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Vegas inches closer to a 2-0 series lead on the Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights lead the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 after two periods of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. They’re halfway to their second consecutive victory in the series after Brett Howden scored twice to pad his playoff-leading total to 13 goals. Vegas lost key defensive defenseman Brayden McNabb […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans beat back several amendments Thursday as they worked to pass legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, turning aside a Democratic effort to permanently block Trump from creating a $1.776 billion settlement fund to allies who claim they were persecuted by the government. But Republicans still faced a gauntlet of amendments before the bill could advance, a test of party unity that could go late […]

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition will face a test of its public support amid signs of internal tensions after two states this week called snap elections, as speculation mounts over an early national poll.  Two of Anwar’s national coalition partners lead the governments in Negeri Sembilan and Johor, where the state assemblies were dissolved on Friday and Monday, respectively, with elections to […]

SYDNEY, June 5 (Reuters) – Australia’s corporate regulator said on Friday it had launched a formal investigation into three KPMG Australia partners linked to whistleblower allegations the accounting firm misused confidential client data to win lucrative audit contracts. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it began a preliminary probe into KPMG in April and moved to a formal investigation after the resignation of the firm’s CEO and audit chief […]

BEIJING, June 5 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea from June 8 to 9, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, his first trip in nearly seven years as Beijing looks to reinforce ties with Pyongyang. The announcement follows separate summits Xi hosted in Beijing for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin last month. Trump, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un […]

By Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, June 5 (Reuters) – South Korea’s labour minister called on the country’s major tech firms to share the spoils of their massive windfall profits, warning that unprecedented chip-sector gains stemming from the AI boom risked widening a gap in inequality. In an interview, Kim Young-hoon told Reuters that companies like Samsung Electronics that outperform profit targets should consider sharing excess gains with suppliers, […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An ex-girlfriend alleges that U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago, according to a new report. Lyndsey Fifield told The New York Times that Platner, a Democrat, never […]

SAN ANTONIO — Jalen Brunson displayed plenty of grit in the New York Knicks’ Game 1 victory in the NBA Finals, but second on the Most Valuable list in the early stages of the series is do-it-all veteran Josh Hart. The 6-foot-5 Hart only scored three points and missed four of his five shots. But he collected 15 rebounds, six assists and four steals in the 105-95 victory over the […]

President Donald Trump plans to attend an NBA Finals game — or two — next week in New York at the invitation of Knicks owner James Dolan. “The answer is yes,” Trump said Thursday of attending the league championship series between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. “(Dolan) has invited me, and I’m going. I’ll be there. It could be Monday (for Game 3). Maybe I’ll do both (with […]