The most recent wave of race-related shootings in the United States — chiefly the police killing of Alton Sterling in Louisiana, the police killing of Philando Castile in Minnesota, and the shooting deaths of five police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas last week — have inspired several recent cases of increased […]
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Report: Bulls signing Isaiah Canaan to two-year, $2.2 million contract
The Bulls traded Jose Calderon to sign Dwyane Wade, but the move also cleared up Chicago’s glut of point guards. Now, the Bulls are bringing in another in Isaiah Canaan. [/restrict] Canaan has steadied himself as a good 3-point shooter… and that’s about it. He’s so limited as a distributor, Ish Smith looked like a […]
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Men golfers have let down sport by Games snub: LET chief
(Reuters) – Ladies European Tour’s chief executive Ivan Khodabakhsh has hit out at the world’s leading men golfers for taking a “myopic approach” and withdrawing from the Rio Olympics, adding that they have let down the rest of the sport. The world’s top four players — Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy […]
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Draymond Green’s smiling mugshot released, details emerge about alleged fight
Three days after Draymond Green was arrested for slapping Michigan State cornerback Jermaine Edmondson, The Detroit News published his Green’s smiling mugshot. Along with the mugshot, new details emerged of the series of events that led up to Green’s arrest outside an East Lansing, Mich., bar. [restrict] According to a police report obtained by TMZ, […]
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Warning of stalled progress against HIV infections, new UN report urges stepped-up prevention efforts
Globally, new HIV infections among adults and children have been reduced by 40 per cent since the peak in 1997, but the decline among adults has stalled for at least five years, according to a new report from the United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response. [restrict] The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) […]
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World decisions determine Pacific’s existence
The existence of Pacific countries depend solemnly on the decisions the world makes, says Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. He made this statement in light of the appeal made by Pacific Island countries to the world on minimising the effect of global warming with a goal to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. “We in […]