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MIAMI,United States (AFP) — James Harden drained the game winner on a turnaround jumper with two seconds left as the Houston Rockets clipped the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors 97-96 in a first-round NBA playoff contest. Harden’s clutch basket Thursday allowed the Rockets to cut the Warriors series lead in the Western Conference tussle to two games to one. “The last shot was typical of what James does,” coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “The move, we’ve […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Benigno S. Aquino III supports the proposal that presidential candidates should publicize their medical records. President Aquino added that although the Constitution guarantees the right of privacy of individuals, the presidential candidates can voluntarily disclose their medical records in the interest of transparency. But more than medical records, President Aquino said that the public should scrutinize the candidates’ speeches and actions to glean where they are going to take the nation when […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Due to the severe effects of the El Niño, Puerto Princesa was placed under state of calamity to enable the usage of funds in order to aid citizens that were severely affected by the weather phenomenon. But the city cleared that the its tourist spots continue to be enjoyable and unaffected by the El Niño. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]
Dust devils tore through a school event in China, lifting one boy into the air and dropping him on the ground.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of National Defense expressed its anger with China’s deployment of a military craft to the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea. According to the DND spokesperson, Peter Paul Galvez, this is clear act of militarization and truly provocative. Still, the DND emphasized the need to diplomatically resolve the issue. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The final verification of the printed ballots of the National Printing Office will be completed today, April 22 which is earlier than the self-imposed deadline of the Commission on Elections which is on April 25. The verification is an important process to ensure that the ballots can be used by the vote-counting machines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Tokyo “cat cafe” has been raided by health inspectors and ordered to close its doors due to animal neglect after complaints about nasty smells coming from the premises. The “Neko no Te” (cat’s paw) cafe — one of many in Tokyo where guests can stroke the fluffy felines while sipping on a cappuccino — was visited by authorities after the cooped-up kitties bred rapidly and began showing signs of illness, […]
NAB or the National Association of Broadcasters, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for media and entertainment professionals was held at Las Vegas. Julie Ann Docena reports
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean passenger train that took a curved section of track at three times the recommended speed derailed Friday, killing an engineer and injuring eight people, police and rail officials said. According to the national rail operator, KORAIL, the locomotive and four of the train’s seven carriages jumped the tracks near Yulchon station, some 330 kilometres (200 miles) south of Seoul. The train was carrying 27 people, including two […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said on Thursday it was “normal” to carry out ballistic missile launches, after a US media report accused Beijing of having test-fired an intercontinental weapon last week. US media site Washington Free Beacon, citing unidentified Pentagon officials, reported that China had carried out a test of its DF-41 long-range missile on April 12. The report linked the tests to tensions between Washington and Beijing over the South China Sea, noting […]
European Union antitrust regulators have accused Google of abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system in deals with phone makers and mobile network operators.
LOS ANGELES,United States (AFP) — Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor, whose apparent retirement stunned the sport on Tuesday, said Thursday he wants to fight but is frustrated with his promotional obligations. “I am just trying to do my job and fight here,” the UFC featherweight said in a statement on his Facebook page on Thursday. “I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote. I have become lost in the game […]
