Azli says finalising deal first, election cooperation requires further negotiations.
Oct 14, 2026
MANILA, Philippines–NLEX flipped the switch in the second half and pummeled Titan Ultra into oblivion with a 147-115 victory to close in on the top seed in Group A of the 2026 PBA Governors’ Cup on Wednesday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Import Deonte Burton had 21 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two
WUHAN–A frustrated Aryna Sabalenka suffered a second successive early exit as her bid for a fourth Wuhan Open title was foiled by American world number 31 Ann Li 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in round two on Wednesday. The top-seeded Sabalenka fell to Nikola Bartunkova in the third round at the China Open last week and
Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce, or roughly 1,000 employees, in its biggest cuts since 2022, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters, as the streaming pioneer faces tough competition for viewers from legacy rivals and YouTube.
SCHEDULE: UAAP Season 89 basketball tournament – first round MANILA, Philippines— Adamson coach Nash Racela questioned the handling of the game’s final play after the Soaring Falcons fell to University of the Philippines, 69-67, in the UAAP Season 89 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday. Racela said a foul–or at least, a review–should have been called
The world is on the cusp of a “China shock 3.0” driven by exports of artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology and robots, which could hit harder than the current wave, a leading economist on China has said. “We are already at the starting point of the China shock 3.0,” Alicia Garcia-Herrero, a senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel and chief economist for Asia-Pacific at investment bank Natixis, told the South China Morning Post from Taipei after a virtual panel hosted by the...
Susan Thornton is a former American diplomat who for decades worked on US policy in Eurasia in the State Department before becoming acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs during the first Trump presidency. She is the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Centre, Yale Law School. She spoke to Orange Wang about keeping the lines of China-US communication...
Photos from the DOTr MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) led the inspection of the North-South Commuter railway (NSCR) system, alongside lawmakers and officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). During the joint inspection on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the officials inspected the NSCR’s key operational hubs, such as the Main Operations
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has been pressed to start its investigation of the issues hounding South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative Inc. (Socoteco II), particularly on alleged problems with the plebiscite for its joint venture agreement (JVA) with Ignite Power and Energy Holdings Inc. In a statement, progressive group Bayan Muna party-list and
MANILA, Philippines — No bettor won the ₱271.06 million Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot or the ₱110.53 million Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpot in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) draws on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. According to the PCSO results provided, the Grand Lotto 6/55 winning combination was 10-54-08-35-34-38, with a jackpot prize of ₱271.06 million.
Thai authorities have arrested 39 suspects and seized assets worth more than 500 million baht in a major operation targeting a transnational investment scam and money-laundering network
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has called a nearly US$1.5 trillion defence budget request “absolutely critical”, warning that whoever falls behind in autonomy, robotics and AI will fall “even further behind” as Washington eyes China’s rapid military modernisation. Speaking at a panel discussion during the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition on Wednesday, Hegseth said that Project Agincourt, the Pentagon’s initiative to accelerate drone and autonomous...