MANILA (AFP) -- Head coach Steve Kerr said the United States will be a better team after surviving their first real scare of the Basketball World Cup to beat Montenegro on Friday, Sept. 1. USA's Tyrese Haliburton celebrates their victory during the FIBA Basketball World Cup group J match between...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, the Kremlin said, amid hopes the two can restore a deal ensuring safe passage for grain shipments. Russia pulled out from the UN-backed grain agreement that Turkey helped broker...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Search dogs looked for bodies on Friday in a Johannesburg building that went up in flames killing dozens and forcing South Africa to confront an illegal housing "crisis". (Photo from AFP) At least 74 people including 12 children died as fire ripped through the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory. (Photo from AFP) The claim came as Kyiv said police in the capital were responding...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile. (Photo from AFP) The move came a day after the billionaire ex-prime minister, 74,...
PARIS, France - Kenya next week hosts a flagship climate conference designed to showcase Africa as a potential powerhouse for green energy, in the first of a flurry of big meetings ahead of crunch UN talks. (Photo from AFP) With the world far adrift of its goal of slashing carbon emissions and...
This photo taken on July 30, 2023 shows people using umbrellas and parasols to seek relief from the heat while walking outside Shinjuku station, as temperatures of 35C-plus (95F) have scorched the Japanese capital Tokyo for weeks. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's summer...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Beaten but never losing hope, Gilas Pilipinas big men Kai Sotto and AJ Edu brace for the final battle against China on Saturday, Sept. 2, in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Gilas Pilipinas players celebrate after their run against...
It was all good and happy mood after Team USA easily rolled to a 3-0 record in the first round of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Anthony Edwards is confident Team USA will have an easy way in the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup (Mark Balmores/MB) Anthony Edwards drew laughter...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Jordan Clarkson ran out of words as frustrations grew bigger in the aftermath of Gilas Pilipinas' fourth straight loss in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup on Thursday night, Aug. 31. Gilas Pilipinas' Jordan Clarkson goes for a floater against a Sudanese defender. (Noel...
MANILA (AFP) -- Teenagers from a crowded Manila slum shoot hoops on a court bearing the shiny logo of the FIBA World Cup, the tournament where the Philippines team disappointed a basketball-mad nation. This photo taken on August 19, shows residents pushing a trolley loaded with plastic containers...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state of Georgia. Former US President Donald Trump (Photo from AFP) The Republican presidential frontrunner, who...
