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Los Angeles faces Seattle following Clarendon’s 30-point game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

Los Angeles Sparks (16-23, 8-11 Western Conference) at Seattle Storm (11-27, 8-11 Western Conference)Seattle; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles visits the Seattle Storm after Layshia Clarendon scored 30 points in the Sparks’ 96-89 loss to the New York Liberty.The Storm’s record in Western Conference games is 8-11. Seattle has a 2-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.The Sparks are 8-11 in Western Conference play. Los Angeles allows 80.3 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.7 points per game.The two teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Storm defeated the Sparks 72-61 in their last matchup on Sept. 1. Jewell Loyd led the Storm with 25 points, and Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with 11 points.TOP PERFORMERS: Loyd is scoring 24.4 points per game with 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Storm. Ezi Magbegor is averaging 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocks over the last 10 games for Seattle.Jordin Canada is averaging 13.3 poin...

Dallas visits Atlanta following Howard’s 21-point game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

Dallas Wings (20-18, 11-9 Western Conference) at Atlanta Dream (19-20, 11-9 Eastern Conference)College Park, Georgia; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Atlanta plays the Dallas Wings after Rhyne Howard scored 21 points in the Atlanta Dream’s 80-75 victory over the Washington Mystics.The Dream have gone 11-8 in home games. Atlanta is sixth in the WNBA with 35.9 points in the paint led by Cheyenne Parker averaging 8.6.The Wings are 10-9 on the road. Dallas is sixth in the Western Conference allowing 84.9 points while holding opponents to 44.5% shooting.The teams play for the third time this season. In the last meeting on June 21 the Wings won 85-73 led by 23 points from Natasha Howard, while Rhyne Howard scored 15 points for the Dream.TOP PERFORMERS: Rhyne Howard is averaging 17.4 points and 3.4 assists for the Dream. Parker is averaging 19.0 points over the last 10 games for Atlanta.Satou Sabally is scoring 18.8 points per game and averaging 8.2 rebounds for the Wings. Arike Ogunb...

Indiana and Minnesota meet for non-conference matchup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

Minnesota Lynx (19-19, 12-8 Western Conference) at Indiana Fever (12-27, 5-15 Eastern Conference)Indianapolis; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx take on Aliyah Boston and the Indiana Fever in cross-conference action.The Fever have gone 5-14 at home. Indiana is 5-11 in games decided by 10 or more points.The Lynx have gone 10-9 away from home. Minnesota averages 13.3 turnovers per game and is 9- when winning the turnover battle.The teams meet for the fourth time this season. The Fever won 91-73 in the last matchup on Aug. 10.TOP PERFORMERS: Boston is averaging 14.3 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Fever. Kelsey Mitchell is averaging 21.9 points over the last 10 games for Indiana.Dorka Juhasz is averaging 6.1 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Lynx. Collier is averaging 20.5 points over the last 10 games for Minnesota.LAST 10 GAMES: Fever: 5-5, averaging 84.0 points, 33.0 rebounds, 18.7 assists, 6.4 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% fr...

Morocco’s government says 632 died and 329 were injured after a powerful quake, more than doubling the earlier toll

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s government says 632 died and 329 were injured after a powerful quake, more than doubling the earlier toll.Source

Poderoso terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacude Marruecos y deja cientos de muertos, reportan autoridades

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

(CNN) — Un fuerte terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacudió Marruecos cerca de las 11:00 p.m. este viernes, hora local, y se reportan cientos de muertos.Última hora del terremoto en Marruecos, en vivo: noticias, muertos, daños y másAl menos 632 personas murieron y otras 329 resultaron heridas tras el terremoto, informó el canal de televisión estatal Al-Aoula, citando al Ministerio del Interior, en una actualización de las cifras el sábado por la mañana.Daños tras el terremoto en Marruecos. (Crédito: Al-Aoula)El Ministerio del Interior de Marruecos instó a la gente a mantener la calma y “evitar el pánico”, dijo en un breve discurso Rashid Al-Khalfi, secretario General de Asuntos Internos del Ministerio del Interior del país.Al-Khalfi dijo en el discurso transmitido por los medios estatales del país que el gobierno ya ha activado todos los recursos disponibles para hacer frente a esta tragedia.El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo que ...

