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by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — In Ottawa’s ByWard Market neighborhood, shopkeepers were busy readying for an influx of shoppers, dusting off wares and adjusting to new rules. “I’m smiling behind the mask,” declares the owner of a clothing store in the popular outdoor market, which was permitted to reopen Tuesday along with many shops across Canada as authorities began easing a two-month lockdown. Ontario — Canada’s most populous province — […]
by Nina LARSON with Michael MATHES in Washington and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — World Health Organization member states agreed Tuesday to launch an investigation into its coronavirus response, after US President Donald Trump threatened to quit the UN agency and branded it a “puppet of China”. Trump has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial COVID-19 outbreak in central China late last year […]
“It’s not his fault kung may mangharana sa kaniya,” President says (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said it was he who didn’t want National Capital Region Police Office Chief Debold Sinas “transferred,” noting he was a “good” and “honest” officer. According to the President, it wasn’t Sinas’ fault “kung may mangharana sa kaniya.” “It is his time to be there. I do not believe in just firing him just because kinantahan siya ng happy birthday,” […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British unemployment jumped in the first quarter on the back of coronavirus, despite a lockdown being imposed only near the end of the period, official data showed Tuesday. The total number of unemployed people rose 50,000 to 1.3 million in three months to March from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. The ONS also revealed that jobless claims, made under the Universal Credit welfare […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is set to open another bio-molecular laboratory, this time in Cebu City, which is currently still under the stricter protocols of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) that will build testing capacity in the Central Visayas region, even as it announced plans to open 19 more laboratiories nationwide for COVID-19 testing, PRC had already opened two testing centers in its national headquarters in Mandaluyong City that are both equipped […]
by Sailendra Sil with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi and Shafiqul Alam in Dhaka Agence France Presse KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Millions of people were being moved to safety as one of the fiercest cyclones in years barrelled towards India and Bangladesh on Tuesday, but with evacuation plans complicated by coronavirus precautions. “Amphan” is expected to pack winds gusting up to 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour when it hits eastern India and Bangladesh on […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong on Tuesday extended anti-virus measures limiting public gatherings until June 4, a move that means an annual vigil marking the Tiananmen crackdown will likely not take place for the first time in 30 years. The candlelight vigil usually attracts huge crowds and is the only place on Chinese soil where such a major commemoration of the anniversary is still allowed. Last year’s gathering was especially large and came […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore has apologized to more than 350 people who contracted COVID-19 for accidentally sending them a text message saying they had tested positive again, the health ministry said. A technical glitch led to the message being sent out at the weekend, the ministry said late Monday, adding that no confidential information was revealed. A follow-up message was sent to the 357 people affected pointing out the mistake and “to apologize for […]
(Eagle News)–Parts of Mindanao have been placed under a thunderstorm advisory today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate with possible lightning and strong winds are expected in Zamboanga City; Talakag in Bukidnon; Don Victoriano Chiongbian in Misamis Occidental; Esperanza in Agusan del Sur; Las Nieves in Agusan del Norte; Davao de Oro; and in Lebak in Sultan Kudarat within the next one to two hours. PAGASA said these conditions […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The number of coronavirus cases in Russia hit nearly 300,000 on Tuesday as authorities registered more than 9,000 new infections after saying the virus situation had stabilised. Health officials reported 9,263 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 299,941, the second-highest in the world after the United States. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who along with several other senior officials has tested positive for the virus, said […]
(Eagle News)–Fifteen volcanic earthquakes and weak steaming were monitored at Taal within a 24-hour period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Tuesday, May 19. According to PHIVOLCS, these earthquakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, were “associated mainly with rock-fracturing processes beneath and around the edifice.” The weak steaming or “fumarolic activity,” PHIVOLCS said, was observed from vents on the main crater and fissure vents along the Daang Kastila […]
by Qian Ye and Matthew Knight Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by scientists at China’s prestigious Peking University could not only shorten the recovery […]
