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by Frankie Taggart with Joe Stenson in Bucha © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden announced an $800 million military aid package for Ukraine on Wednesday as international prosecutors declared the war-torn Western ally a “crime scene” amid fears of a massive revamped Russian assault. The announcement came with the Russian military threatening to strike Ukraine’s command centers in the capital Kyiv if Ukrainian troops continue to attack Russian […]
by Charles Onians © Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered a “full apology” on Tuesday after being fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws in the so-called “Partygate” scandal, but looked set to defy calls for his resignation. Embattled finance minister Rishi Sunak and Johnson’s wife Carrie will also be fined, as the political storm following revelations of a swathe of lockdown-busting parties in and around Downing Street threatens […]
by Robin Millard © Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The WHO’s emergency committee on Covid-19 on Wednesday unanimously affirmed that the virus remains a major public health danger and insisted that countries must stop dropping their guard. With many nations relaxing public health and social measures, and drastically reducing testing for the virus, the World Health Organization’s group of experts said the pandemic was far from being at an end. “Now is not […]
by Stuart Williams © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday said she would back closer ties between NATO and Russia and pull Paris out of the alliance’s military command, if she defeats Emmanuel Macron for the presidency. Le Pen faces Macron on April 24 in a run-off vote after she came second in the April 10 first round, with the latest polls showing the president holding on […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday he was “irritated” by Kyiv’s rejection of a proposed visit by Germany’s president, a snub that has ruffled diplomatic feathers at a time when the war-hit nation is seeking more weapons from Berlin. The Ukrainian presidency has instead said it wants to welcome Scholz to Kyiv, but the chancellor indicated he had no plans to visit anytime soon. Asked by RBB public radio when he would […]
by Beiyi SEOW Agence France Presse Several electronics companies, including iPhone and Macbook makers, have halted production in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Kunshan, adding to supply chain woes under Beijing’s strict zero-Covid measures. The business hub of Shanghai has become the heart of China’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak since the virus surfaced more than two years ago. The city of 25 million has remained almost entirely locked down since the start of the […]
42 provinces and three cities under Alert Level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila remained under Alert Level 1, while 68 other areas are also under Alert Level 1 until April 30, Malacanang said. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Tuesday, April 12, also placed 42 provinces and three cities under Alert Level 2 effectve April 16 to 30. The areas under the announced alert levels are effective April 16, 2022 until April 30, 2022. Aside […]
(Eagle News)–The Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use authorization covering second booster shots for the immunocompromised, frontline health workers, and the elderly. The Department of Health said it has received the EU from the FDA. It said the second booster shot will be given at least four months after the administration of the first booster. “For moderately and severely immunocompromised patients, the 2nd booster could be given earlier subject to the attending […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol, a strategic port city in eastern Ukraine that has been besieged by Moscow’s troops for over a month. “In the city of Mariupol… 1,026 Ukrainian servicemen of the 36th marine brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered,” the ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that the soldiers surrendered near the “Mariupol Metallurgical […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Eastern Visayas, Masbate, and Sorsogon, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms. PAGASA said this was due to the low pressure area (formerly “Agaton”) estimated 65 km southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains. The rest […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — San Francisco police faced an unprecedented problem recently when an officer stopped a car that was driving at night with no headlights on, only to discover there was no one inside. The vehicle, it turned out, was a self-driving car, and the police officer’s encounter was captured on film by a passerby, who posted the footage on social media. The clip, showing bemused officers circling the vehicle and peering […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A US cryptocurrency expert was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months in prison for advising North Korea on how to create cryptocurrency services and blockchain technology to circumvent US sanctions over its nuclear program, court officials in New York said. Virgil Griffith, 39, had pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate US law, in a bid to reduce the sentence for a crime that can carry up to 20 years behind […]
