Process vs. Leon Rose revival: Two vastly different rebuilds collide in Sixers-Knicks showdown Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Kelly Oubre, Jr. and the Philadelphia 76ers will hit the Turnpike to tackle Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby and the New York Knicks. 04/19/2024 - 5:14 am | View Link
Joel Embiid scores 23 points, has the big assist as 76ers beat Heat in play-in to earn No. 7 seed The 76ers needed all the improbable tricks they could summon to even have a chance at winning their first play-in game in team history. Nicolas Batum hit game-shifting 3-pointers. Buddy Hield was in ... 04/17/2024 - 5:20 pm | View Link
NBA play-ins: Embiid, 76ers advance to face Knicks in playoffs The 76ers earned the No. 7 seed and advanced to play the second-seeded New York Knicks in the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Game 1 is Saturday at Madison Square Garden. 04/17/2024 - 3:03 pm | View Link
Joel Embiid sits out as 76ers zip past Nets 107-86; await fate in NBA postseason picture The 76ers expect to have Embiid, the two-time NBA scoring champion, in the lineup for the postseason. Even with seeding that ... The Nets are in the process of finding another new coach for next ... 04/13/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
76ers' Joel Embiid: Will play Saturday Embiid (knee) is available and will play Saturday against the Grizzlies, Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Embiid went through his regular routine in shootaround and looked ... 04/6/2024 - 1:19 pm | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.