MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies made 29 3-pointers Monday night against Cleveland, matching an NBA single-game record. The 3-point record had been shared by Milwaukee and Boston. The Bucks made 29 3s in a 144-97 victory at Miami on Dec. 29, 2020, and the Celtics equaled the record in a 132-109 win against …
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan’s Roddy Gayle Jr. snagged a final rebound, then flung the ball to the other end of the court, effectively ending UConn’s frantic bid for a miracle. The horn sounded, and Morez Johnson Jr. came over to share a celebratory scream and hearty hug — from one transfer to another — as …
By Tom Balmforth and John Irish LONDON/PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike U.S. forces and other targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. The conclusions, reviewed by Reuters, also found that Russian and …
By Michael Kahn, Supantha Mukherjee and Tom Balmforth PRAGUE/STOCKHOLM/LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) – Specialist mini jet engine makers across Europe are ramping up production and investment to head off a looming supply shortage that threatens to hold back Ukraine’s rapid deep-strike drone programme at a critical stage of the war with Russia. Mini turbojet drones …
April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday on what she says is a mission of peace, happening at a time Beijing has ramped up its military and political pressure against the democratically governed island. Cheng, chairwoman of the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang or KMT, will be in …
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Hungary’s capital Tuesday in a bid to turn the tide of an election campaign where long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of President Donald Trump, is trailing in the polls. Vance’s two-day trip, where he is scheduled to hold an official …
KYIV, April 7 (Reuters) – A Russian drone strike on a city bus killed three people and injured 12 more on Tuesday in the city of Nikopol in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian officials said. “It is a devastating blow at public transport. It happened during rush hour, just as people were heading to work,” …
SEOUL, April 7 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday that North Korea’s rare conciliatory response to President Lee Jae Myung’s expression of regret over drone incursions marked “meaningful progress” toward easing military tensions. Lee’s government has been seeking to reverse a sharp deterioration in ties between the neighbours, which remain technically at …
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras had a warning for the Milwaukee Brewers after he was hit on the hand by a pitch Monday night from right-hander Brandon Woodruff. Contreras has been hit by a pitch 131 times in his major league career, including 24 times by the Brewers — which …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pushed back a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday, the latest of several deadline delays, and threatened that without a deal “Hell will reign down on them.” Trump’s previous deadline was for March 23, but that shifted …