BOSTON — The Celtics cruised along midway through the third quarter, looking every bit like the defending champions as they built a massive lead. But the Knicks stunned the Celtics in an 108-105 overtime thriller Monday at TD Garden. New York stole both Game 1 of the East semifinals and home-court advantage in one swoop…
Diljit Dosanjh made his much-anticipated debut at the 2025 MET Gala, turning heads with a look inspired by regal Indian heritage. Dressed by designer Prabal Gurung, the singer-actor paid tribute to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, one of India’s most flamboyant royals known for his opulent taste and extravagant jewellery. Diljit arrived wearing an ivory…
Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American consumers. “Explosive” is how Carol Tomé, UPS’s chief executive, in July described the volume of shipments from e-commerce companies selling Chinese goods in the United States. And FedEx’s chief customer…
Data and AI tools enable broad surveillance of social media Tada Images/Shutterstock The US government is expanding its surveillance of social media to monitor millions of visitors and immigrants – and its embrace of more data analytics and artificial intelligence tools could increase scrutiny of US citizens as well. “It is nearly – if not…
At this point, the Denver Nuggets acquiring Aaron Gordon has to be up there with the greatest non-superstar trades in recent, if not all of, NBA history. The fit has been extraordinary from the start as Gordon, with Nikola Jokić as his quarterback, has unlocked the best imaginable basketball version of himself. On Monday, the dividends of…
Elon Musk may have a sizable fan base, but residents of the upscale Austin suburb of West Lake Hills, Texas, are unimpressed by their celebrity neighbor, reports the New York Times. Instead, a $6 million home Musk purchased in 2022 has become the center of a battle after his team erected an unauthorized 16-foot chain-link…
From the moment Donald Trump on May 4 proclaimed 100% tariffs on movies produced in “foreign lands,” a throw down with Gavin Newsom was inevitable. Now the California Governor wants Trump to get behind a national tax incentives program similar to what other nations have been using for years, but with a lot more zeros…
It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then a month ago, as a new government was still working to steady Bangladesh’s economy, came the devastating news that the United States was placing…
India’s government has ordered officials to carry out civil defense drills in much of the country on Wednesday as it prepares for a potential military conflict with Pakistan, its neighbor and archrival. Tensions between the nuclear-armed countries, which have fought several wars, have escalated since April 22, when gunmen killed 26 people in the India-controlled…
