Eastern Conference play-in set: Cavs at Nets, Hornets at Hawks

THE BROOKLYN NETS won their regular-season finale on Sunday and secured the best seed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Eastern Conference play-in tournament this week. The Nets finished the season 44-38 after fending off the Indiana Pacers, 134-126. As the No. 7 seed in the East, they will host the No. 8 Cleveland Cavaliers […]Read More

Seizing the momentum

PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT Leni Robredo in Dagupan, Pangasinan sortie on April 8. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS I have written in this space many times before that survey rankings change over the campaign period. That is because the rankings reflect the sentiments of the voters at the time the survey was conducted. A lot of things can […]Read More

Macron and Le Pen face French runoff with Europe-wide impact

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron — BLOOMBERG PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron is set to face his nationalist rival Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French election in a re-run of their 2017 contest that will reverberate across Europe. Mr. Macron got 27.6% of the vote compared with 23.4% for Ms. Le Pen, according to […]Read More

How Meta fumbled propaganda moderation during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

BYCGZR-FREEPIK AND RAWPIXEL.COM-FREEPIK Days after the March 9 bombing of a maternity and children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, comments claiming the attack never happened began flooding the queues of workers moderating Facebook and Instagram content on behalf of the apps’ owner, Meta Platforms. The bombardment killed at least three people, including a […]Read More