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WASHINGTON, May 12, 2024 (AFP) – The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said. “Mass General is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman. We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant,” the Boston hospital said in a statement issued late Saturday. In a world first, surgeons at […]
BELGOROD, Russia, May 12, 2024 (AFP) – A building collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod after a Ukrainian strike, leaving at least 17 people injured, the health minister said. The Russian defence ministry said a Ukrainian Tochka-U missile hit a “residential district” in the city after it was intercepted by air defences. “Seventeen injured have been sent to medical centres,” Health Minister Mikhail Murashko was quoted as saying by the state RIA Novosti […]
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia, May 12, 2024 (AFP) – At least 34 people have died and 16 more were missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit western Indonesia, a local disaster official said Sunday. Hours of heavy rain caused flooding in two districts in West Sumatra province on Saturday evening and sent sweeping ash and large rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano on the archipelago’s Sumatra island. “Until now […]
(Eagle News)–Lanuza Ave. in Barangay Ugong will undergo rehabilitation starting Monday, May 13. According to the Pasig City Government, the rehabilitation work will take place from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. The project is set to be completed on June 30. The government advised motorists to take alternative routes. “Thank you for your patience,” it said.
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the country, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. As a result, Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are expected. Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. According to PAGASA, the entire country […]
By Lucie AUBOURG with AFP bureaus around the world WASHINGTON, May 12, 2024 (AFP) – Auroras lit up skies across swaths of the planet for the second night in a row on Saturday, after already dazzling Earthlings from the United States to Tasmania to the Bahamas the day before. A powerful solar storm — which could continue into Sunday — has triggered spectacular celestial shows usually confined to the far northern reaches of the […]
By Atif Aryan with Pascale Trouillaud in Kabul LAQAYI,AFGHANISTAN, Afghanistan, May 11, 2024 (AFP) – LAQAYI,AFGHANISTAN, Afghanistan, May 11, 2024 (AFP) – More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the World Food Programme said on Saturday, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured. Heavy rains on Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud crashing through villages and across agricultural land […]
SEOUL, May 11, 2024 (AFP) – North Korean hackers stole sensitive data, including individuals’ financial records, from a South Korean court computer network over two years, Seoul police said Saturday. The nuclear-armed North is known to operate an army of thousands of hackers operating both inside the largely isolated country and apparently overseas, and has been blamed for several major cyberattacks in the past. South Korean national police said the hackers pilfered 1,014 gigabytes of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Social Welfare and Development will kick off the nationwide implementation of the Food Stamp Program in July, six months after its successful pilot-testing in just parts of the country. DSWD Undersecretary Edu Punay said preparations for the full implementation of the initiative have begun. “This month po magsisimula na iyong validation at ating registration ng 300,000 beneficiaries para sa July na rin po natin,” he said. He said also this month, […]
By Mauricio RABUFFETTI and Florian PLAUCHEUR PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 10, 2024 (AFP) – The skies opened once again Friday in southern Brazil, offering little respite for those whose homes have been swallowed by floodwaters, while the number of people forced to evacuate doubled in 24 hours. Residents of the state of Rio Grande do Sul were bracing for a weekend of heavy rainfall, hitting just as waters that turned city streets into rivers had […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Bohol early Saturday, May 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 3:50 a.m. Its epicenter was five kilometers northeast of Sagbayan. The depth of focus was two kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity IV- Sagbayan, Bohol Intensity III- Batuan, Clarin, and Danao, Bohol Intensity II- Buenavista, Bohol No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
