MANILA, (PNA) – Petron Blaze bounced back strong and dominated San Mig Coffee, 90-68, in Game Three on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven finals of the PBA…
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Europe to spend 5 million pounds on football fans’ health
LONDON, (PNA/Xinhua) — Over five million pounds have been awarded to an 11 strong consortium, led by the University of Glasgow, to develop and evaluate a European wide program to help male…
Wee Wern enters US Open semi-finals
KUALA LUMPUR, (PNA/Bernama) — Malaysia’s number two, Low Wee Wern booked her berth in the semi-finals of the 2013 US Open squash championship in Philadelphia, Wednesday. In a quarter-final match held at…
Olympic torch sets off for Arctic before space trip
MURMANSK/STAR CITY, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– A Russian expedition carrying a Sochi 2014 Olympic torch set off Tuesday for the North Pole, while Russian cosmonauts prepare to take a modified Olympic torch into…
Roundup: U.S. debt ceiling deal emerging after fight in Congress
By Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — An agreement on the U.S. debt ceiling appeared to be emerging Tuesday after much back and forth between the Democrats and Republicans in Congress, but the…
New bridge to boost China-DPRK trade
SHENYANG, (PNA/Xinhua) — A new bridge will link China and the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) by 2014 and greatly boost exchange and trade between the two countries, officials said Monday. A…
Singapore stocks close 0.45 pct lower
SINGAPORE, (PNA/Xinhua) –Singapore stocks finished lower on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 14.46 points, or 0.45 percent, to close at 3,165.25. A total of 1.92 billion shares changed…
Singapore stocks end down 0.45 % amid US debt default concern
SINGAPORE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Singapore shares closed 0.45 percent lower on Monday, as a possible U.S. debt default edged closer after the failure of weekend talks in Washington, though expectations are still there…
(Lead) China targets 8-T yuan health service sector
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — China has set the target of increasing the gross value of its health service sector to over 8 trillion yuan (1.31 trillion U.S. dollars) by 2020, according to a…
Eurozone industrial production up by 1.0 % in August
BRUSSELS, (PNA/Xinhua) — Eurozone industrial production rose by 1.0 percent on a monthly basis in August, compared with a 1.0-percent decrease in July, European Union (EU) statistics office Eurostat said Monday. In…
(Lead) China’s new yuan loans leap Jan.-Sept.
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — China’s new yuan-denominated lending in the first three quarters this year reached 7.28 trillion yuan (1.18 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 557 billion yuan from a year earlier,…
UN health agency moves to phase out mercury in medical devices by 2020
UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/APP) — The UN World Heath Organization (WHO) and Health Care Without Harm “an international coalition of health care organizations and professionals” are joining forces to launch a new initiative…
China budgets reward funds for air pollution treatment
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) –The Ministry of Finance announced Monday that the central government has budgeted 5 billion yuan (US$ 814 million) for rewarding air pollution treatment efforts in several regions. These regions include…
PHL might win 25-40 golds at the Myanmar SEA Games
By Lily O.Ramos MANILA, (PNA)– The Philippines will send a small number of 208 athletes to the Myanmar Southeast Asian Games in December but they would probably win around 25 gold medals…
Fok hails 6th EAG as most successful
TIANJIN, China, (PNA/Xinhua) — Fok Tsun-ting, honorary president of East Asian Games Association (EAGA), hailed the 6th East Asian Games (EAG), held from Oct. 6 to 15 in Tianjin, as the most…