LeBron James and the Lakers beat Pelicans in play-in, earn a playoff rematch with the Nuggets NEW ORLEANS: LeBron James, Anthony Davis and their supporting cast have the Los Angeles Lakers looking like a tougher out in the playoffs than they appeared to be just a few weeks earlier. The New Orleans Pelicans, meanwhile, find … Read more
GAZA STRIP: Eight out of 10 schools in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, UNICEF says, but it is the psychological damage the war has done to the territory’s nearly 1.2 million children that has experts worried.“To be able to learn, you need to be in a safe space. Most kids in Gaza at the moment … Read more
DUBAI: Is there any hope for the children of Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, restrictions on aid access, and a looming famine in the north of the enclave? According to UN Children’s Fund spokesperson James Elder, who recently toured the length of Gaza, only an immediate ceasefire can turn the humanitarian situation around. Appearing … Read more
MOSCOW: Russians queued on Saturday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow. Navalny’s mother Lyudmila was among the mourners, visiting her son’s grave for the second day, accompanied by … Read more
PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group. Players to get equity ownership PEBBLE BEACH, California: The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal announced Wednesday that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises. … Read more
For Jordan, pure joy and a shot at history. For Iraq, dejection. For the rest of the continent, and indeed the world, the best game of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 so far came on Monday afternoon at the Khalifa International Stadium as Al-Nashama somehow came back from certain defeat to score two injury-time goals, … Read more
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden won the endorsement of America’s biggest car workers union Wednesday, as the race for the White House dramatically revved up following Donald Trump’s victory in the New Hampshire primary. The Democratic president and his Republican predecessor both sought to portray a rematch in November’s election as inevitable, even if polls show a … Read more
Look Ahead at 2024: Arab world enters the new year with a mix of hope, tension and trepidation IRBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: As 2023 moves into the rearview mirror, the Middle East and North Africa can look ahead to the new year with a mixture of hope and trepidation. For many in the region, it has been … Read more
CHICAGO: At one of the nation’s largest gatherings of Muslim Americans in Chicago on Saturday, leaders of the #AbandonBiden campaign said that the movement to block Joe Biden’s re-election due to his refusal to support a ceasefire to end the killing of civilians in Gaza was “growing quickly and will not turn back.” The #AbandonBiden … Read more
CHICAGO: At one of the nation’s largest gatherings of Muslim Americans in Chicago on Saturday, leaders of the #AbandonBiden campaign said that the movement to block Joe Biden’s re-election due to his refusal to support a ceasefire to end the killing of civilians in Gaza was “growing quickly and will not turn back.” The #AbandonBiden … Read more