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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford is stepping away from the team to address his health and will miss an undetermined amount of time, the NBA club said Wednesday. The Hornets said in a press release there is no timetable for Clifford’s return. The team did not provide any additional details on the situation “out of respect for Clifford’s privacy.” The 56-year-old Clifford missed Monday’s victory against the Orlando […]
by Anna Malpas Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia would allow athletes to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag, after the country was banned from the Games over a state-orchestrated doping program. There had been speculation Moscow could boycott the Games entirely after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday barred the country from competition over what its chief Thomas Bach described as […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Washington guard Bradley Beal, struggling to find his role in the absence of Wizards star John Wall, finally saw his way clear in a 51-point outburst against the Trail Blazers in Portland on Tuesday night. “I was more locked in, more focused,” Beal said. “In the previous games, I was thinking way too much out there instead of playing my game. “(On Tuesday) I was just playing and having […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The UN’s forecast for global warming is about 15 percent too low, which means end-of-century temperatures could be 0.5 degrees Celsius higher than currently predicted, said a study released Wednesday. The prediction makes the already daunting challenge of capping global warming at “well under” 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) — the cornerstone goal of the 196-nation Paris Agreement — all the more difficult, the […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Bitcoin smashed through the $12,000 barrier for the first time Wednesday, extending the virtual currency’s stratospheric rise to new records as it gears up to take its place on mainstream markets. The controversial cryptocurrency, which has been used to buy everything from a pizza to manicures, touched a new high of $12,590 in Asian trade before dipping back to $12,567, according to Bloomberg News. Bitcoin — which came into being in […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks were under pressure Wednesday from weakening oil prices and worries about President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Major equity markets finished mixed, with Tokyo and Hong Kong falling decisively and indices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York ranging from flat to slightly positive or negative. Petroleum-linked shares were pressured as a US inventory report showed swelling supplies of gasoline, hitting oil prices. […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX confirmed Wednesday its CEO Elon Musk plans to blast his cherry red electric car off toward the Red Planet when the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket launches for the first time next month. Many wondered if Musk was joking last week when he tweeted his plans for the Falcon Heavy’s inaugural payload to be his “midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity,” the classic song by the late David Bowie. […]
by Andrew Beatty with Mike Smith in Jerusalem Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump recognized the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Wednesday, prompting an almost universal diplomatic backlash and fears of new bloodshed in the Middle East. Trump’s defiant move, making good on a core campaign pledge, ended seven decades of US ambiguity on the status of the Holy City, which is vociferously claimed by both Israelis and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — An inferno engulfed the Los Angeles region Wednesday, forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate and threatening thousands of homes, including the luxe Bel-Air neighborhood dotted with mansions. The flames have swallowed some 80,000 acres (32,000 hectares) in just over a day since the “Thomas” fire, currently the state’s largest, broke out, leaving at least one dead in an area about 45 minutes from downtown LA. High winds caused another wave […]
by Anna Smolchenko Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he would seek a new six-year term in March elections, a move that would make him the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin. Putin, who has run Russia both as president and prime minister for the past 18 years, is expected to sail to victory, with only token opponents competing against him. “I will offer my candidacy for […]
(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Wednesday said it would hold a one-week dry run for the implementation of the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on Edsa. In a Facebook post, the MMDA said the dry run will start on Monday, December 11, at 6 a.m. Under the scheme that is being tested, vehicles with two or more passengers are required to use the leftmost lane or the HOV lane on Edsa. Motorcycles […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday asked the public to give him another year to finish off the drug problem in the country. “Basta ang sabi ko sa droga, I hope to finish the problem, give me just another year,” Duterte said before the newly-appointed government officials in the Palace. He noted the police would return in the drug war, months after it was told to refrain from engaging in drug operations following […]
