NBA Western Conference semis: Minnesota stun NBA champs Denver in Game 1 | Basketball News

NBA Western Conference semis: Minnesota stun NBA champs Denver in Game 1 | Basketball News

Anthony Edwards’s 43 points led Minnesota Timberwolves’ 106-99 home win over Denver Nuggets. Anthony Edwards scored 43 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 20 and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves took home-court advantage from Denver with a 106-99 win over the Nuggets in Game 1 of a Western Conference semifinal series. Naz…

Alvarez vs Munguia: Canelo retains boxing titles with unanimous victory | Boxing News

Alvarez vs Munguia: Canelo retains boxing titles with unanimous victory | Boxing News

Mexico’s Alvarez successfully defended his WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA super middleweight titles against compatriot Munguia. Mexico’s undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has retained his titles with a unanimous victory over compatriot Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas. Alvarez, who received scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 from the…

‘We won’t stop’: How Columbia’s students etched a new Gaza protest legacy | Israel War on Gaza News

‘We won’t stop’: How Columbia’s students etched a new Gaza protest legacy | Israel War on Gaza News

New York, United States — At about 10pm on Monday, April 29, I thought I would call it a night. My student journalist colleagues and I had stayed late into the night on Columbia University’s campus the previous couple of days, reporting on a story that had grabbed the world’s…

Antiwar protests and limits on freedoms in the United States | TV Shows

Antiwar protests and limits on freedoms in the United States | TV Shows

Antiwar protests sweep across university campuses in the United States. The police response – the violence – has been shocking and so has some of the reporting from the US mainstream media. Contributors:Paula Chakravartty – Professor of media, New York UniversityNoura Erakat – Co-founding editor, JadaliyyaAdel Iskandar – Professor of…

India, Japan dismiss Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ comment | Migration News

India, Japan dismiss Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ comment | Migration News

Japan calls US president’s remarks ‘unfortunate’, while India says it’s open to immigrants. India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US allies “xenophobic” countries who do not welcome immigrants, and grouping the two nations with China and Russia. India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said…

Invisible plastic: Why banning plastic bags will never be enough | Environment News

Invisible plastic: Why banning plastic bags will never be enough | Environment News

This week, the fourth round of treaty talks by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution concluded in Ottawa, Canada. A major bone of contention between negotiators from 175 countries is whether or not to limit the production of plastic, most of which is made from fossil fuels and chemicals…

In Texas, pro-Palestine university protesters clash with state leaders | Israel War on Gaza News

In Texas, pro-Palestine university protesters clash with state leaders | Israel War on Gaza News

Austin, Texas – “It didn’t feel real.” That’s how Alishba Javaid, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the moment when she saw roughly 30 state troopers walk onto the campus lawn. Javaid and hundreds of her classmates had gathered on the grass, in the shadow of…

Takeaways from day 11 of Trump’s New York hush money trial with Hope Hicks | Donald Trump News

Takeaways from day 11 of Trump’s New York hush money trial with Hope Hicks | Donald Trump News

With tears and an open admission of nerves, Hope Hicks, a former advisor to Donald Trump, has taken to the witness stand in New York City, where she has been called to testify in the former United States president’s criminal hush money trial. Friday marked day 11 in the trial,…

What’s behind the US generational divide on Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza News

What’s behind the US generational divide on Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza News

Polls suggest an increasing number of young Americans are siding with Palestinians and growing critical of Israel. Successive US administrations across the political divide have backed Israel since it was created in 1948. But polls suggest that public support for Israel in the United States now appears to be waning,…