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After being named the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year last month, dominant San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama was also the lone unanimous pick for the All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced on Friday night. Wembanyama, 22, was joined on the first team by one of his opponents in the Western Conference finals, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren, along with Detroit Pistons forward Ausar Thompson, Minnesota Timberwolves center […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine who spent 448 days imprisoned in Venezuela called Friday for the international community to increase pressure on the government of interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez to release other prisoners. The 35-year-old Nahuel Gallo was released March 1 after being detained on espionage accusations brought by the government of now-ousted President Nicolás Maduro. “I think we’re still imprisoned until our fellow inmates are freed,” […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — There are no immigrants waiting for rulings anymore at San Francisco’s main immigration court, no lawyers making arguments. The court, which had 21 judges when President Donald Trump was sworn in last year, had only two left when it closed May 1. The rest had been fired, retired or resigned amid a White House purge of federal immigration judges. The closing is one more reflection of […]

May 22 (Reuters) – An explosion at a dry dock in New York City’s Staten Island killed one person and injured 36 others on Friday, as the blast occurred while firefighters were on the scene responding to a fire and attempting to rescue two people who were trapped, officials said. Two firefighters were hospitalized, including a fire marshal who suffered a fractured temple and a brain bleed and was intubated, […]

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, citing concerns over Ebola. U.S. citizens, nationals and green card holders had been exempt from a 30-day Ebola ban, but the U.S. CDC said on Friday that extending the ban to […]

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) – Twenty-seven countries have moved since the Iran war started to put in place crisis instruments that could quickly access funding from existing World Bank programs, according to an internal document viewed by Reuters. The World Bank document did not name the countries or the total amount of funds potentially being sought. The World Bank declined to comment. The document showed that three […]

By Dan Catchpole SEATTLE, May 22 (Reuters) – Boeing was found not guilty of hiding safety problems with 737 MAX jets sold to LOT Polish Airlines last decade, a jury ruled Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. LOT had accused Boeing of defrauding it by withholding a critical change to the popular single-aisle jet’s flight-control systems. The change was linked to two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 […]

May 23 (Reuters) – Eight people were confirmed dead and 38 remain trapped underground after a coal mine accident in northern China’s Shanxi province, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing local emergency management authority. A gas explosion occurred late Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, with 247 workers on duty underground, Xinhua reported. By early Saturday, 201 people had been brought to the surface, including […]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko after years of simmering tension. The decision was announced by the secretary general of the government, Oumar Samba Ba, during a late-night broadcast on Friday. The firing caps a period of open confrontation between the two former allies from the Patriotes Africains du Sénégal pour le Travail, l’Éthique et la Fraternité (Pastef) party who had […]