The second-seeded New York Knicks await as Philadelphia and its MVP center strive for a long playoff run.
More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future. The most recent is a detailed timeline of the fire that tore through the heart of Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, killing 101 people. Released Wednesday by Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, it is the first phase of a three-part comprehensive investigation being conducted by the Fire Safety Research Institute, or FSRI, with more coming in the next several months.
The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi told reporters that the two countries share the same view about the importance of a cease-fire and of resolving the Palestinian problem through a two-state solution. “I am sure that China would use its influence to prevent escalation,” Marsudi said, adding that China and Indonesia "would also fully support Palestine’s membership in the U.N.”
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RED DEER, Alta. — Egor Sidorov had a hat trick and two assists powering the Saskatoon Blades to a 7-0 thumping of the Red Deer Rebels to complete the second-round sweep on Wednesday in Western Hockey League playoff action. Rowan Calvert and Brandon Lisowsky each had one goal and two assists, while Fraser Minten and Alexander Suzdalev provided the rest of Saskatoon's offence. Evan Gardner earned a 26-save shutout as the Blades advanced to the Eastern Conference Championship series for the second
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Coyotes closed out their 28-year Arizona tenure as winners, getting a goal and an assist from Dylan Guenther in a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. The Coyotes buzzed early at Mullett Arena and closed strong in their final game before moving to Salt Lake City. Liam O'Brien got the finale started with a goal less than three minutes in and Sean Durzi capped it with a empty-net goal to send Coyotes fans home happy — at least for one last night. Matias
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Sir Ian Stoutzker, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain’s leading musical philanthropists as a patron of orchestras, conservatoires and young musicians, and as co-founder, with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, of the charity Live Music Now.
Volatility-linked investment strategies are joining the nascent sell-off in U.S. stocks and could help accelerate declines if market gyrations keep increasing. Volatility control funds - systematic investment strategies that typically buy equities when markets are calm and sell when they grow turbulent - hoovered up stocks as the S&P 500 marched to record highs this year. With the S&P 500 now off more than 4% from those levels and the Cboe Volatility Index near its highest point since October, some of these funds are once again becoming sellers.
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A group of investors in French oil major TotalEnergies is calling for the company to split the roles of CEO and chairman, which they say could speed up its shift away from fossil fuels. "The separation of functions could improve dialogue with the board...on climate transition issues and ensure a better balance of power at a time when many investors are of the opinion that TotalEnergies' transition strategy is not ambitious enough," says the resolution to be proposed at the company's annual general meeting on May 24. The proposal was put forward by 19 international investors holding roughly 20 million TotalEnergies shares, together with Swiss pension fund investor group Ethos Foundation and the French Sustainable Investment Forum (FIR).
Someone once said, “If you’re not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative at 40, you have no brains”. For decades, this aphorism has broadly tracked with how Americans vote. But now, aging Baby Boomers clinging to their progressive roots are proving to be immemorial Joe Biden’s staunchest backers, challenging the notion that cranky, un-woke curmudgeons are the demographic group propelling Donald Trump’s poll numbers. Trump’s lead has shrunk to 0.2 per cent in the average
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All primary school children in London will enjoy free school meals for another four years if Sadiq Khan is re-elected mayor, he promised on Thursday. Mr Khan first offered all pupils – regardless of their family’s wealth - free lunches in State primaries from last September as a one-year emergency measure to alleviate the cost of living crisis felt by many London parents. Earlier in the campaign, Mr Khan’s Tory rival, Susan Hall, who had earlier promised to retain it until the cost of living crisis eased if elected, questioned whether it was right for” Londoners on the breadline” to be contributing via their council tax to feed “children of millionaires”.
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