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President Donald Trump said he would like a full Senate trial if the House votes to impeach him during a wide-ranging and at times rambling hour-long interview with Fox News on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines---Nesthy Petecio may be the top women's featherweight boxer in the world's amateur circuit, but she's not about to take her opposition lightly in the coming 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Petecio won the gold medal in her division in the 2019 Aiba Women's World Boxing Championships in October but she is not letting that accomplishment get to her head. "A lot has changed in me when I won the World championship but I don't think about that heading into the SEA Games," said Petecio in Filipino Friday at the national team's boxing gym inside Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. "I don't put in my mind that I'm the World champion and that I will win the gold in the SEA...

Keep on reading: World title far from Petecio’s mind in her SEA Games gold quest

LONDON--- After touting his humility and willingness to learn from past mistakes, Jose Mourinho couldn't resist a flash of the old familiar cheekiness. Even after opening his first comments as Tottenham manager by praising his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino, Mourinho couldn't resist a one-liner that reminded everyone --- however unintentionally --- that Tottenham had replaced a coach who never landed a title with a serial trophy winner. It came when he was asked how much of Spurs' current struggles in the Premier League was a result of the disappointment of the Champions League loss to Liverpool in the final in June? "I don't know," Mourinho flashed back, "because I never l...

Keep on reading: Humble One: Mourinho says he’s emotionally stronger at Spurs

The US-China rivalry isn't easing off — it may, in fact, be about to get even more intense. That's keeping the business world on edge.

              MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Leni Robredo has urged various local government units (LGU) to imitate Quezon City's style and approach toward resolving the drug problem in their locality just like what QC did in Barangay Culiat.   According to Robredo, who visited the Salam compound in the said barangay on Friday, the coordinated move of the barangay, the local government, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) helped in limiting the drug trade.   "So dito, pinag-aralan natin ano iyong mga factors na nag-bring about noong success dito sa Baranga...

Keep on reading: Leni Robredo urges LGUs to copy QC system in addressing drug problem

The Luzon Cup Under-12 football tournament for boys kicked off Friday at Jose V. Yap Sports and Recreational Complex in San Jose, Tarlac with 15 teams from Luzon competing with Bukidnon Football Association, the Mindanao Cup champions. The nine-a-side tourney is spearheaded by the Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) and the Central Luzon Football Association (CLFA) together with the provincial and city governments of Tarlac, the Department of Education (DepEd) Tarlac and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). Vying for the title are Cordillera Region Football Association, Camarines Norte FA, Camarines Sur FA, Laguna FA, Masbate FA, Gawad Kalinga Sipag FC, Pangasinan ...

Keep on reading: Luzon Cup under-12 football kicks off with 16 teams

Former American Idol contestant Antonella Maria Barba has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of the substance, the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia announced.

Actress Jennifer Garner shared an Instagram post of her searching for her car in a parking garage after shopping. HLN's Melissa Knowles explains.

MANILA, Philippines--The Philippine Basketball Association is establishing a 3x3 tournament dubbed "Tatluhan sa PBA," the league has announced. "This is in cooperation with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, which has been planning this for quite some time," Commissioner Willie Marcial told the Inquirer on Friday. The move came after the league elected a new set of officers on Thursday, making Ricky Vargas its chair for a third straight term. "Tatluhan," like the 5-on-5 format, will also have a rookie draft, which Marcial said could have less stringent qualifications. "We're still going over the details, but everyone's free to apply---whether you're playing in Inter-Baranga...

Keep on reading: PBA launches 3×3 league

Since the moon is Earth's closest celestial neighbor, we've been able to learn more about it than any other in the solar system. There are surprising details about the moon, such as how in 1958, the US proposed exploding a nuclear bomb on its surface, for clout.

Elton John fans will be able to snap up a piece of songwriting history when a rare collection of original handwritten lyrics goes on sale at Bonhams next month.

BANGKOK - Pope Francis ministered to Thailand's tiny Catholic community Friday, urging Thais young and old to practice their faith with joy and with "a Thai face and flesh" in an overwhelmingly Buddhist country.     Thousands of Thais welcomed Francis as he traveled to St. Peter's Parish, a Catholic community outside Bangkok, to pray at the sanctuary of Thailand's first martyred priest.   There, he told a few hundred priests and nuns that he read "with some pain" that for many Thais, Christianity is "a religion for foreigners."   "This should spur us to find ways to talk about the faith in dialect, like a mother who sings lullabies to her chil...

