Minnesota frees man sentenced to life for 2002 murder
The US state of Minnesota on Tuesday released a Black man who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 after he was convicted of...
OFW in UAE inoculated with Sinopharm’s COVID vaccine
THE inoculation of Filipinos with China’s Sinopharm vaccine in the United Arab Emirates was like a “fiesta,” a member of the community said Tuesday.
Filipino...
Dutch cull 190,000 chickens after bird flu outbreaks
THE HAGUE – Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly-contagious strain of bird flu broke out at least two poultry farms,...
Somali gov’t cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya
MOGADISHU – The federal government of Somalia has cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya.
It has recalled all its diplomats from Nairobi and given Kenyan...
Germany to go into Christmas lockdown
BERLIN – Germany will go into a hard lockdown over the Christmas period as the number of deaths and infections due to coronavirus reaches...
Hundreds of boys missing after Nigeria school attack
KANKARA – Hundreds of boys are still missing after gunmen abducted them from their boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday night.
Anxious parents gathered...
Suspected Russian hackers ‘spied’ on US Treasury emails
WASHINGTON – Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US Treasury and Commerce departments, according to...
US to begin first round of vaccinations
WASHINGTON – The US public will start receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Monday (Tuesday in the Philippines) after it was authorized for emergency...
UN chief urges nations to declare ‘climate emergency’
LONDON – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on every country to declare a “climate emergency,” as world leaders marking the fifth anniversary of the...
Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising
LUCKNOW – A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police...