positive for COVID-19,” the top 50 player posted on Twitter. On Sunday, another player, Grigor Dimitrov, said he had tested positive after pulling out of the exhibition event. © Agence France-Presse
