NBA: Generous Nikola Jokic ‘picks Heat apart’ in Finals Game 1 win

Agence France Presse 06/02/2023

Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic knows how to let the game come to him — and the Denver Nuggets star wasn’t about to start forcing things on the biggest stage of all. “I think that’s…

And just like that… Kim Cattrall to appear in ‘Sex and the City’ sequel

Agence France Presse 06/02/2023

NEW YORK, United States — Samantha Jones, Kim Cattrall’s beloved character from “Sex and the City,” will make a shock (and very brief) return in the sequel to the cult series, streaming platform Max has confirmed, to…

Filipinos demand right to divorce: ‘We want to break free’

Agence France Presse 06/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Mother-of-three Stella Sibonga is desperate to end a marriage she never wanted. But divorce in the Catholic-majority country is illegal, and a court annulment takes years. The Philippines is the only place outside the…

NBA: Jimmy Butler is Miami Heat’s man for ‘moments of truth’

Agence France Presse 05/31/2023

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has used an array of adjectives to describe Jimmy Butler over the course of his team’s remarkable postseason campaign. On Monday, Spoelstra was once again plundering his vocabulary after Butler led…

Russian ‘spy’ whale surfaces in Sweden

Agence France Presse 05/31/2023

STOCKHOLM — A harness-wearing beluga whale that turned up in Norway in 2019, sparking speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian Navy, has appeared off Sweden’s coast, an organization following him said on Monday. First…

NBA: Derrick White hits buzzer-beater, Celtics force Game 7 vs Heat

Agence France Presse 05/28/2023

With a dramatic, buzzer-beater from Derrick White, the Boston Celtics forced their NBA Eastern Conference Finals series with the Miami Heat to a winner-take-all game seven with a 104-103 win in South Florida on Saturday. The Celtics…

Miami Heat’s confidence not hit by heavy losses to Boston Celtics — Adebayo

Agence France Presse 05/27/2023

MIAMI – The Miami Heat suffered a crushing 110-97 defeat to the Boston Celtics in Game 5, cutting their series lead in the Eastern Conference finals to 3-2, but center Bam Adebayo insists their confidence hasn’t taken a hit.…

For the Nuggets, long wait for NBA Finals is a unique challenge

Agence France Presse 05/27/2023

MIAMI – For the Denver Nuggets, their 4-0 sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Final, has left them with something rarely experienced in the NBA – time on their hands. While Miami and the Boston…

NBA: Celtics sense chance to turn the heat on Miami

Agence France Presse 05/25/2023

No team has ever come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the NBA playoffs but after their win at the Miami Heat on Tuesday, the Boston Celtics clearly sense a chance of history. The Heat, now…

LeBron James mulling retirement after Lakers’ NBA playoffs exit

Agence France Presse 05/23/2023

LeBron James is reportedly considering retirement from basketball after the Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the NBA playoffs by the Denver Nuggets on Monday. ESPN reported that the 38-year-old was thinking about “walking away” from…

‘No legs, no limits’: Gurkha amputee scales Everest

Agence France Presse 05/21/2023

KATHMANDU — Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, who was almost killed serving with the British army in Afghanistan, has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, a member of his team said Sunday. “He reached…

El Salvador football stadium stampede kills 12—police

Agence France Presse 05/21/2023

Twelve people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where football fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said. Authorities said initial reports pointed to a crush of fans who tried…

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