Embiid to play for US in Paris
MANILA, Philippines — Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer – not rouge, blanc and bleu.
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PH, World Bank seal US$600-million loan to enhance agri and fisheries sector
The Government of the Philippines, through the Department of Finance (DOF), and the World Bank (WB) signed a US$600-million loan agreement on July 7, 2023 for the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-Up, which is geared towards transforming agriculture into a modernized and industrialized sector through public infrastructure interventions and strengthening the commodity value chain.
PH to benefit from US$1.6 billion in ODA support for sustainable agriculture
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno detailed the Marcos administration’s policies and projects supported by official development assistance (ODA) financing to transform the agriculture sector during the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP)’s 6th Sustainable Agriculture Forum on September 7, 2023 at the Dusit Thani Manila.
Asian markets mostly advance, bucking US losses
HONG KONG, China — Hong Kong led the charge as most Asian markets posted gains Friday, shrugging off Wall Street losses ahead of key US jobs data due later in the day.
US man jailed for groping sleeping plane passenger
LOS ANGELES, United States — A US man who groped a sleeping passenger on a plane was jailed Thursday for nearly two years.
US regulator says Musk dodging Twitter share buy questions
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — US market regulators on Thursday asked a judge to order Elon Musk to comply with a subpoena to answer questions about his purchases of Twitter shares last year.
Biles wins 20th gymnastics world title as US women seal team gold
ANTWERP, Belgium – Simone Biles claimed her 20th world title as she continued her return from a two-year break to lead the United States to a seventh straight women's team gold at the world gymnastics championships in Antwerp on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time).
McCarthy axed as US House Speaker
WASHINGTON—Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right Republicans accusing him of a string of broken promises and furious at his cooperation with Democrats.