TOULOUSE, France - A former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral following a devastating 2019 fire has died during a mountain hike, prosecutors told AFP on Saturday. General Jean-Louis Georgelin, 74, died on Friday in the Pyrenees mountain range...
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine - A Russian missile strike on Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv killed at least five people and wounded dozens on Saturday, authorities said, hours after President Vladimir Putin met Moscow's top army commanders. Chernihiv, some 150 kilometres (90 miles) north of Kyiv...
BEIJING, China - China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a "stern warning" after the island's vice president visited the United States. William Lai -- the frontrunner in Taiwan's presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing's claims to...
Sitting on the steps at the baseline section of the PhilSports Arena late Friday night, Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes put behind him the just-ended tune-up game against Ivory Coast and turned his thoughts on the more challenging task at hand on Sunday. Nikola Vucevic is expected to lead...
The Philippines launches its campaign in the 2023 World Athletics Championships with Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena seeking another historic feat in Budapest, Hungary. Pole vaulter EJ Obiena seeks another podium finish in the world championships. (File Photo) Obiena, ranked No. 3 in the...
The stars are starting to descend on Manila. FIBA World Cup participants are starting to arrive in the country, almost a week before the global showpiece fires off on Friday, Aug. 25. Anthony Edwards is one of the NBA stars arriving in Manila. (AFP) Ivory Coast, which already played against...
ABU DHABI (AFP) -- The United States beat Greece in Abu Dhabi on Friday, Aug. 17, in a basketball World Cup warm-up game but head coach Steve Kerr said his side is still adapting to international rules. USA's coach Steve Kerr (left) greets USA's Jalen Brunson during the Basketball Showcase friendly...
To welcome the world’s biggest basketball tournament, FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 global partner Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has teamed up with its technology partners Huawei and Ericsson to further expand and permanently optimize its LTE and 5G mobile network coverage across all FIBA...
Gilas Pilipinas began the final stretch of its preparations for the 2023 FIBA World Cup with a rousing 85-62 victory over Ivory Coast in their closed door tuneup game at the PhilSports Arena on Friday, Aug. 18. Gilas Pilipinas and Ivory Coast pose for photo after the game (SBP Photo) ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian air accident investigators were analyzing on Friday the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a light plane that crashed into a road near the capital, killing all eight people on board and two on the ground. The Beechcraft Model 390 aircraft exploded into a...
MOSCOW, Russia - Ukrainian forces crossed into the Russian-occupied east bank of Kherson region and took positions there, the region's Russian-installed governor said Friday. He said Ukrainian "sabotage groups" had managed to hide out on the outskirts of the Russian-controlled town of Kozachi...
BANGKOK, Thailand - A huge black statue of an emaciated, winged figure with golden fangs and scarlet talons glares down on a busy Bangkok street, its sudden appearance triggering alarm and calls for its removal. Bangkok authorities have ordered an investigation after the five-metre-tall Kru...
