Tropical Depression Enteng to drench parts of Luzon, Visayas
[embedded content] MANILA, Philippines – The low pressure area(LPA) east of the country has intensified into Tropical Depression Enteng early Saturday morning, the state weather bureau said in its 5 a.m. bulletin. ADVERTISEMENT The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) spotted “Enteng” 375 kilometers northeast of Virac, Catanduanes at 4 a.m. “Enteng” packs […]
US health chief to visit Taiwan, a COVID-19 success story
WASHINGTON — U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said Friday he wants to learn about Taiwan’s “incredibly effective” response to the cornavirus even though the island did things that the U.S. has fumbled, such as having a unified strategy and citizens willing to war masks. FILE – In this July 31, 2020, file photo, Health and […]
Big jump in Italy’s daily new cases driven by travel
ROME — The number of daily new coronavirus infections in Italy jumped 38% higher Friday, with 552 confirmed cases registered compared to the previous day. A passenger of a bus coming from Romania, leftt, undergoes a voluntary Covid-19 blood test, at the Tiburtina bus station, in Rome, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The Lazio region, which […]
Endangered Brazilian monkeys get a bridge to themselves
RIO DE JANEIRO — The overpass juts from a forest over a four-lane highway in a rural area outside Rio de Janeiro. It’s meant for a very special sort of pedestrian: golden lion tamarins, small orange primates that for decades have been at risk of extinction. A Golden Lion Tamarin holds on to a tree […]
Canada’s last intact ice shelf collapses due to warming
Much of Canada’s remaining intact ice shelf has broken apart into hulking iceberg islands thanks to a hot summer and global warming, scientists said. ELLESMERE ISLAND, CANADA – MARCH 30: A section of an ice field is seen from NASA’s Operation IceBridge research aircraft on March 30, 2017 above Ellesmere Island, Canada. The ice fields […]
US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader in new offensive on China
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media about the new national security law introduced to the city at her weekly press conference in Hong Kong on July 7, 2020. – China has quickly moved to censor Hong Kong’s internet and access users’ data using a feared new national security law, but US […]
Mauritius declares emergency as stranded ship spills fuel
In this satellite image provided by 2020 Maxar Technologies on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, an aerial view of the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius. The prime minister of Mauritius says the government is appealing to France for help with a brewing environmental disaster after […]
BFAR bans harvesting, trading of 3 sea cucumber species
LAB GROWN Sea cucumbers are bred in a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources center in Alaminos City. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO SAN FERNANDO CITY — Starting Aug. 28, catching and trading of three species of sea cucumber will be prohibited, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Wednesday. The species, which are collectively […]
DOH: Bicol virus cases may double by January
DAILY TEST The Albay Provincial Health Office conducts a swab test on people who have been exposed to new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. Photo taken in a rural health unit in Daraga town, Albay province, on Thursday. —MARK ALVIC ESPLANA LEGAZPI CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol has projected that the number […]
ATIF Holdings Limited Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Notice of Deficiency For Failure to Hold an Annual Meeting of Shareholders
SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ATIF Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: ATIF, the “Company”), a company providing business consulting services and multimedia services in Asia, today announced that it received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with […]