With LeBron James expected back for his 22nd season, the Los Angeles Lakers are breaking NBA norms by guaranteeing the rookie contract for second-round draft pick Bronny James.
The European Union is drawing up plans to impose customs duties on cheap goods bought from Chinese online retailers including Temu, Shein, and AliExpress, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people briefed on the matter.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today it would revoke the regulation that authorized the use of brominated vegetable oil in food items, effective Aug. 2, as it was no longer safe.
TOKYO >> Japan’s government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese are All-Stars as WNBA rookies, earning berths on the WNBA’s team that will oppose Team USA in the All-Star Game on July 20 in Phoenix.
TOKYO >> Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and female education institutions in an attempt to frustrate counterfeiters.
Utah State gave football coach Blake Anderson notice that it intends to fire him following an investigation into actions he reportedly took in spring 2023, the university announced today.
First responders treated a woman this afternoon for severe burns after her car hit an electric pole and caught on fire in Maili, knocking out electricity for thousands in the area.
Russian attack submarines have conducted missions around the Irish Sea twice since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
The Honolulu Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding four males wanted for the alleged Sunday morning shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Waianae.
NATAL, Brazil >> Passengers from an Air Europa flight diverted to northeastern Brazil due to severe turbulence on Monday said they feared for their lives during the incident which injured around 30 people and left six in hospital.
President Joe Biden will hold a meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday, a White House official said, in the wake of his shaky debate performance last week with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Top U.S. automakers posted slower sales growth for the second quarter as a cyberattack at software systems provider CDK hit operations at several dealerships during the crucial selling period of late June.
WASHINGTON >> The Biden administration has revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei, according to a document first reported by Reuters, as it seeks to…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Eli Lilly’s treatment for early Alzheimer’s, making it the second therapy for slowing the progression of the brain-wasting disease that will be available to U.S. patients.
WASHINGTON>> The United States will soon announce more than $2.3 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said today during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart at the Pentagon.
GAZA >> Israeli forces bombarded several areas of the southern Gaza Strip today and thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in a possible final push of Israel’s intensive military operations in nine months of war.
NEW DELHI, India >> At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India today, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years.
SINTRA, Portugal >> The U.S. is back on a “disinflationary path,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said today, but policymakers need more data before cutting interest rates to verify that recent weaker inflation readings provide an…
NEW YORK >> Rudy Giuliani — the former mayor of New York, top federal prosecutor and a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump — has been disbarred from the practice of law effective immediately, a New York state appellate court…
NEW YORK >> A New York judge today delayed Donald Trump’s sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until Sept. 18, after the former U.S. president asked for a chance to argue he should…
BRIDGETOWN, West Indies >> Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm today after making landfall on smaller islands in the Caribbean, downing power lines, bringing floods and reportedly killing two people.
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Hawaii women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman on Monday announced the signings of an incoming freshman and a Division I transfer for the 2024-25 season.