The season is halfway done. If you haven’t had to change out your closers yet, consider yourself lucky. Relief pitcher remains as volatile as ever, which means the past three months have led to much hand-wringing with regard to saves, holds, and other bullpen matters. I’ve done my best to keep you abreast with near-weekly…
ROME: A migrant boat sank between Tunisia and Italy, leaving one woman dead, though the Italian coastguard managed to rescue 87 survivors, the Red Cross told AFP Monday. After setting out from La Louza in Tunisia, the fishing boat sank in the middle of the night when it was approximately 45 miles (72 kilometres) from…
The dollar’s sharp decline has confounded widespread predictions at the start of the year that Trump’s trade war would do greater damage to economies outside the US © FT montage/Dreamstime The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump’s trade and economic policies prompt global investors to…
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter says Iran learned from its latest conflict with Israel
BELGRADE: Serbian police said on Monday they had cleared barricades that anti-government protesters had set up at the weekend, after clashes between officers and demonstrators demanding early elections. Thousands of people blocked major roads in Belgrade and other Serbian cities late on Sunday to protest at police handling of a mass anti-government demonstration on Saturday….
Hundreds of families displaced by wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, witnesses say Zeitoun has been repeatedly hit by Israeli strikes during the war (file photo) Israel has carried out a wave of air strikes across the Gaza Strip, triggering the mass displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families, witnesses say. Rescue teams recovered the…
Indiana Fever sensation Caitlin Clark told reporters Sunday she is “day-to-day” as she tries to work her way back from a left groin strain that has kept her out of her team’s last two games. The Fever are scheduled to take the court again on Tuesday against the Minnesota Lynx in the Commissioner’s Cup championship game. …
NEW DELHI: Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month. “Customs officers… foiled yet another wildlife smuggling attempt, 16 live snakes… seized from passenger returning from Thailand,“ said customs officers in the airport in the…
Getty Images The Houston Rockets have struck a deal with Jabari Smith on a five-year, $122 million extension that is fully guaranteed and locks him in through the 2030-31 season, according to ESPN. The former Auburn star averaged 12.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game last season in 57 games played, and was set to enter…
ISLAMABAD: Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 45 people in just a few days since the start of the monsoon season, disaster management officials said Sunday. The highest toll was recorded in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders Afghanistan, where 10 children were among 21 killed. The disaster management authority said…
