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Comelec extends voter registration hours, adds Saturdays in select areas

Published by Philippine Star Philstar.com October 16, 2021 | 9:51am MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has extended hours and opened Saturdays for voter registration in select areas including Metro Manila. The Comelec announced that beginning October 16, voter registration in some areas during weekdays will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., while […]

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Head of Beirut port blast victims calls for removal of judge

Published by Al-Araby Ibrahim Hoteit, the leader of the Beirut port explosion victims association, called for the current investigator into the blast to step down in a video released late Friday night. Accusing the judge of “politicization” and condemning “US intervention” in the case, Hoteit asked Judge Tarek Bitar, who is leading the investigation, to

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US to proceed on Palestine consulate in Jerusalem: Blinken

Published by Al-Araby US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the Biden administration intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen the Jerusalem consulate that traditionally engaged with Palestine and Palestinians, despite Israeli opposition to such a move. Blinken reiterated a pledge he originally made months ago on re-establishing the consulate, which

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Reports: At least 46 killed after fire engulfs Taiwan high-rise

Published by DPA At least 46 people were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday in a fire that ripped through a multi-purpose building in southern Taiwan, local media reported. The blaze broke out early Thursday at a 13-storey, 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung City. The city’s fire department told journalists at the scene that

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U.S. FDA staff says Moderna did not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters

Published by Reuters By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that Moderna Inc had not met all of the agency’s criteria to support use of booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, possibly because the efficacy of the shot’s first two doses has remained strong.

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US to open land borders to vaccinated travelers in November

Published by Relaxnews The United States will open its land borders with Mexico and Canada in early November to non-essential travelers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a senior White House official announced Tuesday. The official said the administration would give the “precise date very soon” — both for land crossings as well as international

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Report finds 216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950

Published by Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – A report into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that at least 216,000 children were victims of abuse at the hands of clergy since 1950, Jean-March Sauve, head of the commission that compiled the report, said at a news conference. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Writing by

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