The New York Knicks have decided against hanging a banner at Madison Square Garden for winning the NBA Cup, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Although Knicks head coach Mike Brown intimated a banner would go up, a decision was made against it shortly after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. Editor’s…
A personal yoga instructor to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner once wrote a children’s book inspired by their son Nick Reiner, arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents Sunday at their Brentwood home. Published in 2005, A Chair in the Air was an attempt by yoga instructor Alanna Zabel at processing her…
The Chinese University of Hong Kong will offer free autism screening for 200 young children with suspected symptoms under a pilot project using a newly developed tool that tests stool samples and can provide results as quickly as one week later. Researchers at the university said on Wednesday that they and a spin-off company, MicroSigX,…
Two years after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, families of the victims filed suit against Binance, a major cryptocurrency platform that has been plagued by scandals. In a November 24, 2025, filing by representatives of more than 300 victims and family members, Binance and its former CEO – recently pardoned Changpeng Zhao –…
South Africa has accused the US of using Kenyan nationals who did not have work permits at a facility processing applications by white South Africans for refugee status. Seven Kenyans were arrested after intelligence reports revealed that people “had recently entered South Africa on tourist visas and had illegally taken up work” at the centre,…
Passengers travelling on the Tuen Ma line on February 1 and March 8 next year will need to change trains at Hung Hom station due to rail track works, which are expected to add about four to five minutes to their journeys, according to Hong Kong’s rail giant. The MTR Corporation said on Wednesday that…
Ángel BermúdezBBC News Mundo Reuters The US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on 10 December In a further escalation of tension between the United States and Venezuela, President Donald Trump has ordered a naval blockade to stop sanctioned oil tankers from entering and leaving the South American country. Venezuela – which…
The mother of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach attack, paid tribute to her daughter at a flower memorial on Tuesday evening. Matilda’s mother Valentyna told the mourners that the family came to Australia from Ukraine more than a decade ago – adding the family thought it would be a safe place…
The year 2025 has not been a great one for US-Chinese relations. Tit-for-tat tariffs and the scramble over rare earth elements has dampened economic relations between the world’s two leading economies. Meanwhile, territorial disputes between China and American allies in the Indo-Pacific region have further deepened the intensifying military rivalry. This rift has often been…
Naveed Akram, the surviving alleged suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales Police. The other gunman, his father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange of fire…
