[ad_1] Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. AFP SAN FRANCISCO – An increase in coronavirus cases will put San Francisco under a curfew starting Monday and trigger other restrictions related to the virus, the city announced. The curfew requires the closure of non-essential businesses and prohibits members of different …
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[ad_1] The UK is expected to start vaccinating its medical staff against the coronavirus in a few days, according to a report on Friday. The Guardian reported that British hospitals have been alerted to prepare to receive the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine between December 7 and 9, if …
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[ad_1] BANGKOK – Thailand signed a $ 200 million deal on Friday to purchase 26 million doses of a test coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford. It is expected to be delivered in mid-2021. The doses would cover 13 million people in …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Be careful when you share your comments online about ridiculous or terribly flawed study modules used by students in the distance education system at this time of a pandemic. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Saturday that people who spread “malicious” claims about error-laden learning materials allegedly …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – State trading company Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) is using “a devious scheme” to illegally hold at least P1 billion in government funds instead of remitting the money to the country’s coffers for possible spending in the event of a pandemic or urgent disaster. answer, according …
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[ad_1] The end of a frontal system and easterly winds will bring scattered rains and thunderstorms over the Cagayan valley and four other areas on Sunday, PAGASA said in its early morning forecast. In addition to the Cagayán Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Aurora, Quezón and the Bicol Region …
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[ad_1] Aerial view of anti-abortion activists demonstrating against the bill to legalize abortion presented by Argentine President Alberto Fernández in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on November 28, 2020. – Anti-abortion protesters, including from the Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church and civil organizations, organized marches and caravans …
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[ad_1] China has ignited its first domestically developed nuclear reactor, the Hualong One, a significant step in Beijing’s attempts to become less dependent on Western allies for energy security and critical technology. The reactor, which was connected to the national grid on Friday, can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity …
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[ad_1] Residents living near the lower reaches of the Cagayán River were advised on Sunday morning to take the necessary precautions after the Cagayán River reached the upper alarm level. In its 7 a.m. hydrological forecast for the Cagayán river basin, PAGASA said that floods are threatening the Lower Cagayán …
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[ad_1] Iran’s Chief Judge Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi (C) pays tribute to the body of murdered scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh among his family, in the capital Tehran on November 28, 2020. – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, nicknamed by Israel as the ” father “of Iran’s nuclear program, he died on November 27 after being …
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