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[ad_1] MANAMA (Bahrain) – There is a lot of action to unpack in Window 2 of the 2021 FIBA ​​Asia Cup Qualifiers for Group A teams. There will be a lot of new faces, so look, young and seasoned. There will be rivalries that will resume the action with higher …

[ad_1] Emily J. Hoe took over as executive director of the Singapore International Film Festival just as the world was waking up to the coronavirus as a total pandemic. A calm head helped prevail and deliver a small but still familiar event that is presented in physical form and partially …

[ad_1] Washington, United StatesPresident Donald Trump said on Thursday, November 26, 2020, that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed as the winner of the US election, making a further concession of defeat even as he criticized the “rigged” vote. Trump has made an unprecedented …

[ad_1] Photo posted by Télam showing fans huddled next to the hearse transporting late Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona on his way from the Casa Rosada presidential palace to the cemetery, in Buenos Aires, on November 26, 2020 (Photo by Raúl FERRARI / TELAM / AFP) / Argentina OUT …

[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES – Soccer superstar Diego Maradona was buried Thursday (Friday Manila time) in a private ceremony attended by just two dozen people, a stark contrast to the day before when tens of thousands of tearful fans paraded in front of to his coffin for hours in an observance …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Add Drake to the list of people who don’t sound happy that The Weeknd has been excluded from this year’s Grammy nominations. The rapper took to social media to complain. “I think we should stop being scandalized every year by the disconnect between shocking music and these …

[ad_1] INVESTMENT. British technology company Dyson announces its expansion into the Philippines on Thursday (November 26, 2020) as it will open its software lab in Alabang. The company would hire 400 engineers over the next three years. (Photo courtesy of Dyson) MANILA – Dyson Ltd. has chosen the Philippines to …

[ad_1] Seven other universities in the Philippines, four of them based in Mindanao, were named among the 650 best schools in Asia, in addition to the seven already on the list since last year, according to the 2021 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS ) released Thursday. . The seven new schools were …

[ad_1] Although new COVID-19 infections in the country have generally been declining, government quarantine managers urged Filipinos to be “very cautious” during the Christmas season, as the surge in new cases has recently affected other countries. “I and the mayors (of Metro Manila) have spoken and are very cautious about …

[ad_1] The Philippine government will sign an agreement on Friday with the private sector and British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the purchase of 2 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The head of the National Task Force against COVID-19, Carlito Gálvez Jr., announced the agreement on Thursday, saying that the …