People line up to receive COVID jabs outside a vaccination site at the Double Dragon Plaza building in Pasay yesterday. The national government started implementing on Monday a ‘no vax, no ride’ policy for public transport to limit the movement of unvaccinated people and curb the spread of the dis...
Chinese model of donating, helping countries access vaccines an example for other major powers like US: expertsThe first batch of the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company CanSino Biologics is seen at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Aug. 20, 2021. Phot...
A police officer stands guard just outside the University of Tokyo on January 16, 2022, one of the venues for nationwide university entrance exams, a day after two high-school students and a man were wounded in a knife attack that led to the arrest of a teenager on suspicion of attempted murder.Pho...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a crowd via a video conference in the capital Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2022. Negotiating does not mean giving in to the enemy, he said as talks are taking place in Vienna between his country and world powers on the nuclear issue.Photo: AF...
This AFP video screengrab shows Police Chief Michael Miller speaking to the press after the liberation of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue hostages in Colleyville, Texas, some 25 miles (40 km) west of Dallas, January 15, 2022.All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-ho...
A handout photo taken on January 7, 2022 and made available by 2022 Planet Labs PBC on January 17, 2022 shows the eruption on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha?apai volcano.SYDNEY, Australia —The first death from a massive underwater volcanic blast near the Pacific island nation of Tonga has been conf...
Photo shows a fishing community damaged by Typhoon Rai along a shoreline in Leyte Province, the Philippines, Dec. 22, 2021.The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that 156 people died from the typhoon, while the Philippine National Police reported at least 375...
Landfill site for US air base in Okinawa. Photo: AFP US troops in Japan will stop making non-essential visits off-base for two weeks from Monday, as local officials in areas hosting the forces link them with a sharp rise in coronavirus infections. The announcement came as the government imposed...
A man receives a COVID-19 test at the Histopath pre-departure clinic at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, Australia on December 23, 2021. Demand at COVID-19 testing centers across Sydney has increased in the lead-up to Christmas as New South Wales' coronavirus case numbers rise. Photo: AF...
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi looks on as health workers receive a vaccine for COVID-19 at a hospital in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on Wednesday. The country has reported more than 138,000 infections with 3,069 deaths. Photo: AFPA Myanmar junta court on Monday convicted Aung San Suu Kyi...
