Games Today(Paco Arena, Manila)11 a.m. — Opening Ceremony12:30 p.m. — LPU-Batangas vs GMC2:15 p.m. — Univ. of Batangas vs PCU-DNEOPHYTE Guang Ming College (GMC)-Tagaytay makes its debut against Lyceum of the Philippines (LPU)-Batangas to fire off the PG Flex Linoleum-Universities and Colleges Basketball League (UCBL)

Image via Architect of the Capitol PHOENIX, Ariz./BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Control of Congress was up for grabs after Tuesday’s US midterm elections with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would seize control from President Joseph R. Biden’s Democrats.In a

PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALESSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The hosts of the COP27 climate talks on Tuesday launched a global plan to help the world’s poorest communities withstand the impacts of global warming.Unveiling the Sharm-El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, named after the Egyptian resort where the talks

REUTERSTAIPEI — Taiwan hopes to sign a trade deal with Britain and deepen cooperation with new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government, President Tsai Ing-wen told a British minister visiting Taipei on Wednesday in defiance of Chinese demands such trips stop.Taiwan views Britain as an important

THE MEXICAN FLAG flutters during the National Flag Day event in Iguala, Guerrero State, Mexico, Feb. 24, 2021. — REUTERSEL BOSQUE, Mexico — Celia Figarola and her husband stayed in their simple seafront home by the Gulf of Mexico as long as they could —

PIXABAYATLANTA — A Powerball player in California holds the only winning ticket sold for the $2.04-billion jackpot, the lottery game’s website said on Tuesday, ending a string of 40 drawings that produced no winners and pushed the top prize into record territory. The ticket holder,

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMANThe Metro Rail Transit Line 3, or MRT-3, started full operation in 2000 under a 25-year concession agreement with the government. The line is actually owned by a private consortium, the Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC), and not by the government.

TWITTER, INC. — now under new management, if that’s the right word — fired about half its workers over the weekend, a big story by anyone’s standards. Yet some teams and countries suffered worse — and that is a story with global political implications. In India,

ELEMENT5 DIGITAL-UNSPLASHThe US midterm elections ended yesterday and the results will definitely have a profound impact both on the United States and the international community. One only has to imagine possible policy changes with respect to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and tensions in Northeast

LUCREZIA CARNELOS-UNSPLASHBEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS relates emotion such as optimism (or its opposite) with economic decision-making. Does confidence in the economy and the political leadership translate into a positive lift in activities such as acquisitions, mergers, foreign investments, and consumer spending?Traditionally, a new administration is welcomed by