Heat confirm Adebayo, Dragic out for game 2 of NBA Finals

AFP 10/03/2020

MIAMI – The Miami Heat confirmed Friday that Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic will miss game two of the NBA Finals as the Heat try to rebound from their opening loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Dragic…

‘Leading by example’: LeBron and NBA boost voter rights

AFP 09/29/2020

New Cleveland resident Steven Catudal was eager to register to vote in his adopted state of Ohio. He found an unlikely ally to thank for smoothing that process during a turbulent election year: basketball superstar LeBron James.…

Global coronavirus death toll passes one million

AFP 09/28/2020

PARIS, France – The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed one million on Sunday. The pandemic has ravaged the global…

LeBron, Lakers back in NBA Finals after holding off Nuggets

AFP 09/27/2020

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by a triple-double from superstar LeBron James, beat the Denver Nuggets 117-107 on Saturday to reach the NBA Finals. With the win in the league’s quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida, the Lakers…

Casimero retains WBO title, blasts Micah in 3 rounds

AFP 09/27/2020

John Riel Casimero of the Philippines made a successful first defense of his WBO bantamweight crown on Sunday (Manila time), knocking out Ghana’s Duke Micah in the third round of their title fight in Connecticut. The 30-year-old…

Lockdown making birdsongs ‘sexier’

AFP 09/26/2020

WASHINGTON — As the streets of San Francisco emptied out in the first months of the pandemic, the city’s male birds began singing more softly and improving their vocal range, making them “sexier” to females, according to…

US passes 200K virus deaths as spread quickens worldwide

AFP 09/23/2020

WASHINGTON — The United States has passed 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, as a record-breaking wave of new infections forces authorities in Europe to reimpose lockdown restrictions. The world’s most powerful nation hit the figure just 41…

Constricting or constrictor? Man uses snake as face mask

AFP 09/19/2020

Public transport bosses in northwest England on Tuesday clarified the rules on face coverings after a bus passenger was spotted with a snake around his neck and mouth. The commuter was spotted on a bus bound for…

Chinese hackers ‘stole data from Spanish vaccine labs’— report

AFP 09/19/2020

Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID-19, El Pais newspaper reported Friday. The report emerged as drug companies around the world race to produce an effective jab to counter a…

Plants, bugs seize China green apartments

AFP 09/16/2020

BEIJING — An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a “vertical forest,” with manicured gardens on every balcony. All 826 apartments were sold out by April this year, according to…

With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand

AFP 09/14/2020

BANGKOK, Thailand — With millions around the world stuck at home due to the pandemic, “plane cafes” in Thailand are offering customers the chance to pretend they are in the sky — and the idea seems to…

Protesters block buses outside NBA campus, asking for help

AFP 09/13/2020

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida — A small number of protesters carrying signs and shouting into megaphones blocked at least two buses chartered by the NBA from briefly from entering the Walt Disney World campus on Saturday night,…

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