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Sally, which made landfall early on Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity, was downgraded in the afternoon to a tropical storm as maximum sustained winds dropped to 70 miles per hour (113 kph). The storm is believed to have kil…

Investment, both direct investment by companies and venture capital flows, between the two countries fell 16.2% to $10.9 billion in January-June from the same period a year earlier — also hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures from consultancy Rhodium Group. That’s a far cry from ha…

Vice President Raynold Oilouch, former Sen. Alan Seid, former President Johnson Toribiong and former Sen. Surangel Whipps Jr. will battle it out in the primary scheduled for Sept. 22. The top two vote-getters will face each other in the November general elections. Oilouch said as a current official…

China launched a vaccine emergency use program in July, offering three experimental shots developed by a unit of state pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group and U.S.-listed Sinovac Biotech. A fourth Covid-19 vaccine being developed by CanSino Biologics 6185.HK was approved for us…

The settlement appears to be one of the largest of its kind in the United States, where police departments are often shielded from having to pay damages for deaths in their custody. It does not explicitly admit wrongdoing on the city’s part, but it will be accompanied by reforms of the Louisville M…

“Our brothers and sisters in the Pacific islands are struggling for income due to the collapse of tourism in the region, this is a way to help them — and help our growers who are extremely concerned about labor shortages,” says Fiso. New Zealand is heading into a busy summer fruit season with a sho…

In a statement, Hontiveros said seven of the 11 contracts for PPE sets were awarded to China-based companies by the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service  from April to May this year. “Why are we prioritizing foreign companies instead of local ones? To make matters worse, in these…

Suga, who served as chief cabinet secretary to outgoing premier Shinzo Abe, was voted in by the lower house of parliament where his ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds a majority. Suga is expected to pull together a “continuity” cabinet, about half of which will not change from the current makeup…