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MOSCOW, June 22, 2022 (AFP) – Authorities in Moscow said on Wednesday that they have changed the official address of the US embassy building in the Russian capital to one named after pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine. “The United States embassy in Russia has a new official address,” Moscow city hall said in a statement, saying it had named a previously unnamed open area in front of the embassy’s main entrance. It said the embassy is […]
HONG KONG, June 22, 2022 (AFP) Oil prices plunged more than five percent Wednesday as traders grow increasingly worried that demand for the commodity will take a hit from a possible recession caused by a sharp hike in interest rates aimed at reining in inflation. West Texas Intermediate lost 5.6 percent to $103.31 a barrel, while Brent was off 5.2 percent at $108.62. Crude has soared in recent months to multi-year highs on concerns that […]
JERUSALEM, June 22, 2022 (AFP) – Israeli lawmakers were holding a first vote Wednesday on a government bill to dissolve parliament and call an early election, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said his eight-party coalition was no longer tenable. The government has said it wants to fast-track the bill but the opposition led by ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to block its passage in a bid to form a replacement government without the need for […]
One imported case, a British flight attendant, confirmed in Singapore; two suspected cases, including a foreign national, reported in South Korea (Eagle News) — Both Singapore and South Korea reported their first suspected monkeypox cases, the first such reported cases in Southeast and East Asia respectively In Singapore, the Ministry of Health has confirmed one imported case of monkeypox infection, a 42-year-old male British national who works as a flight attendant. He was in […]
KABUL, June 22, 2022 (AFP) – A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 255 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings. The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged terrain of the east, where people already live hardscrabble lives in a country in the grip of a humanitarian disaster made worse by the Taliban […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France has detected 277 cases of monkeypox, health authorities said Tuesday, including the first case in the country of a woman contracting the virus. The case numbers have risen steeply since the last official figure of 183 cases five days earlier. But there have been no deaths in France attributed to monkeypox. The normal initial symptoms of monkeypox include a high fever, swollen lymph nodes and a blistery chickenpox-like rash. […]
by Tangi Quemener Agence France Presse Propelled by inflation, the price of air tickets has begun to take off again after tumbling during the pandemic, a reversal that looks set to intensify due to environmental pressures, experts say. For members of the International Air Transport Association, gathered in Doha for their annual meeting this week, minds are focused on how far such increases risk undermining passenger growth targets. The IATA is also pleading for […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area in the vicinity of Palawan. According to the weather bureau, the LPA was so far in the vicinity of Puerto Princesa City, and is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan and Mindanao. Caraga and Davao Region are expected to have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms caused by the LPA and the ITCZ, […]
by Leticia PINEDA Agence France Presse SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) — There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital. As fuel shortages and US sanctions take their toll, and even though electricity generation can be spotty, Cubans are turning to smaller, cheaper, plug-in alternatives. “Gasoline? Imagine. After 50 years battling to get hold of it, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 32 more cases of the transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the Department of Health said on Wednesday, June 22. According to the DOH, Heath Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, with the additional cases, the total BA.5 Omicron subvariant cases in the country was now at 43. The DOH said of the new Omicron Ba.5 subvariant cases, 21 came from Western Visayas, four from Calabarzon, four from Metro Manila, and three from […]
Transition report already prepared, says Secretary Dar (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture welcomed the decision of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., to head the department once he assumes the presidency on June 30. Outgoing DA Secretary William Dar described the President-elect’s decision as “very strategic” and said that Marcos Jr., leading the department would benefit Philippine agriculture. “We welcome the decision of President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to personally oversee and be […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed around P9 million worth of marijuana in Lanao del Sur over the weekend, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the sites of operations on Sunday, June 19, were Sitio Dibarosan, Barangay Dilimbayan and Maguing. The first site of operation yielded P2 million worth of fully grown marijuana plants. The second site, meanwhile, the PNP said, had P3 million worth of the same. The third site, which included […]
