By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer There was no shortage of reasons why the NBA In-Season Tournament was put together. And the benefits are already clear: ratings are up, people are talking about games before Christmas and some players say there’s an extra energy in those contests. That means it’s working. And given that knockout-round
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS bloc of developing countries will hold a virtual meeting on the Israel-Hamas war on Tuesday. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres will also participate. The leaders of fellow BRICS members Brazil,
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Holiday hoops season has arrived. The week’s AP Top 25 schedule is filled with Thanksgiving-week tournaments that have long been staples of the college basketball schedule as well as made-for-TV pairings. The headliner is a loaded field at the Maui Invitational, which began play Monday with five of the
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jessie Yeung, Jonny Hallam, Asmaa Khalil and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-eight premature babies arrived in Egypt from Gaza on Monday and are receiving care in two hospitals, an Egyptian government source said after the infants were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. The government source told CNN
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Thanksgiving week has always been a chance for teams to get away to warmer climates to play in quality basketball tournaments and bond as a group. This year is no different with seven of the top 10 teams in the country heading off the continent to play games in
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has expelled a Croatian diplomat in a move that further strains relations between the two former wartime foes and Balkan rivals. The Serbian foreign ministry said that the first secretary of the Croatian Embassy was proclaimed persona non grata for “gross stepping outside the framework of diplomatic norms” during his
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have raided the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria accused of spreading antisemitic hate speech and threats targeting Jews online. According to Bavarian police, the suspects were 15 men and two women, German news agency dpa reported Tuesday. Police questioned the suspects
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A small boat crammed with migrants has capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, killing a 2-year-old girl and leaving at least eight people missing. The Italian coast guard and fishermen who were in the area when the boat hit rocks before capsizing on Monday evening
Continue ReadingBEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a shooter opened fire at a Walmart, wounding four people before apparently killing himself. The attack took place Monday night at a Walmart in Beavercreek, in the Dayton metropolitan area. Police have not released the name of the shooter or a possible motive for the attack. They
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s National Elections Commission (NEC) released provisional results on Friday. Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president of Liberia, won 51% of the votes,
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say that they have arrested and pressed charges against a 38-year-old Polish woman with Islamic extremist sympathies who planted an explosive device on a street in central Warsaw earlier this month. There were no injuries. Police said in a statement published on Monday that the woman placed the device
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is on an unannounced visit to Ukraine where he is vowing to keep supporting Kyiv’s efforts to win its war against Russia. His trip came a day after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Ukraine and pledged American support “for
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be proposed to Parliament next month. A deputy government spokesperson said the amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code will change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Jalen Cone sank a game-tying 3-pointer for California with 16 seconds remaining, but Tae Hardy answered from beyond the arc to rally UTEP to a 75-72 victory over the Golden Bears at the SoCal Challenge on Monday night. Hardy’s shot sends unbeaten UTEP (5-0) to the Sand Division title
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares traded mixed Tuesday after a rally on Wall Street that was led by gains in Microsoft following its announcement that it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker. U.S. futures were lower, while oil prices fell. France’s CAC 40 lost
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Israel has recalled its ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, back to Jerusalem “for consultations” ahead of a parliamentary vote in the African country to decide the fate of the Israeli embassy on Tuesday. The two countries’ diplomatic relations have recently witnessed a rise in tensions over
Continue ReadingBy KALANI TAKASE Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Sean Jones hit a straightaway 3-pointer with 38 seconds left to lift No. 4 Marquette to a 71-69 win over UCLA in a Maui Invitational quarterfinal on Monday. David Joplin scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, as the Golden Eagles (4-0) came back from a 12-point deficit
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants in an urban refugee camp and outside a nearby hospital Tuesday as the army expanded operations across northern Gaza, where residents have been without electricity or reliable access to water, food and other basics for weeks.
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its tenth day. Video captured by a camera fed through a pipe by rescuers on the surface shows the men wearing helmets and standing
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The eruption of Papua New Guinea’s tallest volcano is subsiding, but thick ash still billowed into the sky and coated roofs and palm trees nearby. Mount Ulawun on the northeastern island of New Britain is one of the South Pacific nation’s most active volcanoes. The eruption
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