This image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows tropical Storm Idalia (C) off the coast of Mexico on August 27, 2023, at 21:20:20 UTC. (Photo by NOAA/RAMMB / AFP) MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Caribbean, buffeting...
JAKARTA (AFP) -- France's Nicolas Batum said he was "scared to go home" after the Tokyo Olympic silver medalists crashed out of the Basketball World Cup with a shock loss to Latvia on Sunday, Aug. 27. France's players gather in a huddle during the FIBA Basketball World Cup group G match between...
What was expected to be a dream celebration in front of a wild, sold out crowd turned into a nightmare. Gilas Pilipinas’ furious rally ended in vain after it absorbed a heartbreaking 80-70 defeat at the hands of Angola to remain winless in Group A of the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta...
A Care Flight helicopter is seen on the tarmac of the Darwin International Airport in Darwin on August 27, 2023, as rescue work is in progress to transport those injured in the US Osprey military aircraft crash at a remote island north of Australia's mainland. Three US Marines died on August 27...
A woman lays a candle at a makeshist memorial for head of Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow, on August 27, 2023. The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash on August 23, 2023, has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis,...
Local residents stand next to a crater and a destroyed residential house following a missile strike in Kyiv region, on August 27, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia said it downed two Ukrainian drones flying over border regions on...
This combination of undated handout photographs created on August 27, 2023 and released by the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade on August 27, 2023, shows Ukrainian pilot Vyacheslav Minka, Sergiy Prokazin and Andrii Pilshchykov, better known by his call-sign "Juice", who were killed in a mid-air...
Andres Feliz caught fire from deep as the Dominican Republic pulled off a huge upset over Italy, 87-82, to move on cusp of advancing to the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Aug. 27. Dominican Republic's Karl-Anthony Towns, center, attempts to break...
The road to the historic silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships didn’t come easy for EJ Obiena after he revealed he tested positive to Covid weeks prior to the competition. EJ Obiena said he lost two weeks of heavy training after testing positive for Covid prior to the world...
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP)--FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales as president of Spain's football federation on Saturday for kissing Women's World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on the lips, while even his close friend Jorge Vilda joined the tidal wave of criticism. Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales refused to...
With winning the 2023 FIBA World Cup seemingly out of reach in a tournament that is historically dominated by the teams from the west, Asian teams are eyeing for the next big thing in the horizon – an automatic qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics, which will be given to the best-placed...
Beaten but unbowed. Gilas Pilipinas may have lost the most important game against the Dominican Republic but it is in no way disheartened heading into the another crucial clash, this time against Angola in the continuation of the Group A action of the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta...
