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MANILA, Philippines---Jalen Hudson has been doing a little bit of everything for TNT in the PBA Governors' Cup. But as far as Jojo Lastimosa is concerned, Hudson is capable of doing much more especially with his playmaking. "My challenge with Jalen today is that he has to have at least 10 assists in this game," Lastimosa said after 93-85 win over Magnolia on Friday at Ynares Center in Antipolo. "Because if your assist ratio is high, it means that the other guys are going to be wide open because you have lots of opportunities to get some assists because the ball is in his hands the whole time," Lastimosa said. "I don't know how many assists did Jalen have today. Five only? Ok...

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DUBLIN, Ireland---Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has failed in his bid to represent Ireland at this year's Eurovision, losing out to rock band Wild Youth in a nationally televised competition on Friday. The Dublin four-piece, performing the song "We Are One," was selected ahead of Lydon's band Public Image Ltd. and four other acts, by a combination of Irish and international experts as well as a public vote during a special program broadcast by RTE. The win propels Wild Youth to the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. The band, which has had a string of hits in Ireland, has toured with Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi and Irish pop star Niall Horan. "We just...

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MADRID, Spain--Thieves stole eight deluxe dildos, six of them gold plated, from a Spanish sex-toy company, swiping premium pleasure products worth tens of thousands of euros, a sales executive said Friday. Dreamlove's Idiared Aponte told AFP that thieves forced their way into a warehouse at company headquarters, 10 kilometers east of the southern city of Seville, just before midnight (2300 GMT) on Wednesday. The luxury line of vibrators includes a gold-plated version that retails at a starting price of between "15,000 to 16,000 euros" ($16,000 to $17,000), with the price escalating depending on size and functionality. "They searched until they came across the secure area and...

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Shrek is love, Shrek is life, Shrek is... missing?

An American volunteer aid worker, Pete Reed, was killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Thursday while aiding civilians, according to a statement from Global Response Medicine, the humanitarian aid group he founded.

MANILA Philippines---Mylene Paat is ready to embrace a bigger responsibility for Chery Tiggo as they begin life without Dindin Santiago-Manabat for the first time in six years in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference. After Manabat decided to part ways with the Crossovers and transferred to the Akari Chargers, the reigning Reinforced Conference MVP said they have to accept that players come and go and focus on what they have in their bid to rise in the first conference, following a failed title retention bid last year. "As they say, people come and go. But we have newcomers. We just have to accept whoever and whatever we have right now," said Paat in Filipi...

Keep on reading: PVL: Paat ready for ‘big challenge’ as Chery Tiggo begins bid without Dindin

PARIS ---Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88. The eponymous label he exited more than two decades ago hailed him as "among the most seminal fashion figures of the 20th century". Rabanne dressed some of the most prominent stars of the 1960s, including French singer Francoise Hardy, whose outfits from the designer included a minidress made from gold plates and a metal link jumpsuit, as well as Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, who were pictured in matching silver outfits. Among his most famous looks were the fitted, skin-baring ensembles worn by Jane Fonda in Roger Vadim's c...

Keep on reading: Paco Rabanne, who brought the space age to the catwalk, dies aged 88

When it comes to social networks, size matters more and more. This can be seen in the new longer-form "Notes" formats developed by Instagram and Twitter. So what exactly are these new options that are springing up on social media? Short formats are no longer the default on social platforms. On January 30, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced the rollout of "Notes" on the social network across Europe, the UK and Japan. This new format allows users to write longer texts than before, of up to 60 characters. These "Notes" are then available for 24 hours only, just like "Stories." Once published, "Notes" are visible in the user's messaging system, in a new section at the top of the in...

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MANILA, Philippines---Veronica Yu, a former fire chief from Quezon City, aims to turn the heat up on the Mrs. Universe stage with her fiery performance as the representative from the Philippines. The 41-year-old mother of two has been putting out fire since becoming a volunteer firefighter at the age of 19. "There were only a few of us women back then," she shared at a press conference held at Okada Manila in Paraaque City before flying to Sofia, Bulgaria, where the international competition is taking place. On the job, she would then meet her would-be husband, Johnnie Yu, who was also a volunteer firefighter like she was. He now plays the part of a very supportive spouse to his wife...

