OKINAWA (AFP) -- Japan took a giant step towards Olympic qualification at the Basketball World Cup on Thursday, Aug. 31, while South Sudan and Egypt also gave themselves a chance of a Paris Games berth. Japan's Yuta Watanabe (back) and Japan's Yuki Kawamura celebrate their victory against during...
Singaporeans (background) arrive to vote at a polling station during the city-state's presidential election in Singapore on September 1, 2023. Singaporeans head to the polls September 1 in the city-state's first contested presidential election in more than a decade, a vote being closely watched as...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A Russian-German man arrested earlier this week in Cyprus was charged Thursday by US authorities with seeking to export American-made electronics to Russia for military use. The US Department of Justice said Arthur Petrov, 33, violated export controls in a scheme to...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden's administration moved Thursday to close loopholes that allow people to sell guns without a dealer license, which would require them to perform background checks on purchasers. The Justice Department released detailed rules that follow the...
Family members of Claude Amani, 32, allegedly killed by the army as he planned to demonstrate against the UN presence, mourn his death on the day after a military operation in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on August 31, 2023. At least 48 people have been killed and 168 arrested in a...
Norm Pattis, a lawyer for the Proud Boys walks outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2023, after the sentencing of Proud Boys members Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl. A leader of the Proud Boys militia who called for a "war" to keep Donald Trump as president was...
By MARK REY MONTEJO China’s Kyle Anderson was all smiles as China downed Angola, 83-76, to seal its first victory in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup classification round on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. Kyle Anderson (Li Kaier). (FIBA)...
Chicago Bulls’ Carlik Jones keeps his focus on being a reliable leader for his South Sudan side as the team gets going in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Carlik Jones drives to the basket against Rhenz Abando. (Noel Pabalate) The American-South Sudanese Jones almost made history after...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Gilas Pilipinas center Kai Sotto believed the late fightback against South Sudan was just a little too late again. Kai Sotto slams the ball for Gilas Pilipinas. (Noel Pabalete) The Nationals ran out of gas in the waning minutes of the deciding frame, and Sotto...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - The general who led the overthrow of the 55-year Bongo dynasty will be sworn in on Monday as transitional president of the west African state, the army announced. The military sought to reassure donors they would "respect all commitments" at home and abroad and "phase in"...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes extended his sincere apologies to the home crowd as the national team failed to earn the outright Olympic berth in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Chot Reyes apologizes to the Filipino fans as...
MADRID, Spain - Police across Europe have seized 25 tonnes of eels and baby eels destined for Asia in a huge operation targeting smugglers of the critically endangered creatures, Spanish police said Thursday. Officers arrested 256 suspected smugglers as part of the "historic" operation coordinated...
