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New York Knicks reportedly looking to create cap space; could the Celtics capitalize?

Alec Burks in particular might be an ideal target for Boston.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 21, 2022

Weezer books 5-night Broadway residency this fall for new ‘SZNZ’ project

NEW YORK — Weezer is headed to Broadway.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Kyrie Irving trying to create leverage with Nets?

A report from Shams Charania of The Athletic on Monday indicated that Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets have stalled in their conversations over their future together. The report indicated that the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Los ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 21, 2022

John Barilaro received plum New York trade job after senior public servant had already been offered it

Gladys Berejiklian told Jenny West she had the job in August but that offer was later rescinded and the role readvertised

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2022

Guterres Says Syrians Living on Brink, Calls for Extending Aid Delivery

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented on Monday “stark figures” on millions of Syrians who are in dire need for humanitarian aid. This came in his remarks to the UN Security Council in New York on the humanitarian situation in Syria. He said 90% of the population live below the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

UN Urges South Sudan to Agree on Elections

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urged the parties in South Sudan to implement the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict before the end of the transitional period in February 2023. Guterres called for the completion of transitional security arrangements, agreeing on an electoral timetable, and "immediately engaging" in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

Russian Journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize Fetches Record $103.5 Mln at Auction to Aid Ukraine Children

Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia's last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with the World…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

Ukraine Says Attacks Escalating, as Russia-EU Tensions Surge

Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports sparked fresh tensions with Europe as fears grow of a global food crisis, while Kyiv accused Moscow of stepping up attacks in the east of the country. In New York, Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off his…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

New York has (Bronx) bombers; we have bummers

It’s tough enough being a Chicago baseball fan, and seeing the dominant Yankees on top makes it even worse.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 21, 2022

Emails show applicants for John Barilaro's new US trade commissioner job were shortlisted before it was readvertised

Documents show candidates for the New York-based job, worth up to $600,000 annually, were shortlisted in April last year and that appointments were meant to go to cabinet.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022