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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After watching Knicks fans take over the 76ers’ arena for years, Joel Embiid openly pleaded with fans not to sell their tickets on the open market for home playoff games. “Don’t sell your tickets,” Embiid said. “This is bigger than you. We need you guys.” Of more pressing concern for the Sixers and their fans, they need Embiid. The 2023 NBA MVP, Embiid missed Game 2 of […]

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The son of Hamas’ lead negotiator died on Thursday after being wounded by an Israeli strike on Gaza, the militant group said. Khalil al-Hayya’s 32-year-old son, Azzam, was wounded by a strike in Gaza City that killed another person and wounded several others. The Israeli military has not commented on the strike. The older al-Hayya is based abroad. Israel has continued to carry out […]

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Authorities in Norway arrested a Chinese citizen on espionage allegations Thursday in connection with a purported effort to set up a receiver to collect sensitive satellite data, the country’s domestic intelligence service said. Norwegian security officials also searched two premises in connection with the arrest, including one on an island in northern Norway that’s home to Andøya Spaceport, which is part of Europe’s efforts to expand […]

LONDON (AP) — The cofounder of the British fashion brand Superdry was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for raping a woman following a night of drinking. James Holder, 54, was found guilty by a jury in Gloucester Crown Court in the west of England last week of one count of rape but acquitted of a separate charge of assault by penetration in the May 2022 assault. The accuser […]

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. and more than a dozen other countries including Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Australia on Thursday launched their own pact to not impose duties on e-commerce after no agreement was reached to end deadlock with Brazil, a document showed. Brazil had opposed an extension of a global deal at World Trade Organization talks. Failure at a high-level WTO meeting […]

Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has jolted the world economy, causing a spike in fuel prices that has rippled through other sectors with effects far beyond the Middle East. It has also left tens of thousands of mariners and hundreds of ships stranded in the Persian Gulf. Iran effectively seized control of the critical waterway after the U.S. and Israel attacked it on Feb. 28. Weeks of heavy […]

If the spring season has brought an urge to scrub your living space from top to bottom, why not clear out the digital detritus cluttering your electronic devices and online accounts at the same time? Carrying out the digital equivalent of spring cleaning a home isn’t just an opportunity to tidy up our online lives. Eliminating dust bunnies like dormant accounts and forgotten files can help protect personal data, according […]

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Amid the Iran war, tensions with European allies in NATO and the Russia-Ukraine war, the United States Military Academy held its 59th Sandhurst Military Skills Competition. Across 36 hours, a mix of international and U.S. military cadet teams competed in a variety of skill-based competitions, based on the needs of the military. For the first time, cadets used video game controllers to simulate first-person view […]

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – Two men were found guilty in a London court on Thursday of spying on behalf of Hong Kong and ultimately China, targeting prominent pro-democracy dissidents now based in Britain. Chung Biu “Bill” Yuen, 65, and Chi Leung “Peter” Wai, 40, both dual Chinese and British nationals, were convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service between December 2023 and May 2024. A jury at London’s Old […]