NOVAK DJOKOVIC — REUTERSLONDON — Novak Djokovic produced a stunning performance to thrash Frances Tiafoe in his first match since winning Wimbledon in July then teamed up with Matteo Berrettini to put Team Europe in command in the Laver Cup on Saturday.With Roger Federer watching

ATLANTA BRAVES PITCHER KYLE WRIGHT — REUTERSMICHAEL Harris II was a triple shy of the cycle, William Contreras added a homer, two singles and two RBIs and the Atlanta Braves defeated the host Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Saturday.Vaughn Grissom and Dansby Swanson each contributed two

SPAIN suffered a 2-1 defeat by Switzerland as goals from Manuel Akanji and Breel Embolo knocked the hosts off the top of Nations League A-Group 2 on Saturday with one game left to play.The Swiss held firm against last year’s finalists for most of the

THE INTERNATIONAL team won five of eight matches Saturday to cut into the US team’s lead after three days of the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.The US team leads 11-7 heading into Sunday’s singles. The US team came into Saturday’s foursome and

Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck and president of hoops operations Brad Stevens aren’t normally tongue-tied, but they were left grasping for words for the better part of half an hour as they met members of the media last Friday. They had a lot to say, no

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. at the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 19. — OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARYAs we approach the first 100 days of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.’s term in office, I would like to share my reflections on the priorities

MARKUS SPISKE-UNSPLASHIn the middle of the pandemic, Action for Economic Reforms (AER) launched its Data-Driven Development (3D) Program. The goal: to promote a culture conducive to data and evidence and make them the foundation for responsive local governance and active citizen participation. In early 2021,

JUN RONG LOO-UNSPLASHA plutonium bomb blasted Nagasaki just three days after an atomic bomb razed the city of Hiroshima. It was Aug. 9, 1945 and this marked the end of World War 2 and the painful defeat of Japan.Japan was a country left in rubble.

TETIANA SHYSHKINA-UNSPLASHThe Russian government’s Tass news agency reported on Tuesday that two breakaway regions of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region — the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics (DPR and LPR) — have set a “referendum on joining Russia” for Sept. 23 to 27. The Russian-language independent