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Myanmar a 'war zone' as security forces open fire on peaceful protesters, killing 38

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17,000 earthquakes hit Iceland in the past week. An eruption could be imminent

Even for a volcanic island accustomed to the occasional tremor, this has been an unusual week for Iceland. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, around 17,000 earthquakes have hit the southwestern region of Reykjanes over the past week. [...]

Germany's far-right party is first to be put under government surveillance since Nazi era

Germany's BfV domestic intelligence service has formally placed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance on suspicion of trying to undermine Germany's democratic constitution, a person briefed on the move said on Wednesday. [...]

UAE reports 2,742 Covid cases, 1,691 recoveries, 17 deaths

Over 31.5 million tests have been conducted in the UAE to date to combat the spread of Covid-19. [...]

Dubai: 10 injured in crash after bus driver dozed off

The bus crashed into a metal barrier and flipped over. [...]

Covid: Pakistan Super League postponed after virus outbreak

As many as seven Covid-positive cases have been reported in the competition so far. [...]

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) [...]

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