UAAP to review four-player blunder in Adamson-UP game

2025 年 9 月 24 日 general

MANILA, Philippines—The UAAP said it will further investigate the unusual incident that occurred during the game between Adamson and the University of the Philippines in the Season 88 men’s basketball tournament. In the fourth quarter of their elimination-round matchup, the Soaring Falcons ended up playing with only four players on the court after a substitution

SEC seeks bank secrecy reforms to weed out corruption

2025 年 9 月 24 日 general

MANILA, Philippines — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is supporting proposals to ease bank secrecy laws amid mounting calls for accountability from government officials allegedly involved in anomalous flood control projects. “As a corporate and capital market regulator, the SEC welcomes the proposed easing of our bank secrecy laws as a necessary measure to

Megyn Kelly: Burn The Witches!

2025 年 9 月 24 日 controversy, media, politics, religion, social issues

This woman has just gotten worse and worse since she left Fox. We’ve been listening to the right wing demonize anyone who’s dared to criticize their newly canonized saint Charlie Kirk following his horrific shooting — and for daring to talk about the things he said while he was still alive — and blaming those same critics for the actions of a crazy person who was apparently upset with Kirk’s hateful rhetoric for taking his life. The right has also been very upset with the publication Jezebel for their satirical article published just a couple of days before Kirk was shot, joking that they’d hired some witches on Etsy to curse Kirk, which they’ve since removed from their site: Jezebel has pulled down a story from its website with the headline, We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk. The publication said it did so on the recommendation of our lawyers after Kirk, a prominent MAGA influencer, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking at an event at a Utah university. read more.

German business morale in shock fall

2025 年 9 月 24 日 general

FRANKFURT, Germany — German business sentiment unexpectedly fell in September, a closely watched survey showed Wednesday, in a setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he tries to revive Europe’s top economy. The Ifo institute’s confidence barometer fell to 87.7 points, down from 88.9 in August, breaking a run of eight straight increases. Analysts polled by financial

Australian telco giant fined $66M over ‘appalling’ conduct

2025 年 9 月 24 日 general

SYDNEY, Australia — Embattled Australian telco giant Optus was hit with a $66-million fine on Wednesday over “appalling” sales conduct as the firm grapples with fallout from a network outage linked to several deaths. A federal court ruled the company — one of Australia’s top telecoms providers — should be punished for selling products to vulnerable