Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Sobe Buena in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo coach Sergio Veloso lauded Sobe Buena for displaying a “strong mind in hard moments” after putting on the finishing touches to stave off Adamson in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament on Wednesday at Mall … Read more
Pornhub’s parent company Aylo Holdings will pay $1.8 million to the U.S. government to resolve a charge of profiting off of sex trafficking. The company, formerly known as MindGeek, will enter a deferred prosecution agreement, which means that a monitor will be appointed to oversee Aylo and its compliance efforts for three years. Pornhub and … Read more
Following competition objections raised on Google in Germany this summer over bundling of services including Google Maps via its Android-based in-car infotainment system software, known as Google Automotive Services (GAS), the tech giant has made an offer of some service unbundling and the removal of contractual restrictions it applies to vehicle makers in a bid … Read more
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned the Philippines to address through dialogue what China sees as “serious difficulties” in their relations over the South China Sea, where incidents between vessels from the two sides have escalated. Beijing and Manila have traded sharp accusations in recent months over run-ins involving fishing boats, coastguard … Read more
Residential buildings under construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. China is ramping up pressure on banks to support struggling real estate developers, signaling President Xi Jinping’s tolerance for property sector pain is nearing its limit. Source: Bloomberg Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China … Read more
ATLANTA — His face was pale and gaunt, his legs were wrapped in a blanket, and his eyes never seemed to make contact with the family members huddled around him. But on Tuesday, Jimmy Carter was there, in the front row of a church in Atlanta, just a few feet from the coffin holding Rosalynn … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to seek a resolution through dialogue to a dispute over wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Kishida said after their first summit in a year. “I urged that this be dealt with calmly on a scientific basis,” Kishida told reporters in San Francisco. “We … Read more
3M stated Tuesday that it is reached an settlement over lawsuits alleging its Fight Arms Earplug led to listening to injury and tinnitus. 3M can pay a complete of $6 billion between 2023 and 2029 to settle the lawsuits filed towards it and Aearo Applied sciences. Whereas the settlement is “meant to resolve all claims” related … Read more
Author Salman Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and optimistic perspective within the face of fixed hazard FILE – Creator Salman Rushdie attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Thursday, Could 18, 2023, in New York. Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for … Read more