[ad_1] Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a funeral ceremony for former President Lee Teng-Hui at Aletheia University in Nee Taipei City on September 19, 2020 (Photo by Chang Hsin-wei / Multiple Sources / AFP ) TAIPEI, Taiwan— China sent more fighter jets into Taiwan for a second day on …
Read More »COVID-19 death toll unacceptably high – WHO
[ad_1] This image taken on September 9, 2020 shows a hospital worker performing a Muslim funeral prayer over the coffin carrying the body of a patient who succumbed to the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Bogor General Hospital in Bogor, West Java. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) The weekly COVID-19 death …
Read More »FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers will continue inside the ‘bubble’
[ad_1] MANILA – The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced on Friday that it will eliminate the round trip format for the rest of its continental cup qualifiers due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. “All games in both windows must be played in ‘bubbles’, rather than games at home and …
Read More »DOTr ‘will aggressively comply’ with Duterte’s decision to maintain a distance of 1 meter at USPs
[ad_1] TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Jeepney riders in Makati City maintain a measured distance between them after the government retains the standard 1 meter rule for distance inside public vehicles. File photo of the INQUIRER / CHILD JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Saturday that …
Read More »Coronavirus News: Only HALF of Americans Want to Get Vaccinated As Trump Increases Pressure | World | News
[ad_1] President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will manufacture at least 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year. But a new survey by the Pew Research Group found that 77 percent of Americans are concerned that the vaccine will be …
Read More »The government discards the rule of reduction of distance in public transport
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 18) – It’s final: The Philippine government is ending the controversial policy that reduced the physical distance between travelers following President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Saturday. The distance inside public service vehicles will revert to one meter after the …
Read More »New Zealanders place climate change ahead of Covid in this election | World News
[ad_1] HEA month after the New Zealand general election and major parties are on the campaign, wearing high-visibility jackets and face masks to visit factories, small businesses and schools across the country. We asked The Guardian readers what issues they would vote on on October 17 and, perhaps surprisingly, for …
Read More »Chinese hackers ‘stole data from Spanish vaccine labs’ – report
[ad_1] Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID-19, the newspaper El País reported on Friday. The report came as pharmaceutical companies around the world rushed to produce an effective jab to counter a virus that has now killed more than 940,000 people and …
Read More »Gilas Pilipinas will play in ‘bubble’ in the resumption of the qualifiers of the FIBA Asian Cup 2021
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 19) – Gilas Pilipinas will play in a ‘bubble’ when the 2021 FIBA Asian Cup qualifiers resume in November. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has mandated that the November 2020 and February 2021 windows of the Continental Cup qualifying rounds, including Asia, be played …
Read More »Fiba also houses those classified under ‘bubble’
[ad_1] Mark dickel The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) announced on Friday that all of its continental qualifiers will be played in bubble-like environments. The announcement, which came after careful consideration by its stakeholders and the recommendations of its medical and competition commissions, will cover the November 2020 and February 2021 …
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