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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand has no active COVID-19 cases after the country’s final patient was given the all clear and released from isolation, health authorities said Monday. The milestone was “really good news” and an achievement the whole of New Zealand could take heart from, health department director-general Ashley Bloomfield said. “Having no active cases for the first time since February 28 is certainly a significant mark in our journey but, as […]
(Eagle News) — Coronavirus deaths worldwide reached almost 402,000 on Monday, June 8, as virus cases also neared 7 million with infections still rising in most countries. The United States still leads countries in number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Based on the virus dashboard of Johns Hopkins University, US COVID-19 cases reached 1,938,842 while virus-related fatalities hit 110,482. Brazil is second to the US in terms of cases with 672,846 confirmed infections, and […]
(Eagle News) – The Embassy of Sweden in Manila commemorated on Saturday, June 6, its Swedish National Day via an online celebration highlighting the country’s core values of innovation, sustainability, and respect for the environment. “We usually celebrate Swedish National Day with a big party. This year, because of the extraordinary circumstances, we do it differently. We have a week-long digital celebration”, H.E. Harald Fries, Ambassador of Sweden in the Philippines, said in a virtual […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel said Sunday it had opened a factory to make millions of high-spec masks as it prepares for a possible “second wave” of coronavirus cases. After imposing tough measures to tackle the COVID-19 illness, Israel has fared relatively well in the initial months of the pandemic. More than 17,700 infections have been registered among a population of nine million, with nearly 300 deaths. But as the country has gradually opened up […]
by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK government said Sunday it will reopen places of worship for individual prayer on June 15 as it reportedly looks to speed up easing measures in order to save jobs. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said services and worship groups will still be banned for the time being due to concern that the new coronavirus spreads more quickly in enclosed spaces. “People […]
by Dmitry ZAKS with AFP bureaus Taking a knee, chanting and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London kicked off a weekend of global rallies Saturday against racism and police brutality. The death during the arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens of thousands out onto the streets during a pandemic that is ebbing in Asia and Europe, but spreading in […]
by Daphné BENOIT and Didier LAURAS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — France said its forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in a blow to the group behind a string of deadly attacks across the troubled Sahel region. Abdelmalek Droukdel was killed on Thursday in northern Mali near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of Westerners in the […]
Eagle News — During the 6th day of protests and civil unrest across the United States, Anaheim protestors gathered near the Anaheim Police department—about a mile and a half south of Disneyland, dubbed the “Happiest Place on Earth.” Hundreds gathered on the intersection of S Harbor and E Broadway, peacefully protesting anti-racism in the United States. Leaving property and city streets intact. These peaceful protests that took place in Anaheim, are in stark contrast to […]
by Joshua Howat Berger, with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed Italy’s to become the third-highest in the world Thursday, as the UN’s secretary-general called for a “people’s vaccine” to stem the pandemic. The bleak figures from Brazil underlined the grim toll the virus is taking in Latin America, the latest epicenter in the pandemic, even as Europe seeks to reemerge […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Three people were killed and seven wounded in a stabbing spree at a supermarket in rural southeast China, police said Friday. The suspected attacker, a 35-year-old man, was arrested shortly after the incident late Thursday in Fujian province, they said in a statement, without specifying the kind of weapon used. The injured were in stable condition in hospital, they added. The attack came hours after 39 pupils and staff were wounded […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru hit 5,000 coronavirus deaths Thursday, according to the country’s health ministry, as hospitals faced a lack of oxygen for seriously ill patients. Peru has recorded more than 183,000 cases of COVID-19, making it the second hardest-hit country in Latin America after Brazil. Officials recorded more than 4,200 new cases and 137 deaths over the last 24 hours, bringing Peru’s total number of fatalities to 5,031, the health ministry said. The […]
LILE, France (AFP) — French police fired tear gas to disperse around 2,000 demonstrators protesting against racism and police brutality in the northern city of Lille on Thursday. “No justice, no peace,” the crowd chanted, echoing the protests which have taken place across the United States following the death of unarmed African American George Floyd in the hands of police. The marchers also brandished placards, some in English, bearing slogans now familiar in the US […]
