US commemorates 9/11 attacks with victims in focus but …

Associated Press 09/11/2024

NEW YORK — The U.S. is remembering the lives taken and those reshaped by 9/11, marking an anniversary laced this year with presidential campaign politics. Sept. 11 — the date when hijacked plane attacks killed nearly 3,000…

Paris Olympics: US men’s basketball team rolls past Serbia 110-84

Associated Press 07/29/2024

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — LeBron James was feeling some nervousness, some butterflies, maybe even a bit of angst as he listened to the national anthem play before his first Olympic game in 12 years. It all went away…

Kim orders military to ‘annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked

Associated Press 01/01/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defenses to cope with what…

Deadly storm knocks out power, grounds flights in Northeastern US

Associated Press 12/19/2023

PORTLAND, Maine — A storm barreled into the Northeastern U.S. on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, forcing flight cancellations and school closures, and killing at least four people. More…

US moving quickly to boost Israel’s military. A look at what aid it’s providing

Associated Press 10/15/2023

WASHINGTON — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needed to respond. A second U.S. carrier strike…

Oil set to snap two-week losing streak on tightening supplies

Reuters 09/01/2023

SINGAPORE  – Oil prices were set to snap a two-week losing streak as they rose for a fourth consecutive session on Friday due to tightening supplies and expectations of the OPEC+ group of oil producers extending output…

Ed Sheeran faces U.S. copyright trial over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’

Reuters 04/22/2023

Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in Manhattan federal court for a trial over claims that British pop superstar Ed Sheeran owes a share of profits from his hit “Thinking Out Loud” for copying Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s…

China announces drills around Taiwan after US Speaker meeting

Reuters 04/08/2023

BEIJING  – China will hold three days of military exercises around Taiwan from Saturday, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command announced, the day after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States. China…

High activity spotted at North Korea nuclear complex after Kim’s bomb-fuel order – report

Reuters 04/02/2023

WASHINGTON  –  Satellite images show a high level of activity at North Korea’s main nuclear site, a U.S. think tank reported on Saturday after the North Korean leader ordered an increase in production of bomb fuel to expand…

LOOK: Janine Berdin gets featured in Times Square billboard in New York

Hannah Mallorca 12/22/2022

  Janine Berdin has reached new heights in her music career, after being the latest Filipino artist to be featured in a billboard in Times Square, New York City, U.S. Berdin, who gained recognition after winning the…

More than 100,000 Russian military casualties in Ukraine, says top US general

Reuters 11/10/2022

WASHINGTON — America’s top general estimated on Wednesday that Russia’s military had seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine, and added Kyiv’s armed forces “probably” suffered a similar level of casualties in…

US gov’t invites students from Visayas to join edufair

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around 70 participants are expected to join in an educational fair slated this Saturday, August 27, at a hotel in North Reclamation Area (NRA), Cebu City. The United States Embassy in Manila announced…

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