Strong quake shakes Mexico
MEXICO CITY – A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico and the nation’s capital early Saturday, prompting people to flee into the streets in the dead of night two days after a similar...
View Article3 dead, 14 others hurt as bus falls into ditch in Ilocos Norte
At least three passengers were killed and 14 others were injured after a bus fell into a ditch along the national highway before dawn Saturday in Ilocos Norte, police reports said. Initial reports...
View ArticleNigerian schoolgirls recall Boko Haram kidnapping
KANO, Nigeria — Escape seemed hopeless. The militants’ convoy of pickup trucks, buses and motorcycles penetrated deep into the northeastern Nigerian forest in the dead of night with its haul: several...
View Article5 dead in Quezon City motorbike ‘shooting spree’
Two men on a motorcycle killed five people in an apparent shooting spree in Quezon City on Sunday, a police official said. Investigators are still trying to establish the motive behind what...
View ArticleRams make Sam first openly gay player drafted into NFL
NEW YORK – Michael Sam made history Saturday as the St. Louis Rams made him the first openly gay player to be drafted into the National Football League. Sam had an agonizingly long wait for the...
View ArticleMotorbike shooting spree in Fairview baffles police
Two men on a motorcycle killed five people in an apparent shooting spree in Fairview, Quezon City, on Sunday, a police official said. Investigators are still trying to establish the motive behind...
View ArticleNietes keeps title with 9th-round TKO win over Fuentes
DONNIE “Ahas” Nietes relied on powerful counter-punching to knock out Mexican Moses Fuentes in the ninth round and keep his World Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight crown Saturday night in their...
View ArticleEurovision win for Austria drag queen sparks anti-gay anger in Russia
MOSCOW – Victory for Austria’s bearded transvestite Conchita Wurst at the Eurovision Song Contest prompted an outpouring of anti-gay anger from Russian politicians and stars on Sunday. Deputy Prime...
View ArticlePhilippine swimmers continue medal spree in HK Stingrays championships
HONG KONG: Philippine swimmers continued their remarkable run in the 2014 Hong Kong Stingrays Swimming Championships at the Hong Kong International School swimming pool by winning three golds, three...
View ArticlePresident still looking for next PCSO chief – Palace
President Benigno Aquino 3rd is still looking for a new chairman for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) with “vigor to fulfill the mandate” of the agency, Malacanang said on Sunday. PCSO...
View ArticlePalace: Mindanao brownouts to last till June
ROTATING brownouts in Mindanao are expected to ease by June, when the Steag coal-fired plant which supplies 200 megawatts of power is back on stream, Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio...
View ArticlePope says priests are not ‘masters of doctrine’
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday ordained 13 new priests in the Vatican, telling them they were not “masters of doctrine” and should be more forgiving of their parishioners. “It really pains me...
View Article‘Neighbors’ too much for Spidey at box office
LOS ANGELES — Executives at Universal Pictures can break out the red plastic cups. The studio’s R-rated comedy “Neighbors” far exceeded industry expectations at the domestic box office this past...
View ArticleMartin Kaymer holds on to win TPC
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida: Germany’s Martin Kaymer had made some big putts before — ne to win a major championship, another to clinch a Ryder Cup. But even Kaymer did not expect his 281/2-foot par...
View ArticleRebels in east Ukraine claim landslide vote for independence
DONETSK: Pro-Russian rebels late Sunday claimed voters in eastern Ukraine massively backed independence in a disputed poll that Kiev and the West dismissed as an illegal “farce”. A total 89 percent of...
View ArticleFinal phase of India election as Modi fights for seat
VARANASI: Voters headed to the polls Monday in the final phase of India’s marathon election, with hardliner Narendra Modi expected to lead his Hindu nationalists to victory after 10 years of Congress...
View ArticleInternational effort widens for missing Nigerian schoolgirls
LAGOS: Israel on Sunday joined the international effort to trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria but Washington said US troops would stay out of any rescue mission....
View ArticleClippers owner Sterling says he’s sorry for racist remarks
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has offered his first public apology for racist remarks that saw him banned for life from the NBA. Two weeks after the NBA banned him from all...
View ArticleElectrical stimulation of brain alters dreams
PARIS: Scientists on Sunday said they had used a harmless electrical current to modify sleep so that an individual has “lucid dreams,” a particularly powerful form of dreaming. The discovery provides...
View ArticleEU threatens new Russia sanctions but more aid to Ukraine
BRUSSELS: The EU looks set to try to expand its role in the Ukraine crisis with a fresh show of public support for the Kiev government and threats of new, wider sanctions against Russia. For the first...
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