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The opening of classes for school year 2020-2021, scheduled for August 24, has been pushed back to October 5. President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday reset the opening on the advice of Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go. Go had recommended the postponement to the Department of Education (DepEd) amid concerns about preparations for the blended learning […]
NEW YORK — The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York who was convicted last year on charges that he turned some of his followers into sex slaves will face sentencing on Oct. 27, a judge said Friday. In a conference call, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis told lawyers for Keith Raniere […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida: Gregg Popovich didn’t put much thought into San Antonio’s playoff streak when it was rolling along. He’s not thinking about it now either. The Spurs’ record-tying run of 22 consecutive playoff appearances is over, and the longest season in team history — almost 300 days from the first game to the […]
Washington, United States — The US Justice Department on Friday confirmed it had seized the fuel cargo aboard four tankers sent by Iran to crisis-wracked Venezuela, tying the shipments to Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards and stepping up the pressure on its foe. “With the assistance of foreign partners, this seized property is now in US custody,” […]
HONG KONG, Aug. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (“Lee’s Pharm” or the “Group“, Stock Code: 950), an integrated research-driven and market-oriented pharmaceutical group in China, is pleased to announce that it is anticipated that the Group’s will record a significant increase in its net profit attributable to the Shareholders for the six months ended 30 […]
Berlin, Germany — A wild boar that went viral after stealing a nudist’s laptop by a lake in German capital Berlin last week could be caught up in a local cull, an official said Friday. Photos of the female boar and her two young were shared thousands of times on social media after a naked […]
People wait for the bus inside a glass covered stop in which a thermal imaging camera, UV sterilizer, air conditioner, CCTV and digital signage are set, to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in Seoul, South Korea, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran SEOUL– Designed to combat summer heat, monsoon rain and the coronavirus, the smart bus […]
FILE PHOTO: A handout photo provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) shows samples of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, in Moscow, Russia August 6, 2020. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)/Handout via REUTERS/Files MOSCOW–A majority of Russian doctors would not feel […]
A woman wears a mask inside a glass-covered bus stop in which a thermal imaging camera, UV sterilizer, air conditioner, CCTV and digital signage are set, to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in Seoul, South Korea, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran BANGKOK– Taking a bus or the subway? Not without first checking your temperature in […]
DUMAGUETE CITY—A female government employee and a man with no known travel outside Negros Oriental were among the six new COVID-19 patients in the province. Dr. Liland Estacion, assistant provincial health officer, on Friday (Aug. 14) said contact tracing will be conducted to locate persons who had interactions with the 48-year-old man from northern Bindoy. […]
