THE BRONX (WABC) — A car chase that spanned two boroughs ended with a police-involved shooting Saturday night. Police say this shooting happened in the Grand Concourse section at 161 Street and Summit Avenue, but the incident actually started when they received a call about a car being broken into in Manhattan. Officers arrived at … Read more
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the inauguration of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose return to the nation’s highest office also marked the exit of far-right Jair Bolsonaro who left his country and arrived in the U.S. state of Florida ahead of the weekend’s transfer … Read more
FEU’s L-Jay Gonzales. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—The last thing the Far Eastern University Tamaraws wanted was to end the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament the way they started it. With pride as their consummate motivator, the Tamaraws closed out their campaign with a 77-62 beating of the University of Santo Tomas Growling … Read more
The S&P 500 (SP500) on Friday ended 1.53% higher for the holiday-shortened week amid muted trading, with the benchmark index gaining in two out of five sessions. U.S. markets were closed on Thursday on account of Thanksgiving and shut earlier at 1 p.m. ET. on Black Friday. While the week began on a sour note … Read more
FEU Tamaraws huddle up during a game against the Adamson Falcons. UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern University coach Olsen Racela said it has been a “season of inconsistencies” as his team’s streak of Final Four appearances ended following a loss to Adamson on Wednesday in the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament. “A … Read more
Adamon’s Jerom Lastimosa. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–Adamson survived a hard-fighting Far Eastern University side, 75-70, to keep its hopes for a Final Four spot alive on Wednesday night at the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament. Jerom Lastimosa fired 23 points after knocking down five of his eight three-point attempts as the Falcons weathered a … Read more
La Salle Lady Archers celebrate stunning NU Lady Bulldogs. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — La Salle shattered the longest winning streak in UAAP history as it handed National University’s first loss in nine seasons, 61-57, in overtime in the Season 85 women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at UST Quadricentennial Pavilion. Fina Tchuido powered the eight-man … Read more
COP27, the UN climate conference held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this year, ended with the dismantling of one climate-diplomacy stone wall — which was very good news — and the construction of another, which most definitely was not. Thirty years of stonewalling by rich nations over even discussing how to finance the growing global bill … Read more
Novavax ends COVID vaccine sale agreement with Gavi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Novavax Inc said on Monday it had delivered a written notice to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, terminating with immediate effect an agreement for the sale of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine to low- and middle-income countries. The company cited Gavi’s failure to procure … Read more
Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Not a bad result. Not an outcome that ends the United States’ hopes at this World Cup. Not an entirely fair reflection of a game the USA mostly dominated. And not — certainly not — a disaster. But, my goodness, what a kick in the teeth … Read more