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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Eian Elmer scored 22 points and Miami (Ohio) beat SMU 89-79 on Wednesday night in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament victory in 27 years. Elmer went 6 of 9 from 3-point range as the 11th-seeded RedHawks (32-1), undefeated during the regular season, advanced in the Midwest Region to …
The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home. “We did it, America! Yeah, we did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Right on!” the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, …
(Corrects number of countries meeting in Riyadh to 12 instead of six and changes their description to ‘Muslim-majority’ from ‘Islamic’, in paragraph 18) By Andrew Mills and Timour Azhari DOHA/RIYADH, March 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said an angry Israel “violently lashed out” and attacked Iran’s major gas field, a significant escalation in …
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. The Trump administration for a time put Mora Namdar, a lawyer of Iranian descent with limited management experience, in charge before later moving her to a different post. …
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — BTS will stage its long-awaited comeback concert on Saturday night at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, one of South Korea’s most famous landmarks that represents its royal heritage and political and cultural life. In a free concert expected to draw tens of thousands of fans, the K-pop juggernaut’s seven members, all South …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White House on Thursday originally seemed like a prime opportunity to have President Donald Trump’s ear before he embarked on a trip to China. Trump has repeatedly complained on camera and online that U.S. allies, including Japan, have rejected his …
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security presented a softer approach on federal emergency management in his Senate confirmation hearing, rejecting the idea of eliminating FEMA and pledging to undo some of his predecessor’s unpopular policies. The remarks by Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday raised hopes among disaster response managers that a …
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares retreated Thursday in Asia after stocks on Wall Street slumped as oil prices spiked at more than $110 a barrel. U.S. stocks also sagged due to a report that said inflation was primed to worsen even before the war with Iran sent oil and gas prices spiking. That, and comments from …
(Fixes typo in paragraph 1.) BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) – Several countries will send representatives to attend the Boao Forum, an international summit sometimes referred to as Asia’s answer to the World Economic Forum’s meetings in Davos, Switzerland, the organisers said on Thursday. The summit is usually also addressed by a top Chinese government official. …
BANGKOK, March 19 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Anutin Charnvirakul was nominated on Thursday to contest a parliamentary vote on a prime minister, as he seeks a mandate to form a new government after his Bhumjaithai Party’s election win last month. (Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Martin Petty) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.