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38 people killed in Myanmar's deadliest day of protest, says UN envoy

At least 38 people were killed at pro-democracy protests in Myanmar on Wednesday, the UN's Special Envoy to the country told a briefing Wednesday, in the deadliest day of violence since a military coup on February 1. [...]

How the UK failed to impose an effective quarantine system

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Three female journalists killed by gunmen

Three female media workers were shot dead in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, government officials said, amid a wave of killings that is spreading fear among professional workers in urban centers. [...]

Covid UAE: 13 fined for playing cricket, breaking safety rules

Special police patrols bust gathering that did not adhere to precautionary measures. [...]

Covaxin demonstrates interim clinical efficacy of 81%

The trials involved 25,800 subjects, the largest ever conducted in India, in partnership with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). [...]

UAE: Couple's punishment for sex out of wedlock cancelled

UAE law reforms save unmarried couple from jail, deportation. [...]

Immigration bureau: Reporting of deaths of foreign nationals based in PHL required

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Thursday, March 4, urged the kin of deceased foreign nationals in the country to report such deaths to the government. In a statement, Bureau commissioner Jaime Morente said under the 1950 alien registration act, the parents or relatives or persons in charge of the burial of a deceased foreign national based in the Philippines are required to surrender the latter’s alien certificate of registration identity card (ACR […] [...]

UN says 38 dead in Myanmar’s ‘bloodiest’ day since coup

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least 38 people died Wednesday in the “bloodiest” day of Myanmar’s crisis, the United Nations said, as the military junta defied growing international condemnation of its coup with a violent crackdown that the US said left it “appalled and revulsed.” Myanmar has been in turmoil since February 1 when the military ousted and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending the nation’s decade-long experiment with democracy and sparking […] [...]

Pennsylvania to use J&J’s single dose Covid vaccine for teachers, school staff

Teachers and school employees in Pennsylvania are next in line to receive the one-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania. In Swarthmore, EBC bureau chief Maila Simbulan has the story. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and the COVID-19 vaccine Task Force announced a plan to vaccinate the state’s Pre-K to 12 teachers and other school staff. Watch it in this Eagle News America report. (Eagle News Service) [...]