So, Nadera, Nolte try to keep pace with leading Chinese GMs
Chinese grandmasters Zhou Jianchao and Zhao Jun set the pace, with Filipino star GM Wesley So and three underdog locals close behind after three rounds of the first Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup chess championship at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Hollywood glitterati toast US television at Emmy awards
LOS ANGELES, California, United States— (UPDATE) Hollywood’s glitterati turned out in force Sunday to fete television’s finest performances at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards, with actors Edie Falco nabbing one of the first coveted statuettes of the evening.
No Elin, no problem as leader Tiger enjoys season best
PARAMUS—Tiger Woods fired his best round since his sex scandal erupted, a six-under par 65, to seize the early lead at The Barclays on Thursday in the first competitive round since his divorce.
3rd party assessment of automated polls to start September — Comelec
The long-anticipated assessment of the first automated elections on May 10 by a Washington-based election monitoring organization, is finally commencing next month, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Latest China mudslides leave 14 dead, dozens missing
BEIJING—Mudslides in a remote area of southwest China have killed 14 people and left dozens missing, state media said Thursday, while a train derailed in another flood-hit area, sending two carriages into a river.