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MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has printed a total of 50,262,059 Philippine IDs (PhilID), as well as its electronic version. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. told the PSA in July 2022 to deliver 50 million IDs by the end of December that year. READ: Bongbong Marcos pledges delivery of 50 million National IDs by end-2022 "Out of the 50 million figure, a total of 30,558,332 are PhilIDs ---of which, 23,256,884 are delivered as of 31 January 2023, while 19,703,727 ePhilIDs are issued to registered persons as of 2 February 2023," said the PSA in a statement on Friday. Due to difficulties in rolling out the national IDs in plastic forms, ...

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Mohammed Abu al-Hayja was sleeping alongside his wife and two young daughters last month when loud gunfire woke them up. Minutes later, Israeli soldiers rammed down his door and burst through his apartment.

MANILA, Philippines --- Senator Risa Hontiveros on Saturday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to build more cold storage facilities to help farmers. Hontiveros and former senator Francis Pangilinan consulted with onion farmers in Occidental Mindoro, which is part of the largest onion-producing region Region 4B. "We should give farmers what they need. Bago magsimula ang budget hearings ng Senado, dapat na maglabas ng plano ang DA at DTI para magkaroon na ng sapat na cold storage facilities ang ating mga magsasaka. Malaking kaluwagan ito hindi lang sa magsasaka, kundi sa mga konsyumer dahil maiiwasan na ang biglaang pagtaas sa...

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Earlier this week, Rishi Sunak celebrated his first 100 days as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Buddy Hield dropped a team-high 21 points on his former team and the Indiana Pacers took advantage of the absence of De'Aaron Fox to hold off the Sacramento Kings 107-104 in Indianapolis on Friday night. Myles Turner logged 14 points and 13 rebounds and Aaron Nesmith added 17 points for the Pacers, who were playing the second day of a back-to-back set that opened with a 112-111 home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Following a video tribute that welcomed him back after he was traded by the Pacers to the Kings last February, Domantas Sabonis put up 15 points, a game-high 16 rebounds and six assists for Sacramento, which saw a two-game winning streak come to an end. In...

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WASHINGTON---Ticketmaster is preparing to sell tickets for Beyonce's first tour in six years in a different way, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's Taylor Swift debacle. Ticketmaster, whose fees and sales processes have aggravated bands and fans for decades, came under fire in November when frustrated Swifties battled its website, often unsuccessfully, to buy tickets for Swift's first tour in five years. The company, owned by Live Nation, is working to verify fans, filter out bots and others that would buy tickets for resale, and temper fans' expectations that they will get tickets for Beyonce's Renaissance tour when sales start next week. Beyonce, who last toured in 20...

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Trae Young responded to not being named an All-Star by scoring 27 points and De'Andre Hunter added 26 points to lift the Atlanta Hawks to a 115-108 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night in Salt Lake City. Onyeka Okongwu contributed 15 points and 11 rebounds and Dejounte Murray tallied 13 points and eight assists to help the Hawks improve to 2-1 on their five-game road trip. Clint Capela hauled in a game-high 13 rebounds and scored nine points for Atlanta. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1621725576728911872?s=20&t=hUUnVNQw7e09fwNVNQHl-A Lauri Markkanen, who just earned his first All-Star Game invitation, was one of three Jazz players to produce at least 20 points, scor...

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Fred VanVleet and Gary Trent Jr. caught fire in the middle two periods as the visiting Toronto Raptors rallied from an early double-digit deficit to top the Houston Rockets 117-111 on Friday. VanVleet scored 16 of his game-high 32 points in the third quarter after taking a cue from Trent, who scored 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting in the second. Trent finished with 29 points and combined with VanVleet to hit 10 of 20 3-point attempts. Toronto sank 15 of 39 attempts (38.5 percent) from behind the arc. Pascal Siakam added 23 points and six rebounds for the Raptors, who had dropped six of their previous nine games. Chris Boucher chipped in 11 points, eight boards and three blocks off...

Keep on reading: NBA: Raptors rally to pull away from Rockets

A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon in the skies over the continental United States has sparked national security and diplomatic concerns, adding to already tense Washington-Beijing relations.