Holmgren’s hour: Thunder hold Victor Wembanyama to one field goal in rout of...
Luguentz Dort scored 20 points Wednesday night (Thursday, October 31, Manila time) as the Thunder remained undefeated with a 105-93 win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs in Oklahoma City. The...
View ArticleHezbollah attack kills 5 in northern Israel as US envoys push truce
BEIRUT, Lebanon – A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel’s Metula killed five people including an Israeli farmer and four foreign workers, Israel’s Channel 12 said on Thursday, October 31, while Beirut...
View ArticleBataan POGO-like hub raided | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: POGO-like hub in Bataan freeport area raided Authorities raid a suspected scam hub inside the freeport zone in...
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HIGHLIGHTS: Ginebra vs TNT – PBA Governors’ Cup Finals, Game 3
MANILA, Philippines – Barangay Ginebra put the shackles on Rondae Hollis-Jefferson down the stretch as it finally beat TNT in the PBA Governors’ Cup finals, hacking out an 85-73 win in Game 3 at the...
View ArticleSpain flood death toll hits 205 as Valencia opens temporary morgue
ALFAFAR, Spain – Spanish rescuers opened a temporary morgue in a convention center and battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday, November 1, as the death toll from catastrophic floods rose to...
View ArticleWoman breathes new life into Negros Occidental graves for over 30 years
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Each year, All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days become a time not only for remembering loved ones who have passed but also for some to earn extra income. Sixty-six-year-old...
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IN PHOTOS: Kiddie saints take place of Halloween ahead of All Saints’ Day
MANILA, Philippines – Processions of children dressed as saints took the place of Halloween ahead of All Saints’ Day, November 1, in many Catholic parishes across the Philippines. The processions took...
View ArticleMarcos says he’d ‘rather not’ comment on Sara Duterte’s tirades | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: ‘I’d rather not’: Again, Marcos skips comment on VP Duterte’s tirades President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declines to...
View ArticleBrownlee shines late as Ginebra outlasts TNT to trim finals deficit
MANILA, Philippines – Justin Brownlee refused to let Barangay Ginebra get buried in a precarious 0-3 hole. Brownlee hit key buckets and put the clamps on Rondae Hollis-Jefferson down the stretch as...
View ArticleIsrael pounds Lebanon, Gaza after US truce push
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed more than 60 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, medics said, and Israel also bombarded Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, November 1, as a US-led...
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Pope Francis tells Vatican media operations to expect budget cuts
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis told employees of the Vatican’s extensive multi-language media operations to expect budget cuts as part of wider belt-tightening efforts that have recently targeted...
View ArticleTenorio emerges as surprise starter for Ginebra
MANILA, Philippines – Buried in a 0-2 hole in the 2024 PBA Governors’ Cup finals, Barangay Ginebra needed to disrupt things to surprise the series-leading TNT Tropang Giga. Ginebra head coach Tim Cone...
View ArticleScottie Thompson inches closer to rebounding feat, but focus remains on finals
MANILA, Philippines – Scottie Thompson’s rebounding prowess will soon put him in legendary company. Thompson is set to become the second-fastest guard to record 2,000 defensive rebounds in PBA history...
View ArticleCebuano historian puts spotlight on ‘enchanted cities,’ deities in Visayas
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Since pre-colonial times, Filipinos have believed in supernatural beings, said to inhabit so-called “enchanted cities” in the Visayas. George Emmanuel Borrinaga, a history...
View ArticleMarcos declares November 4 as day of national mourning for Kristine victims
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued Proclamation No. 728, declaring Monday, November 4, a day of national mourning for the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami)...
View ArticleSGA, Jalen Williams-led Thunder pull away from Blazers to remain unbeaten at 5-0
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the unbeaten Oklahoma City delivered a 137-114 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night (Saturday,...
View ArticleIndonesia bans sales of Google phones days after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia said it has banned sales of smartphones made by Alphabet’s Google due to rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components, days after blocking sales of tech...
View ArticleWATCH: Three (main) reasons why Filipinos should care about the 2024 US...
MANILA, Philippines — Months of twists, turns and polling anxieties and victories lead will finally culminate on November 5 when the United States decides on whether to bring Donald Trump back to the...
View ArticleWalking tall: Jalen Brunson toys Pistons around as Knicks roll to 30-point...
Jalen Brunson poured in 36 points in the first three quarters and the New York Knicks continued their dominance of the host Detroit Pistons with a resounding 128-98 victory on Friday night (Saturday,...
View ArticleSpain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll...
VALENCIA, Spain – The deadliest flash flood in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 211 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region...
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