Keep on reading: Pope urges Thais young and old to practice faith with joy

LEGAZPI CITY---Campus journalists of the Bicol University (BU) joined the nationwide commemoration of the 10th year of the Maguindanao Massacre, recreating the ghastly scene that shocked the nation 10 years ago---a shrub-filled land littered with more than 50 bodies with blood dripping from these, victims of the country's most heinous political crime. The BU students lit candles, offered prayers and used their imaginations to recreate a scene that is forever etched in the memories of relatives of those who were murdered---banana leaves stood for corpses, circular objects stood for human heads and white sheets splashed with red ink representing human blood. "Justice is still not...

Keep on reading: Remembering PH’s worst poll crime 10 years ago, Bicol students join call for justice in Maguindanao Massacre case

BEIJING - World stocks rose Friday as upbeat comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping helped quell anxiety over the state of trade talks with the U.S.   Britain's FTSE 100 rose 1% to 7,311, while the CAC 40 in France gained 0.3% to 5,897. Germany's DAX picked up 0.1% to 13,146. Wall Street looked set for gains, with the future contracts for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both up nearly 0.2%. Xi told a visiting delegation in Beijing on Friday that he hoped to work toward a resolution of the 18-month-old tariff dispute with Washington. He added, though, that China was not "afraid" and would "fight back" if necessary. Investors turned cautious this...

Keep on reading: World shares advance on upbeat comments on US-China trade

BAGUIO CITY - Filipino literature and art subjects helped cadets of the Philippine Military Academy explore their compassion and humanity through the years, a PMA faculty member said on Thursday at an international arts conference here. But these subjects are gradually being replaced as PMA alters its curriculum along with mainstream colleges and universities to accommodate changes required by the K-12 basic education program, said PMA English instructor John Eric Tadeo. Tadeo presented a paper exploring how subjects that encourage creativity have helped humanize the PMA's military-oriented curriculum at the First Southeast Asian Folk Arts and Crafts Conference held at Teache...

Keep on reading: PMA instructor cites benefits of arts, literature subjects to cadets

House Democrats appear to be moving forward with articles of impeachment that will focus on abuse of power, obstruction of justice, obstruction of Congress and bribery. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reports how Democrats, the White House and GOP senators are preparing for a potential impeachment trial.

MONACO --- The president of Russia's track and field federation and its top anti-doping official were suspended Thursday on suspicion of obstructing an investigation, in a blow to Russia's preparations for the 2020 Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees disciplinary issues in track, charged Dmitry Shlyakhtin and six others with various offenses. They are related to the case of a top high jumper, Danil Lysenko, who allegedly presented fake medical records after being accused of failing to make himself available for drug testing. The federation as a whole is facing charges, as are Shlyakhtin and four of its senior officials, including the federation's anti-dopi...

Keep on reading: Top Russian track official suspended ahead of Olympics

HANOI--Vietnam's women's national football team has left for the Philippines to defend their Southeast Asian Games title. Head coach Mai c Chung yesterday finalized his 20-strong squad that includes two goalkeepers, six defenders, nine midfielders and three strikers. "They are the best players who have experienced international competitions. They will go with me to the Philippines," said Chung. "I think that the target of a gold is either our challenge or a strong force for us. We will try our best to complete this heavy task to defend our crown," he said. The team has just finished a 10-day intensive training camp in Japan and Chung was pleased with the progress of his p...

Keep on reading: Vietnam women’s football team ready to defend SEA Games title

BAGUIO CITY - The Cordillera region is facing a potential shortage of its indigenous heirloom rice due to limited farmlands and aging farmers, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.     Cameron Odsey, DA-Cordillera regional director said that although upland rice has found a niche market in the country and abroad, only 50 percent of potential areas to grow it are irrigated and farmed. Records from the DA showed that there are about 14,000 hectares of heirloom rice paddies in the region.   The average yield of the rice grain is 2.32 tons per hectare. "It is unnecessary to create more farming lands. What we need is to repair, r...

Keep on reading: Cordillera facing heirloom rice production shortage