The U.S. women are in a familiar spot — playing for another FIBA World Cup championship. Getting to a fifth consecutive title game was a little harder than the previous few, as they beat Spain 76-66 on Saturday in the semifinals. The Americans had averaged winning the previous four semifinals by...
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Anxious Israelis watched as election results took shape on Wednesday after many voters delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s far-right government, with the highest turnout in over a quarter-century. Exit polls suggested there was no clear winner and that week...
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An assailant with knives attacked a police officer from an elite unit guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade just after midnight on Wednesday, police said. The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that police were treating the i...
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British Treasury chief John Healey faces a fine balancing act when he delivers his first budget statement Wednesday, with the economic backdrop made more difficult as a result of the turmoil caused by the Iran war . Healey, who was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in July wh...
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Milwaukee was three outs from its first World Series title when Junior Camerino started the bottom of the 12th inning with a grounder to third. Thousands of Brewers fans who trekked to Tropicana Field to witness the long-awaited moment started to cheer. Not so fast. Third baseman...
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Votes were being counted as dawn broke in Israel on Wednesday morning, but exit polls suggested that its momentous national election left no clear winner. That likely meant the beginning of weeks of wrangling among parties to form a governing coalition and declare a new prime min...
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These looked like the New York Knicks of last spring, not the last week. Down by 13 points after one quarter, they outscored the Detroit Pistons 63-25 across the next two, putting the kind of crooked numbers on the scoreboard they did repeatedly during their march to the NBA cham...
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The United Nations is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba's socialist government, including by threatening military intervention. The annual exercise...
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President Donald Trump likes to play make-believe with his supporters. “Just close your eyes,” he tells them, “and pretend I'm on the ballot.” It's a typically self-involved appeal from someone who has been the center of the nation's political gravity for more than a decade. Now,...
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Cyclone Arnab dumped heavy rain across India ’s eastern Andhra Pradesh state and caused extensive damage in some areas Wednesday after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from vulnerable coastal areas. Prakhar Jain, head of the state’s disaster management authority, said t...
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Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after AI stocks drove gains on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. South Korea’s Kospi rose 6.8% to close at 6,023.73. Memory chipmaker SK Hynix jumped 11.4% to its highest level in two weeks after it reported a re...
