Chery Tiggo’s Khat Bell.-MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Khat Bell’s career-high 40 points weren’t enough as Chery Tiggo blew a 2-1 set lead against Lena Samoilenko-led PLDT in the PVL Reinforced Conference playoffs on Tuesday at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan. Surpassing her previous high of 39 points, Bell left everything on the floor … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged for the first time that his country’s military forces were fighting in a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region. In his night video address, Zelenskyy said he discussed the ongoing incursion “to push the war onto the aggressor’s territory” with top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi. “Ukraine is proving … Read more
Russian officials said Wednesday they were fighting off Ukrainian cross-border raids in a southwestern province for a second day, as Kyiv officials remained quiet about the scope of the operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incursion into the south-western Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” and said he will hold a meeting with top … Read more