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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States lost another 687 people to the new coronavirus in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 pm (0030 GMT) Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It marks the eighth day in which the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than 1,000, even as the US remains the country hardest-hit by the pandemic with a total of 118,381 deaths out of a total […]
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing has confirmed that its Algerian chief Abdelmalek Droukdel is dead, according to SITE, the US watchdog for extremist groups. France said early this month that its forces killed Droukdel in northern Mali near the Algerian border, where it says the group has bases it uses to carry out bombings and abductions of Westerners. “After nearly two weeks, AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) has officially acknowledged the […]
(Eagle News)–Commercial flight operations have not resumed in 23 airports in the country as of June 18, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said. According to CAAP, of the 23, Dumaguete airport, Camiguin airport, Sanga Sanga airport, Bohol-Panglao airport, Marinduque airport, Bacolod Silay airport, Iloilo International Airport, Butuan airport, Kalibo international airport, Roxas airport, Caticlan airport, Maasin airport, Hilongos airport, Guian airport, Laoag international airport, Tuguegarao airport and Calbayog airport are still not operational. […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Maguindanao early today, June 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 3:37 a.m., had its epicenter 12 kilometers southwest of South Upi. It had a depth of 22 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA,Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights. MIAA said the list was for Friday, June 19: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA urged passengers to confirm flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled, noting that only those who have the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport premises. International travel restrictions remain in place, the Bureau of Immigration said.
by Jing Xuan Teng with AFP bureaux BEIJING, China (AFP) — China imposed travel restrictions on nearly half a million people near its capital on Thursday to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak as deaths surged in other parts of the world. The threat of a second wave hitting China, which had largely brought the virus under control, and rising tolls in Latin America and South Asia underscore the global challenge in slowing down the pandemic […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada will soon roll out a COVID-19 tracing app for smartphones, developed with help from BlackBerry and Shopify, it was announced Thursday, as the number of cases topped 100,000. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a daily briefing it will be “crucial” to increase testing and contact tracing going forward as pandemic restrictions start to be gradually eased. As part of that effort, he said “a mobile app that will notify users […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California’s Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered all Californians to wear face masks in public in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “Science shows that face coverings and masks work,” Newsom said in a statement. “They are critical to keeping those who are around you safe, keeping businesses open and restarting our economy.” His order came following a decision last week by officials in Orange County, […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — China has freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas which left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, media reports said Friday. The release follows several rounds of talks between the two sides in a bid to ease tensions after the battle on Monday, in which scores of troops from the two sides fought with nail-studded batons and hurled rocks at each other. The 10 […]
(Eagle News) – The number of COVID-19 recoveries surpassed 7,000 as the Department of Health reported 270 recoveries on Thursday, June 18, as total virus cases in the Philippines reached 27,799. Total COVID-19 recoveries hit 7,090 as the DOH reported daily recoveries of more than 250 in the past few days. But COVID-19 cases added daily continued to increase as well, and mostly were more than 500 recently. As of 4 p.m., there were 562 […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran test-fired a “new generation” of cruise missiles Thursday, the navy said, in the first such military exercises since 19 sailors were killed last month in a friendly fire incident. The armed forces’ website published pictures of the drill in the Gulf of Oman showing missiles being fired from a warship and the back of a truck, and a vessel exploding out at sea. A statement said both short- and long-range […]
