The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by a triple-double from superstar LeBron James, beat the Denver Nuggets 117-107 on Saturday to reach the NBA Finals. With the win in the league’s quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida, the Lakers completed a 4-1 victory over the Nuggets in the best-of-seven Western […]

WASHINGTON, United States — A judge was set to rule Sunday on whether to allow a Trump administration ban on downloads of popular video-sharing app TikTok, which is seeking an injunction to prevent what it said could be a devastating blow. US District Judge Carl Nichols has promised to […]

SEOUL — Global K-pop act BTS has said the team’s great internal chemistry was driven by genuine friendship among members and the singers being fully aware they are committed to each other businesswise. “We’re all very good friends. We always talk and communicate with each other. And we know […]

Jenine Desiderio turned 50 with a surprise from daughter Janella Salvador and Salvador’s boyfriend Markus Paterson. The actress-singer spent her milestone birthday in the United Kingdom, where Paterson lives with his father. Desiderio shared pictures from her quarantine celebration, which […]

SEOUL — K-pop superstar BTS’ new documentary film, “Break The Silence: The Movie,” topped the South Korean box office on its opening day, data showed Friday. “Break The Silence: The Movie,” the fourth film on the group, attracted 21,586 moviegoers on Thursday, the day of its release, outpacing […]

SEOUL — Five flights were diverted from Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, due to suspected drone activity on Saturday, the airport operator said. A passenger airplane of Russia’s S7 Airlines, two cargo flights of South Korea’s Asiana Airlines and two cargo flights of American […]

SEOUL — The music video of “Dynamite,” K-pop superstar BTS’ latest single, has surpassed 400 million views on YouTube, its agency said Saturday. The dance video reached the milestone Friday at 10:30 p.m., 35 days after it was posted on the video-sharing site, according to Big Hit […]

SINGAPORE — He called New York home for six years. But that part of Mr Aaron Kho’s life came to an end whenthe Covid-19 pandemichit the United States earlier this year. The 27-year-old Singaporean was laid off in March. He had been a quality manager at a fashion-related e-commerce firm for […]

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday warned the South Korean navy to stop crossing into its territorial waters as ships search for the body of a Seoul official shot dead at sea by Pyongyang’s soldiers. State media said the North will begin its own search for the body and warned that the […]

MANILA, Philippines — He knew from the moment his doctor told him he would have to be intubated that death would be just a whisper away. “I told him that if you do that, I’d already have one foot in the grave,” Mr Judd de Leon, a recruitment specialist at talents firm Cielo, recalled. It […]

            MANILA, Philippines — A total of 317 Filipinos from Lebanon have returned to the Philippines via a special chartered flight, Malacaang said.     https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1309812502310526983     The 317 […]

BANGALORE — When Aman Gwjwn, 17, developed a persistent cough and cold in July whileon holiday at her grandmother’s home in Bangalore, her family of eight went to war, preparing themselves for Covid-19 to sweep through their home. Everyone from a 14-year-old eighth-grade student to a […]

LUCENA CITY — Burdeos, a remote island town in Quezon province, recorded its first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case on Saturday. The Burdeos COVID-19 Task Force revealed on its Facebook page that the patient, a 69-year-old woman from Barangay (village) Aluyon, came from Bian City, Laguna and […]

          MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should have been more “lenient” in distributing cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), considering that many Filipinos lost their livelihoods due to the coronavirus […]

        MANILA, Philippines — It appears that the proposed 2021 national budget was not tailored to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Sunday.   Drilon criticized the absence of funds for the Department […]

        CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Local health authorities are underscoring the importance of disinfection before entering one’s residence amid the lingering threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   The reminder was issued after a registered nurse, several weeks […]

John Riel Casimero of the Philippines made a successful first defense of his WBO bantamweight crown on Sunday (Manila time), knocking out Ghana’s Duke Micah in the third round of their title fight in Connecticut. The 30-year-old from Leyte dominated Micah throughout with a series of punishing […]

        LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A diverse crowd of hundreds marched through the streets of Louisville chanting “Black Lives Matter” on Saturday night, the fourth night of protests after a grand jury declined to charge officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. People in […]

        NEW DELHI — Three Bollywood actors, including top star Deepika Padukone, were questioned by India’s narcotics agency on Saturday as part of an investigation into the movie industry’s alleged links with drug peddlers and cartels, officials said. Padukone was the […]

      WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort. […]