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The Minnesota Timberwolves have cracked open the door for star guard Anthony Edwards to return for Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal. Edwards, originally considered week-to-week and assumed to be out for the opener Monday at the San Antonio Spurs, was listed as questionable on Sunday evening’s injury report. Edwards suffered a hyperextended left knee and a bone bruise on an awkward landing during Minnesota’s Game 4 victory over […]

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, May 4 (Reuters) – Shares edged higher while oil prices flatlined in Asia on Monday, as investors drew comfort from signs of patchy progress in settling the Middle East conflict at the start of a week packed with earnings and key economic data. President Donald Trump said the United States would begin an effort to free up ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday […]

SEOUL, May 4 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics replaced its TV head for the first time in more than two years, as it faces mounting competition from Chinese rivals at home and aboard. Samsung said in a statement on Monday that it has appointed Lee Won-jin, who was previously Head of the Global Marketing Office, as the new head of its Visual Display Business, succeeding Yong Seok-woo, who will serve as […]

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, May 4 (Reuters) – Chinese robotics startup Linkerbot, the global market leader in highly dexterous robotic hands for humanoids, will seek a $6 billion valuation in its next financing round, double the valuation in a just-closed funding, the company said. Beijing-based Linkerbot completed what it called a “series B+” funding round last week that valued it at $3 billion. It did not say when the next […]

The New York Yankees reinstated shortstop Anthony Volpe from his rehab assignment but optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Volpe played four games at Scranton and eight with Double-A Somerset to start the season as he works his way back from offseason shoulder surgery. However, with Jose Caballero playing well as New York’s everyday shortstop, the club opted not to rush back the 25-year-old — an apparent change of […]

An estimated record 24.4 million people watched Golden Tempo’s historic comeback win on Saturday at the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby. NBC released that figure based on preliminary data collected from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics on Sunday. The previous peak audience had been 21.8 million the year prior, meaning the 2026 running, in which jockey Jose Ortiz guided Golden Tempo from last place around the final turn all the […]

It was going well until it wasn’t. The second-seeded Boston Celtics took a 3-1 series lead over the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Six-time All-Star forward Jayson Tatum, who came back from Achilles tendon surgery much faster than anyone expected, was averaging 24.8 points through the first four games of the series. But then the Sixers routed the host Celtics in Game 5 and Tatum hobbled off […]

TAIPEI, May 4 (Reuters) – Taiwan is a “trusted and capable” partner of the United States and Taipei’s global relationships, including with Eswatini, provide significant benefits, the U.S. State Department said of President Lai Ching-te’s trip to the southern African kingdom. Lai arrived in the former Swaziland on Saturday on a surprise visit after his government blamed Chinese pressure for nixing an earlier trip planned for last month by getting […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Anthony Edwards might be back for Game 1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs, barely a week after appearing to suffer a serious knee injury. Edwards will be listed as questionable for Monday night’s series opener, the Timberwolves said. The All-Star guard, who averaged 36.7 points in three games against San Antonio this season, has been “cleared for on-court basketball activities,” […]