Gilas Pilipinas’ Kai Sotto (center) with Justin Brownlee and June Mar Fajardo during the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 qualifying match against Hong Kong at the Mall of Asia Arena. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas won the second window of Fiba Asia Cup 2025 qualifying and in both games, Kai Sotto showed why he … Read more
A man stands next to the logo of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 20, 2024. — Reuters BAKU: The UN climate body on Thursday published new options for the COP29 summit’s primary goal of agreeing how much money rich countries should give poor countries to help them tackle climate … Read more
Manchester City, the reigning Premier League champions, have announced an ambitious plan to expand into children’s television programming. The club, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, is developing two fictional TV shows designed to appeal to new and younger audiences. While details of the shows have not been announced, there is the prospect of seeing … Read more
Manchester City, the reigning Premier League champions, have announced an ambitious plan to expand into children’s television programming. The club, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, is developing two fictional TV shows designed to appeal to new and younger audiences. While details of the shows have not been announced, there is the prospect of seeing … Read more
While student loan forgiveness has been a focus throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, little is known about the borrowers lucky enough to actually receive relief. To fill the information vacuum, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday released a first-of-its-kind study of borrowers whose student loans were partially or fully forgiven. “Student loan debt relief … Read more
Barangay Ginebra guard Scottie Thompson during the PBA Governors’ Cup finals. –MARLO CUETIO/INQUIRER.net Barangay Ginebra turned Sunday’s PBA Governors’ Cup final into a best-of-three game after the Gin Kings finally showed what they had failed to do in the first three games of the series, namely, crushing their opponents offensively. The Kings cruised to a … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a conference organized by the European Jewish Association in Krakow, Poland, January 22, 2024. — Reuters Billionaire Elon Musk does not support traditional higher education. He defends blue-collar professions such as electrician, plumber, carpenter, and others. The billionaire has a university degree in physics and economics, but stresses that a … Read more
MOSCOW: Russia stated on Wednesday that its partnership with China is not directed against other countries, but the two powers could unite their capabilities if confronted with a threat from the United States. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasised that Moscow and Beijing would respond to US efforts at ‘double containment’ with a ‘double counteraction’. … Read more
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, left, talks to team principal Christian Horner during the second practice session of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, in Singapore, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Max Verstappen said a bad word — it started with an F — … Read more
“The evidence is showing that these reforms are not increasing graduation rates,” said Alex Goudas, a higher education researcher and a community college professor at Delta College in Michigan, who was not involved in this study. “Some students are benefiting a little bit — only temporarily — and other students are harmed permanently.” It seems … Read more