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...
Pope Francis (C) greets a child as he attends a welcoming ceremony at the Apostolic Nunciature to Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Anand TUMURTOGOO / AFP) ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday for the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he...
Tourists stand in front of taped walkway entrance glass doors in Hong Kong on September 1, 2023, hours before the arrival of Typhoon Saola. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) HONG KONG , China -- Tens of millions of people across southern China hunkered down Friday as Super Typhoon Saola swept...
From one big man to the next. For promising Gilas Pilipinas center AJ Edu, having a good relationship with his fellow big men Kai Sotto, Japeth Aguilar and June Mar Fajardo has been a huge factor in his stint with the national team. Drawing praises from NBA stars and turning heads in...
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...
