It's just before daybreak in Richmond on the southern bank of the River Thames, and pest controller Michael Coates is patrolling the rubbish bins for what is normally an elusive enemy -- rats. [...]

Gunmen kill 36 in attacks on two northern Nigerian states

Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa's most populous nation, officials and residents said. [...]

Dubai bus crash: 7-year jail term for Omani driver reduced to 1 year

The court ordered the driver to pay Dh3.4 million as blood money and a fine of Dh50,000 [...]

New Covid drug in UAE can save patients from hospitalisation

The treatment cannot be used for patients who are already admitted in the hospital for Covid-19. [...]

UAE reports 3,025 Covid cases, 4,678 recoveries, 18 deaths

Over 29.8 million tests have been conducted across the UAE to date. [...]

Palace: 600,000 doses of Sinovac to arrive on Sunday; health workers can get jabs

(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from China will be coming this Sunday, Feb. 28, and that health care workers can be vaccinated if they want to. “I have gotten confirmation that we are getting the Sinovac vaccines on Sunday,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing on Thursday. These 600,000 Sinovac doses that will come on Sunday are all for for free, since these […] [...]

Palace: President Duterte saddened, concerned over shootout between policemen, PDEA agents in QC

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed sadness over the shootout between members of the Philippine National Police and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Quezon City on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President also expressed concern over the incident, which left two policemen dead. A media report said a third fatality was seen being taken out supposedly from a PDEA van. “Ang in-assure niya, gaya ng nangyari sa Sulu, […] [...]

4.7-magnitude quake strikes off Pangasinan

(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Pangasinan on Thursday, Feb. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 10:55 a.m. It had its epicenter 74 kilometers southwest of Agno. PHIVOLCS said the quake had a depth of four kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported. [...]

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