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by Jim SLATER TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Golden State star guard Stephen Curry likes how the Warriors are playing as they seek a third consecutive title starting in Thursday’s opening game of the NBA Finals against Toronto. Chasing a fourth crown in five seasons, something no team has achieved in half a century, the Warriors enter the best-of-seven showdown with more finals experience than the Raptors, in the first final of the team’s 24-season history. […]
(Eagle News)–Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has denied allegations he and other Cabinet members were on a trip to Japan with President Rodrigo Duterte as a reward vacation for the results of the midterm polls that were favorable to the administration. In an interview in Tokyo with Mindavote posted on the Department of Transportation Facebook page, Tugade said in the first place, President Duterte did not allow them to campaign for the elections. “Ano ipapabuya sa […]
by Jim SLATER TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Thousands of passionate supporters will be roaring and dancing in “Jurassic Park” outside Scotiabank Arena during the NBA Finals while the Toronto Raptors hunt for Canada’s first NBA title. The special atmosphere for devoted fans watching on a giant television screen on the west side of the arena has become a gathering place as Raptors backers from across Canada line up for six or seven hours just for […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Seven South Korean tourists were killed and 19 missing after a pleasure boat capsized on the Danube in the Hungarian capital, the foreign ministry said Thursday. A total of 33 South Koreans were onboard and seven have been rescued, with a rescue operation underway for the missing 19, it said, adding the boat capsized after a collusion Wednesday with a cruise ship, without elaborating further. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage of a train of brightly-lit SpaceX satellites ascending through the night sky this weekend, stunning space enthusiasts across the globe. But the sight has also provoked an outcry among astronomers who say the constellation, which so far consists of 60 broadband-beaming satellites but could one day grow to as many as […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military’s top general said Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping reneged on promises not to militarize the South China Sea and called for “collective action” to hold Beijing responsible. General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was not calling for military action, but stressed that there was a need to enforce international laws. “The fall of 2016, President Xi Jinping promised President […]
by Jim SLATER TORONTO, United States (AFP) — Golden State All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins is “pain-free” after tearing a quad muscle last month but Warriors coach Steve Kerr is uncertain he will play in Thursday’s NBA Finals opener. Cousins suffered the torn left quad in only his second career NBA playoff game but the 28-year-old big man has recovered in time to give Kerr another option when the defending NBA champions face host Toronto in […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern Samar early Thursday, May 30. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 111 kilometers northeast of Palapag at 3:15 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 35 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) — Three people died and 16 were missing Wednesday after a river cruise boat capsized in Budapest and sank in the Danube, Hungarian public television said, quoting the interior ministry. The M1 channel said 15 people had been safely rescued following the accident near the iconic parliament building in the heart of the Hungarian capital after a collision with another boat. The accident happened at around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT). Divers were […]
by Mike Smith JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel’s parliament voted early Thursday to hold new elections only months after April polls in an unprecedented move provoked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to remain in power despite failing to form a coalition. Parliament voted 74-45 in favour of dissolving itself and setting elections for September 17. It came as the deadline for Netanyahu to form a coalition expired and followed raucous moments in parliament that […]
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico (AFP) — A semi truck and a bus carrying passengers back from a religious pilgrimage to a Catholic shrine crashed and burst into flames Wednesday in eastern Mexico, killing 21 people and injuring 30, officials said. “The forensics experts at the scene report 17 bodies of passengers who were traveling in the bus, plus two people who died in the semi truck,” said the head of the Civil Protection service for the state […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country today, May 30, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 4 a.m. bulletin, the weather bureau said Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms as a frontal system affects Northern Luzon. The weather bureau said flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, […]