G20 adds the African Union as a member in a push to give a greater voice to developing nations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Group of 20 top world economies welcomed the African Union as a member, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, adding momentum to his drive to give a greater voice to the Global South as host of this year’s annual summit.Modi announced the membership during his opening speech for the weekend summit of the G20. Growing global rifts and the absence of key players threatened to make reaching consensus on the thorniest issues elusive.There was widespread support, however, for adding the AU to the G20, making it the second regional bloc to become a permanent member after the European Union.Modi rapped his gavel three times before announcing the move to applause in the room. He shook hands with the current AU chair, Comoros President Azali Assoumani, and embraced him warmly before inviting him to sit at the table.“I invite the representative of the African Union to take his place as a permanent member of the G20,” Modi said. Modi has made giving voice to t...

Biden, Modi and EU to announce rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday were to outline plans for a rail and shipping corridor that would connect India with the Middle East and ultimately Europe — a possible game changer for global trade to be announced at the Group of 20 summit.The project would include the United States, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the European Union and other countries in the G20, said Jon Finer, Biden’s principal deputy national security adviser.Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plan to announce the project as part of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment. The rail and shipping corridor would enable greater trade among the countries, including energy products. It could also be one of the more ambitious counters to China’s massive infrastructure program, through which it has sought to connect more of the world to that country’s economy.Finer laid out three ...

Review: ‘Starfield’ raises the bar with rich, engrossing universe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

Bethesda Game Studios needed a win.The developer’s last major release, “Fallout 76,” was a critical failure, due in part to Bethesda’s decision to stray from the “Fallout” franchise’s single-player roots and experiment with multiplayer.And before that, “Fallout 4” released to mixed reviews, with many fans and critics comparing it unfavourably to earlier instalments.Not since 2011’s “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” has a mainline Bethesda game enjoyed widespread critical acclaim.With the release of the highly anticipated sci-fi epic “Starfield,” Bethesda is hoping to restore its reputation — to be known not as a maker of bug-filled games with thin storylines, but of captivating open worlds that beg to be explored.“Starfield,” which came out on Sept. 6, is the studio’s first new universe in 25 years, as they were fond of reminding people during the hype campaign leading up to the launch....

Actor Devery Jacobs hopes less star-studded TIFF creates ‘hunger’ for indie features

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

TORONTO — Actor and producer Devery Jacobs hopes this year’s less star-studded Toronto International Film Festival will put the spotlight on smaller projects and create a hunger for more independent features. Jacobs is promoting the queer cheerleading feature film “Backspot,” which made its world première Friday. The film has sold out its three performances during the festival.Jacobs attributes the success of the film in part to the fact that many celebrities are prevented from promoting larger projects amid ongoing actor and writer strikes in Hollywood. The Mohawk actor says she supports the strikes but is happy to be in Toronto to promote a project she helped produce and also stars in. The Canadian film was cleared by the strike but American co-star Evan Rachel Wood, who stars as a cheerleading coach, was prevented from attending due to the ongoing strikes. Jacobs says this year’s festival feels different than previous years but sees it as a positive for sm...

Foreign aid: Ottawa overhauling ‘risk-averse’ red tape for charities operating abroad

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:28 GMT

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is reforming its bureaucratic system for funding foreign-aid initiatives in a bid to approve funding requests faster and eliminate multiple layers of red tape.Charities say Canada’s international aid system is notoriously cumbersome. The system provides more than $6.5 billion a year in development aid for everything from education and climate-change adaptation to gender equality, in addition to humanitarian funding for emerging crises.“They know they’ve been risk-averse. They know that the systems are outdated. They know that the administrative burden … is too high,” said Shannon Kindornay, the head of operations for Cooperation Canada, whose group represents more than 95 non-profits.The overhaul, referred to as the “grants and contribution transformation initiative” includes updating how Global Affairs staff assess funding applications from Canadian and foreign aid groups, as well as the reporting requirements Ottaw...