Germany, 11th in the FIBA world rankings, stunned the U.S. and the rest of the basketball world Friday night as it wrested the last slot in the finals of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, arranging an all-Europe championship with sixth-ranked Serbia.
The Philippines’ balance of trade with the rest of the world still showed a wide deficit in July, with exports still lagging the value of products bought by the country to sustain the economy.
Trade in global goods showed signs of a turnaround in the second quarter of 2023, driven by strong automobile production and sales, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Philippine economy lost more than 4 million jobs between July and June this year, with data released Friday by the Philippine Statistics Authority showing the number of employed Filipinos plunging to 44.6 million in July from 48.8 million in June.
Cancer emerged last year as the second leading cause of death among Filipinos, overtaking stroke either heart attack, cancer or stroke, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Thursday.