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by Thomas URBAIN NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mixed Martial Arts made an explosive entrance on the New York stage on Saturday with Irish superstar Conor McGregor’s historic UFC 205 triumph at Madison Square Garden shattering revenue records. McGregor’s dismantling of Eddie Alvarez for the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title made the UFC flyweight champ the first to hold two UFC titles simultaneously. The historic result came in front of a packed house at […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean actor Lee Jong-suk sat down with the media on Saturday (November 12) in Singapore, the fourth stop in his Asia tour to interact with fans and promote his work. In his latest hit drama “W – Two worlds”, Lee played a comic book character that came to life crossing between two parallel worlds. Lee said that he was an avid Asian marital arts fiction fan and if he […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Channing Frye scored five of Cleveland’s 14 three pointers as the Cavaliers broke an NBA three-point shooting record in a 100-93 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. Frye sparked the reigning champion Cavaliers by coming off the bench to score 20 points as Cleveland became the first team in league history to make at least 10 three pointers in their first nine games. LeBron James helped put the […]
by Justin DAVIS MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Andrea Belotti could further underline his status as Italy’s current go-to striker when the Azzurri host Germany in a San Siro clash that should produce the usual fireworks between the European giants. Having marked his full debut with the opener in a 3-1 World Cup qualifying win over Macedonia last month, the Torino striker pressed his case with a first Italy brace in a 4-0 rout of Liechtenstein on Saturday. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump will keep his vow to deport millions of undocumented migrants from the United States, he said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday, saying as many as three million could be removed after he takes office. “What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could […]
by Pirate IRWIN London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Fly-half Beauden Barrett led a hat-trick of titles for world champions New Zealand at the World Rugby awards on Sunday as he collected Player of the Year. The 25-year-old, who has filled the huge vacuum left by the international retirement of Dan Carter with aplomb, was joined on the podium by Steve Hansen, who won Coach of the Year, and the record-breaking All Blacks as Team of the […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s economy grew more than expected in the third quarter as exports offset slack consumer spending, official data showed Monday. The world’s third largest economy expanded 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter between July and September, for an annualized 2.2 percent expansion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Cabinet Office said. The market had forecast a slower 0.2 percent growth rate, or an annualized expansion of 0.8 percent. Japan’s economy contracted in the last three months […]
KALIBO, Aklan, Nov. 14 (PIA) — Boracay, the small island in Panay, which was awarded the No. 1 World’s Best Island of 2012 by Travel+ Leaisure Magazine is drawing even more attention with its famous powdery-white sand beach and stunning sunset. For the first 10 months of this year, Boracay Island has already generated a total of P41,573,372,071.50 in tourism receipts according to the Aklan Provincial Tourism Office (APTO). APTO record showed that of the total tourism […]
by Jerome CARTILLIER WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama will travel Monday to Greece and Germany in a final official visit designed, in a strange bit of political contortion, at reassuring worried Europeans about a man he once warned was “unfit” for the presidency: Donald Trump. The irony is cruel: In the name of a peaceful transition, the American president, having thoroughly denounced the billionaire Republican during the recent campaign, must now do his […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Knicks guard Brandon Jennings was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Sunday for “inappropriate language” directed at a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner when he was tossed from a game. The incident occurred with 3:20 remaining in the Knicks’ 115-87 loss to the Celtics in Boston on Friday. Jennings was whistled for two technicals and was ejected from the game […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump sought in his first televised interview as president-elect to reassure Americans fearful of a crackdown on minorities — while assuring his core supporters he will not let them down on gun rights, abortion or immigration. The Republican billionaire — whose shock election on a populist and anti-immigration platform has spurred days of protests — told demonstrators they have no reason to fear his presidency. “Don’t be afraid. We […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux MARRAKESH, Morocco (AFP) –Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels have been nearly flat for three years in a row — a “great help” but not enough to stave off dangerous global warming, a report said Monday. Emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide stayed level in 2015 at 36.3 billion tonnes (GtCO2) and were projected to rise “only slightly”, by 0.2 percent in 2016, according to the annual Global Carbon Budget report compiled […]
