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- Associated Press
Powell, Zubac both score 26 as Clippers snap 3-game losing streak with 130-110 victory over Jazz
Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac scored 26 points apiece, James Harden added 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Utah Jazz 130-110 Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Zubac, who was 13 of 16 from the field, had a season-high in points as well as 15 rebounds. Harden dished out a season-high 17 assists.
- Reuters
Analysis-New look Middle East had started to draw investors... and then came Trump
A historic shake-up of the Middle East is starting to draw international investors, warming to the prospects of relative peace and economic recovery after so much turmoil. President Donald Trump's proposal that the U.S. takeover Gaza may have thrown a curveball into the mix, but the fragile ceasefire there, Bashar al-Assad's ouster from Syria, a weakened Iran and a new government in Lebanon have fed hopes of a reset. Egypt, the region's most populous country and a key negotiator in the recent peace talks, has just managed its first dollar debt sale in four years.
- Reuters
Daniel Noboa expected to triumph in Ecuador presidential race on security promises
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa looks likely to win Sunday's presidential election, as voters rally behind his promises to fight crime, despite critiques from his opponents that he has not done enough. Noboa, first elected in 2023 to finish out his predecessor's term, says his deployment of the military on the streets and within prisons, among other measures, has reduced violent deaths by 15%, led to a drastic fall in prison violence, and facilitated the capture of major gang leaders. His 15 opponents have said more needs to be done to fight the drug trade-related crime that has rocked Ecuador in recent years, but some of their proffered solutions would require likely tricky legislative approval or constitutional changes.
- Uncrowned
UFC 312 live updates: Dricus du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland 2 results, round-by-round analysis and highlights
Follow UFC 312 results and live round-by-round updates for the Dricus du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland 2 and Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez fight card on Saturday in Sydney, Australia.
- NBA.com
Ivica Zubac flies in for the alley-oop slam
Ivica Zubac flies in for the alley-oop slam, 02/08/2025
- Evening Standard
London leaver: 'We've made more friends in three years in Lancashire than we did in 10 in Twickenham'
Lancashire is a far remove from LA where Nichole was living when she first met her husband
- Evening Standard
Barometer! Bear Grylls is the TV comeback no one asked for — and we will miss Daniel Khalife’s drama
What’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer
- The Guardian
TV tonight: it’s the last ever series of phenomenal weepy comedy Big Boys
Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing return as the lads one last time – prepare to laugh (and cry). Plus: a grisly crime in Unforgotten. Here’s what to watch this evening
- The Guardian
Stephen Mangan to star in new desert island comedy alongside ‘castaway’ celebrities
The star of TV drama The Split joins Sandi Toksvig, Richard Madeley and more in Radio 4 sitcom based on the fictional tropical isle