Day: November 8, 2021

Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu was the keystone to DWG KIA, someone who brought the entire team together and cemented himself as (arguably) the best jungler in the world after the team’s 2020 championship title. DWG KIA made a confident return to the grand finals at Worlds 2021 after a narrow 3-2 victory over T1 and it’d be fair to say that this semifinal was projected to be the “real” finals set. EDward Gaming were the underdogs going into the Finals, and even those who believed in EDG predicted that Lee “Scout” Ye-chan and Park “Viper” Do-hyeon would be the players who stood above the rest. However, i… Continue reading “The Canyon Killer: How did Jiejie gap the best jungler in the world at Worlds 2021 finals”

Washington (AFP) – Four astronauts were preparing to leave the International Space Station and head back to Earth on Monday after spending six busy months aboard the orbital outpost. The Crew-2 mission, which includes two Americans, a Frenchman and one Japanese astronaut, have been living and working on the space lab since April 24, carrying out hundreds of experiments and upgrading the station’s solar panels. They are now set to board their SpaceX Dragon capsule named “Endeavour” and undock from the ISS at 2:05 pm US Eastern Time (1905 GMT) before splashing down off the coast of Florida at 10… Continue reading “Astronaut crew prepares to return to Earth”

Kay Aquino said she cried every day for a month, maybe longer, sometimes multiple times a day. She and her husband Jon were facing a life or death crisis over the summer, and, even if he survived, life would likely never be the same. Jon, 37, a COVID-19 hospital ward nurse in Gloucester County, had contracted a rare case of strep meningitis during a Jersey Shore vacation. By the time the disease could be treated, his hands and feet had turned multiple colors from sepsis and his best chance for survival was to amputate them. Sepsis is a condition that occurs when the body’s response to infectio… Continue reading “Vacationing COVID nurse contracted meningitis, lost both hands and feet. He’s not giving up.”

Roel Pareño – The Philippine Star November 9, 2021 | 12:00am ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The number of COVID fatalities in this city is nearing 1,000 after 18 more deaths were recorded within eight days since Monday last week. As of Nov. 6, the city health office had logged 974 deaths since the pandemic started last year. Although the number of admitted patients and cases have been declining, the Zamboanga City Medical Center noted an average of 2.25 percent increase in deaths from Nov. 1 to yesterday. The city health office said the highest number of deaths was recorded last month at 204. A… Continue reading “Zamboanga City COVID-19 death toll nearing 1,000”

Neil Jayson Servallos – The Philippine Star November 9, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Another police officer has died of COVID, bringing the death toll in the Philippine National Police to 124, the PNP reported yesterday. The PNP Health Service said the fatality was a 35-year-old officer assigned in Western Mindanao. The officer died on Oct. 17 due to respiratory failure brought by COVID infection. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the death was confirmed and reported only over the weekend. Records showed the patient experienced mild COVID symptoms on Oct. 3. The PNP said the office… Continue reading “PNP logs another COVID-19 fatality”