LA Clippers fined $30m over Leonard pay scandal
The LA Clippers are fined $30m by the NBA for violating salary rules in order to funnel millions of dollars to star player Kawhi Leonard.
Category: World
UN warns of ‘supersized’ El Niño as countries prepare for impact
The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.
US sailors go shopping before hitting the bars in Thailand after 250-day voyage
With military haircuts and moustaches, the US sailors stood out against the flip-flops of the usual Pattaya crowd, writes the BBC’s Jonathan Head.
Channel smuggling gangs resort to ‘mega-dinghies’ as crackdown limits small boat supply
Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found.
Latin America Goes All-In On ‘Aura Farming’ Craze
Young people across Latin America are gathering on beaches, parks and other public spaces to take part in “aura battles,” a trend that has moved
Virginia couple arrested after 5-year-old nonverbal daughter is found dead in South Carolina waters
John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, were charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk or willfully abandoning a child.
Ukrainian LSU women’s basketball player leaves team over signing of Russian recruit
Kate Koval left the women’s basketball program “to remain true to myself, my values and my country.”
Tens of thousands rally across Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis
Tens of thousands rallied across Spain protesting the government’s handling of the Ceuta migrant crisis.
Maltese tycoon acquitted of killing journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
The last man prosecuted over the 2017 killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted.
US forces board and destroy alleged cartel boat in eastern Pacific
US forces boarded and sank a boat in the eastern Pacific saying it was a floating refueling station for drug-traffickers
US sailors arrive in Thailand’s Pattaya after record 250 days at sea
The USS Abraham Lincoln is docking close to Pattaya, known for its neon-lit nightlife, and for sex tourism.
Will self-flying planes transform the skies?
Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.
Ariana Grande makes emotional tour exit and steps back from public life
The star makes an emotional farewell as she wraps up a tour she’s described as her “last hurrah”.
Remarkable US oil deal puzzles analysts – and angers many Venezuelans
Amounting to 65 billion barrels of crude, the deal is labelled by one ex-envoy as a colonialist “fever dream”.