NEW YORK: The NBA generated more basketball-related income than ever this past season, bringing the total to just under $9 billion. Good work. The first night of the free agency confirmed how good it was. Nikola Jokic agreed to the biggest contract in NBA history, Bradley Bell agreed to a quarter-billion dollar deal, and the …
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NEW YORK: The NBA generated more basketball-related income than ever this past season, bringing the total to just under $9 billion. Good work. The first night of the free agency confirmed how good it was. Nikola Jokic agreed to the biggest contract in NBA history, Bradley Bell agreed to a quarter-billion dollar deal, and the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal was once again forced to dig deep to reach the third round of Wimbledon on Thursday as women’s top seed Iga Sweetek survived a stumble to win her 37th straight match. The Spanish second seed, chasing the Grand Slam, recovered from a third-set loss for the second game in a …
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AMMAN: Jordanian university student Iman Irsheed, who was reportedly shot dead on campus, was buried on Friday in the northern city of Irbid. Arsheed, 18, was killed by an unknown assailant on Thursday. Police said the suspect was wearing a hat. She was a nursing student at the University of Applied Sciences in Shafa Badran …
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AMMAN: Jordanian university student Iman Irsheed, who was reportedly shot dead on campus, was buried on Friday in the northern city of Irbid. Arsheed, 18, was killed by an unknown assailant on Thursday. Police said the suspect was wearing a hat. She was a nursing student at the University of Applied Sciences in Shafa Badran …
The United Nations: The solution to the chronic shortfall in funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East lies in the “political will” that matches declarations of support for its work, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near …
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Greener cities are critical to regional sustainability Effects of a flash flood that hit the village of Burasari in Bogor, Indonesia on June 24, 2022 (AFP) From megacities to megacities, cities of all kinds are experiencing an unprecedented array of threats linked to climate change, necessitating a serious discussion about the importance of moving towards …
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Beirut (Reuters) – Video clips circulated by activists on social media, on Wednesday, showed a young man beating Lebanese and Syrian workers who work in picking cherries on his land in Majdal al-Akoura in northern Lebanon. The shocking footage also showed evidence of torture on the bodies of young men who were filmed asking for …
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Newly appointed Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on the Lebanese to put aside their differences and put the country on the path to recovery. President Michel Aoun appointed Mikati, who is currently the interim prime minister, as prime minister after binding parliamentary consultations. The billionaire, who has already held this position three times, received …
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UNITED NATIONS: Donors have pledged about $160 million to the United Nations Assistance Agency for Palestine Refugees, but it still needs more than $100 million to support education for more than half a million children and provide primary health care for nearly two million people and emergency cash assistance to the poorest refugees, he said …
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