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CLEVELAND – Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the New York Knicks advanced to the NBA Finals with a 130-93 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night. The Knicks, who will play in the championship series for the first time since 1999, extended their franchise playoff-record winning streak to 11 games — matching the third-longest run in a […]

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities detained 51 men in a series of raids on Sunday in connection with what police described as a drug-fueled “gay party” held at a Kuala Lumpur hotel. Homosexuality is criminalised in Muslim-majority Malaysia, which operates a dual-track legal system with Islamic laws for Muslims running alongside civil laws. Sodomy is a crime, while sharia laws are also in place that ban same-sex […]

May 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz has to be open, “one way or the other”, when referring to U.S strikes on Iran on Monday. “The straits have to be open, they’re going to be open one way or the other, so they need to be open,” Rubio told reporters on his plane in India’s Jaipur. He said the negotiating language […]

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey attempted to quiet any notions on Monday that the league would vote on expansion of the College Football Playoffs during its spring meetings this week in Destin, Fla. Sankey favors expanding the current field of 12 to 16, but the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12 prefer a 24-team field. A week ago, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti said that the schools in his conference are […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Knicks and their fans threatened to turn Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals into a Garden party. Madison Square Garden, that is. With New York one win from sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers and earning its first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, thousands of Knicks fans — and some of their well-heeled celebrity backers — descended upon Rocket Arena on Monday night. Based on the decibel […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Houston Astros right-hander Tatsuya Imai has pitched six hitless innings against the Texas Rangers. After walking three of the first four batters he faced Monday night, but benefiting from a double play in the first inning, Imai got 16 outs over the next 16 batters. Imai’s fourth walk of the game was to Brandon Nimmo leading off the fourth, but Ezequiel Duran then grounded into a […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have their self-described “clown in the clubhouse” back. Cue the levity, energy and intensity. Utilityman Kiké Hernández was set to make his season debut Monday night against the Colorado Rockies. He was penciled in at third base in place of injured Max Muncy and set to bat ninth in the series opener. “Just getting his energy back is going to be good […]

Rubio Congratulates Jordan on 80th Independence Anniversary   By The Media Line Staff   US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday congratulated King Abdullah II and the Jordanian people on the 80th anniversary of Jordan’s independence, praising the kingdom’s role in promoting stability and security in the Middle East.   “On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes and congratulations to His Majesty King Abdullah II and the Jordanian […]

By Aftab Ahmed, Michael Martina and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, May 26 (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. will meet on Tuesday in New Delhi in an effort to regain momentum in the Indo-Pacific-focused group known as the Quad that critics say has slowed under President Donald Trump.  The meeting between the countries’ top diplomats – Australia’s Penny Wong, India’s S Jaishankar, Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi and […]