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Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone told his players on Saturday that they "haven't done a damn thing" despite an opening-game romp over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. The Nuggets, led by 27 points from Nikola Jokic and 26 by Jamal Murray, ripped visiting Miami 104-93 on Thursday for a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven championship series ahead of Sunday's game two in Denver. But Malone was not pleased about the opportunities the Nuggets allowed the Heat and urged players not to get swelled heads with pride over winning without playing their best. "I told our players today, 'Don't read the paper, don't listen to the folks on the radio and TV saying that this series is over an...

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  SINGAPORE -- Senior officials from about two dozen of the world's major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five people told Reuters. Such meetings are organized by the Singapore government and have been discreetly held at a separate venue alongside the security summit for several years, they said. The meetings have not been previously reported. The U.S. was represented by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, the head of her country's intelligence community, while China was among the other countries present, despite the tensions between the two superpowers. Sama...

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  LUCENA CITY -- A jail officer was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen on Saturday night, June 3, in Sto. Tomas City in Batangas province. The victim, Jail Officer 1 Leonardo Carona, assigned to the Cabuyao City jail in Laguna province, was with his wife closing up their mini grocery store for the night in Barangay (village) San Miguel, at around 8 p.m., the Batangas police reported Sunday, June 4. Suddenly, a male motorcycle rider appeared and repeatedly shot Carona with a handgun. The gunman fled after the shooting. The victim was immediately taken to St. Cabrini Medical Hospital for treatment but died 45 minutes later. An investigation is ongoing to establis...

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MANILA, Philippines --- The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Sunday announced the latest batch of promotions and appointments made by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., In a Facebook post, the PCO said Marcos promoted officials to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Transportation (DOTr), and its Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), among others. Below is the latest set of the chief executive's appointees: DAR Jose Angelo Martires (Assistant Secretary) Ubaldo Sadiarin Jr. (Assistant Secretary...

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