Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, beating the Jayson Tatum-less Boston Celtics 109-100 on Saturday night to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit for just the 14th time in NBA playoff history. Embiid finished with 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points, 11…
Two activists from a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla have been presented before an Israeli court days after they were abducted following their detention with 175 other campaigners by Israel in international waters near Greece. Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila have been on a hunger strike during their detention although they have continued…
Quantum mechanics is famous for its strange and often counterintuitive ideas. At very small scales, particles do not behave like everyday objects. Instead, they can exist in multiple states at once, a concept known as superposition. Physicists describe this behavior using a mathematical object called a wavefunction. Yet this picture clashes with what we observe…
Anna Nicole Smith’s Daughter Dannielynn Birkhead Debuts “Goth-Rock” Look at Kentucky Derby 2026 Place your bets on who looked the best at the Kentucky Derby 2026. Given a ton of celebs including Nicole Scherzinger, Lance Bass and Anthony Ramos stepped out at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., for the annual horse races May 2, it’s…
More than $1 billion is poised to flow into the underperforming Hang Seng Tech Index, thanks to the upcoming inclusion of two Chinese artificial intelligence companies, according to Morgan Stanley. Hong Kong’s technology stock index has tumbled more than 11% so far this year, despite excitement over Chinese AI. Only seven of the index’s constituents…
The children, aged 10 to 14, were taken to a hospital for treatment after the explosion in Upper Austria, the police said.
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Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw more US troops from Germany after stunning European leaders and some senior members of his own party by last week announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany. The move left 30,000 US troops still in the country, according to CNN. But Trump threatened on Saturday that more cuts…
Traffic through the waterway has been at a near-standstill since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran in late February and Tehran threatened to attack ships in the strait. Iran has said it laid mines along the most frequently used routes of the narrow waterway, and a senior US Defense Department official says clearing…
