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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The last time the New York Knicks made the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs were the opponent and just happened to have a generational big man talent who was heading to the title round for the first time. Déjà vu. Back then for the Spurs, it was Tim Duncan. This time for the Spurs, it’s Victor Wembanyama. Here they go again: San Antonio vs. New […]

BANGKOK (AP) — With summer around the corner, soaring prices and other complications from the war with Iran are straining the tourism-dependent economies of countries in Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam. The region’s peak tourist summer season is at risk as elevated jet fuel costs coupled with ceasefire uncertainties prompt flight cancellations and higher ticket prices. Tourism in Asia has yet to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, […]

Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop. Lemieux died of suicide at age 60 on Thursday, according to authorities, after earlier in the week serving as the Montreal Canadiens’ torchbearer prior to a playoff game. He played nearly 1,500 NHL games with six […]

BEIJING (AP) — Chen Jiao has a curious job: transforming visitors to resemble empresses from ancient China as young people explore a revival of traditional culture. She is one of hundreds of makeup artists working at studios in Beijing near the Forbidden City, once home to the emperors of China’s last two dynasties, Ming and Qing. Every day, visitors arrive to dress in robes richly embroidered with phoenixes and adorn […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday. The Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from U.S. forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian port, the military said. The ship remained adrift in the Gulf of Oman and […]

BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government embarked Saturday on an official visit to India, one of the country’s key regional partners, for high-level meetings aimed at strengthening bilateral ties. It is the first time Min Aung Hlaing has traveled to the neighboring country since he was sworn into office as president in April following an election that critics say was orchestrated to maintain the military’s tight grip […]

BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) – China’s factory activity came in flat in May, an official survey showed on Sunday, as the manufacturing sector was under pressure from weak domestic demand and higher production costs. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 50 from 50.3 in April, straddling the 50-mark separating growth from contraction, according to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Economists polled by Reuters […]

SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) – Japanese defence minister Koizumi Shinjirō denied accusations of “new militarism” in a speech delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s premier forum for defence leaders, militaries and diplomats.  “Think about it. There’s a country that has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers. Japan has neither of such weapons, and yet Japan is labelled ‘new militarism’?,” he said on Sunday, in pointed […]

Hezbollah Rocket Barrages Hit Northern Israel; Border Schools Close and Nahariya Hospital Moves Underground By The Media Line Staff Hezbollah launched multiple rocket attacks at northern Israel on Saturday, prompting tighter Home Front Command restrictions, the relocation of key hospital services underground and renewed criticism of the government from opposition leaders. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said rockets fired from Lebanon toward the Kiryat Shmona area were intercepted. The military […]