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US Library of Congress archives podcast series on Duterte's war on drugs

ABS-CBN News
Nov 03 08:26 PM

“Tokhang sa Tokhang”, a six-part audio documentary, is the first Philippine-made podcast--and the first from Asia--to be included in the US Library of Congress' Podcast Preservation Project, its producer said.  Read more »

Joe Biden: biography, net worth, family tragedy and political career

South China Morning Post by various news agencies
Nov 03 02:06 PM

Joe Biden brings to his political career a mix of blue-collar credentials, foreign policy experience and a compelling life story. The 77-year-old’s long climb to the political top includes two previous failed presidential bids. Read more »

A typhoon spared the Philippine capital. Will Manila be so lucky next time?

Hannah Beech and Jason Gutierrez, The New York Times
Nov 03 11:55 AM | Updated Nov 03 11:56 AM

Climate change is exacerbating the Philippines’ exposure to natural disasters, making it one of the most vulnerable countries on the planet, scientists say. Read more »

WATCH: Aerial video of Rolly aftermath in Catanduanes

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Nov 03 05:52 AM

MANILA - From one coast to another, the impact of Typhoon Rolly (international name Goni) on the island province it first hit in the Philippines is apparent from the sky, as seen in aerial footage provided by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Read more »

WATCH: Catanduanes in wake of super typhoon Rolly

ABS-CBN News
Nov 03 12:04 AM | Updated Nov 03 12:59 AM

MANILA - Catanduanes suffered heavy damage after super typhoon Rolly slammed into the island as it made its first landfall in the Philippines early Sunday. Read more »

Bagyong Rolly, nag-iwan ng matinding pinsala sa Bato, Catanduanes

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Nov 02 11:46 PM

Mga sirang bahay at kabuhayan ang iniwan ng bagyong Rolly matapos manalasa sa Catanduanes.   Read more »

Super Typhoon Rolly leaves behind devastation in Catanduanes

ABS-CBN News
Nov 02 10:14 PM

The government said Catanduanes province remains completely isolated after the super typhoon downed power supply and communication lines in the island. Read more »

US coronavirus cases keep rising in grim march to Election Day

Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell, Reuters
Nov 02 04:56 AM

Nearly 87,000 cases were reported on Saturday, with 909 deaths and record hospitalizations for the sixth straight day in the Midwest, according to a Reuters tally. Read more »

Poll: Days before US election, Biden's lead widens in Rust Belt

Chris Kahn, Reuters
Nov 02 04:49 AM

Democrat Joe Biden's lead over U.S. President Donald Trump has widened a little in the final days of the 2020 campaign in three critical Rust Belt states that Trump narrowly won four years ago, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls released Sunday.   Read more »

Students in some typhoon-hit areas 'back to zero again' in distance learning: NGO

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Nov 01 11:24 PM

Some students who struggled preparing for distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic are "back to zero again" after powerful storms barreled through their areas since last week, a non-government organization said Sunday.   Read more »

With election looming, US faces record surge of coronavirus cases

Lisa Shumaker and David Morgan, Reuters
Oct 31 12:01 AM

A record surge of coronavirus cases in the United States is pushing hospitals to the brink of capacity and killing up to 1,000 people a day, the latest figures show, with much of the country's attention focused on Tuesday's presidential election. Read more »

Philippines braces for Typhoon Rolly’s impact

ABS-CBN News
Oct 30 11:12 PM

Weather experts warn that Typhoon Rolly may cause storm surges and may prompt the declaration of the strongest storm warning signal in the country. Read more »

'China is angry': Taiwan anxiety rises as saber-rattling grows

Amber Wang and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Oct 30 10:21 PM

The tank traps on the beaches of Kinmen Island are a stark reminder that Taiwan lives under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion -- and fears of a conflict breaking out are now at their highest in decades. Read more »

Long deserved: Pinoy physicists cheer Nobel Prize for black hole scientists

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Oct 30 05:29 PM | Updated Oct 31 12:19 AM

For the black hole scientists and astrophysicists of UP, the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics made them feel like they were part of a team that had also just won. Read more »

As tax base shrinks during pandemic, proposed law seeks to cut revenue sources

Robert JA Basilio Jr., Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Oct 30 05:00 PM

The Duterte government is pushing for a bill cutting the corporate income tax in exchange for strict limits to tax perks enjoyed by investors. Economists however warn against eroding the revenue base at a time of a pandemic, when funds are needed the most. Read more »

Protect nature or face deadlier pandemics than COVID-19, scientists warn

Matthew Green, Reuters
Oct 29 11:27 PM

Pandemics will emerge more often, spread faster, cost more and kill more people than COVID-19 without bold action to halt the habitat destruction that helps viruses hop from wildlife to humans, according to a study published on Thursday.   Read more »

China aims to launch national carbon trading scheme in next five years

Echo Xie, South China Morning Post
Oct 29 01:10 PM

China's environment ministry says it will start with the power sector and expand to other industries. It is expected to be the world’s biggest, but there are concerns over transparency and accuracy of emissions data. Read more »

Research tracks how pterosaurs mastered the primeval skies

Kelly Macnamara, Agence France-Presse
Oct 29 06:10 AM

PARIS - By the time they were wiped out alongside their dinosaur cousins, most winged pterosaurs had evolved from awkwardly airborne to lords of the primeval skies, according to new research published Wednesday. Read more »

Coronavirus means less sex – for Chinese, Americans, British, Turkish

Stephen Chen in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Oct 28 01:04 PM

A survey in Turkey shows a pattern consistent with findings in China, US and Britain: people are having sex less often and fewer partners. The results suggest people are afraid of spreading COVID-19 during sex, researchers say. Read more »

Some COVID survivors have antibodies that attack the body, not the virus

Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
Oct 28 09:43 AM

Some survivors of COVID-19 carry worrying signs that their immune system has turned on the body, reminiscent of potentially debilitating diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study has found.   Read more »

Ice loss to add 0.4C to global temperatures: study

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Oct 28 04:32 AM

PARIS - The loss of billions of tons of ice from Earth's frozen spaces is likely to increase global temperatures by an additional 0.4 degrees Celsius, according to research Tuesday highlighting the danger of a "vicious circle" of warming.   Read more »

Airplane COVID-19 risk 'very low' with masks, other actions, report finds

David Shepardson, Reuters
Oct 28 04:28 AM

WASHINGTON - Transmission risks of COVID-19 during airline flights are very low and below other routine activities during the pandemic such as grocery shopping or going out to dinner, when using face coverings and taking other steps, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health said Tuesday. Read more »

Vaccines, not spy planes: US misfires in Southeast Asia

Tom Allard, Reuters
Oct 28 03:25 AM

JAKARTA - For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia's biggest country is struggling to control. This month, their campaign paid off. Read more »

COVID's cognitive costs? Some patients' brains may age 10 years

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Oct 27 11:48 PM

People recovering from COVID-19 may suffer significant brain function impacts, with the worst cases of the infection linked to mental decline equivalent to the brain ageing by 10 years, researchers warned on Tuesday.   Read more »

Study finds evidence of waning antibody immunity to COVID-19 over time

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Oct 27 11:40 PM | Updated Oct 28 02:57 PM

Antibodies against the novel coronavirus declined rapidly in the British population during the summer, a study found on Tuesday, suggesting protection after infection may not be long lasting and raising the prospect of waning immunity in the community.   Read more »