AMID COVID SURGE, THIRD VACCINATION ROUND ROLLS OUT TODAY FOR KEY GROUP Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in several parts of the country where the total active caseload has climbed to 5.52 lakh cases, the third phase of vaccination will be rolled out Wednesday, making every per
WHO CHIEF TOUGHENS TONE ON CHINA WITH LAB PROBE CALL The WHO's chief, long accused of complacency towards Beijing, hardened his tone Tuesday, urging further investigation into a theory Covid-19 sprang from a laboratory leak. The director-general of the World Health
DUTERTE, CLOSE TO TEARS, WARNS OF BLEAK MONTHS AHEAD MANILA — Weeks after saying that Filipinos will prevail over the pandemic, President Duterte warned of “bleak months” ahead and admitted that he is having a hard time addressing the COVID crisis amid the
VACCINATE ALL 45-PLUS IN SURGE DISTRICTS IN 2 WEEKS: CENTRE TO STATES With several parts of the country reporting a second wave of Covid-19 cases, the Centre Tuesday warned that the situation is going from “bad to worse” and urged states to achieve 100 per cent v
SUEZ CANAL REOPENS AFTER GIANT STRANDED SHIP IS FREED Traffic has resumed in Egypt's Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews. Tug boats honked their horns in celebration as the 400m-long (1,300ft) E
TRAFFIC IN SUEZ CANAL RESUMES AFTER STRANDED SHIP REFLOATED ISMAILIA, Egypt - Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said. &nbs
INDIA, PAK AT AFGHAN MEET TODAY; NO BILATERAL TALKS ON CARDS SO FAR Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will participate in a key meeting on Afghanistan, to be held in Dushanbe on Tuesday, along with about 30 countries and a dozen regional and international organisations
SUEZ CANAL TEMPORARILY HALTS NAVIGATION The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said on Thursday that they were facing “extreme difficulty” refloating it, prompting Egypt to suspend navigation through one of the world’s busiest shippi
PH SENDS MORE NAVY SHIPS TO WEST PH SEA, BUT NOT IN REEF WHERE CHINESE MILITIA SHIPS SEEN MANILA — The Philippine military on Thursday said its chief Gen. Cirilito Sobejana has ordered the deployment of more Navy ships to the West Philippine Sea to beef up the country'
DESPITE PANGONG DE-ESCALATION, CHINA THREAT REMAINS: ARMY CHIEF Despite the de-escalation on Pangong Lake in Ladakh, the threat from China has not entirely dissipated, Army chief MM Naravane said Thursday as he stressed on the need to demarcate the Line of Actual Control. &
