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Just as she had done in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, Leonie Fiebich made a decisive three-pointer when her team needed her. With the scores level with just 5.2 seconds left in regulation, the decisive Game 5 between New York and Minnesota went to overtime. Fiebich hit a three-pointer seconds into the extra frame to give the Liberty the lead, before German teammate Nyara Sabally extend the Liberty’s advantage. It would be one they never relinquished as the Liberty won their first-ever WNBA championship, ending a run of five previous final appearances without a…

Skip next section India’s Modi says he’s en route to Kazan, seeking to build on Russia ties10/22/2024October 22, 2024India’s Modi says he’s en route to Kazan, seeking to build on Russia tiesIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said early on Tuesday that he had departed for the BRICS summit in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan.  “India attaches immense importance to BRICS, and I look forward to extensive discussions on a wide range of subjects. I also look forward to meeting various leaders there,” he said.  In a slightly longer press release, Modi also made reference to his visit to Moscow in July…

At least six people have died after Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba over the weekend during a massive power outage, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday. The Hurricane made landfall on Sunday and crossed the island nation’s eastern coast as a tropical storm on Monday, bringing with it winds and a heavy rainfall. The eastern province of Guantanamo has suffered severe damage due to the storm, the president said in a televised comment. On Friday, Cuba’s largest power plant collapsed, crippling the entire grid and leaving the Communist-run country’s 10 million people in darkness.  The blackout triggered small protests and a stringent…

Italian best-selling author, journalist and outspoken government critic Roberto Saviano is attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair —  but only because he received a special invitation from the German organizers following a controversy in his home country. Saviano has built his reputation on exposing and criticizing the Mafia in books such as  “Gomorrah” (2006), as well as his latest novel, “Falcone” — centered on the life and death of Italy’s most famous anti-Mafia crusader, judge Giovanni Falcone. In recent years, however, Saviano has also drawn media attention for his harsh criticism of Italy’s far-right government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The author was forced to pay…

A lot of time, effort and money goes into presidential and national elections in the United States, and this year is no exception. But combing through the data since 2009 shows that no matter who was in power, the economy seemed to be equally driven by global events, demographic developments and decisions made in the White House.  The period from 2009 to 2024 covers both of Barack Obama’s two terms in office plus the single presidential terms of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, which is slowly coming to an end. Looking back at Obama, Trump and Biden There were two major disruptors for…

A Japanese police chief has apologised in person to a man who spent 58 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit.Iwao Hakamada, 88, was kept on death row for more than 50 of those years before being acquitted in a retrial last month. Shizuoka District Court said police and prosecutors had collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against the former boxer, and used violence to force him to confess. Image: Iwao Hakamada, (C) and his sister Hideko, (R). Pic: AP Shizuoka Prefectural Police Chief Takayoshi Tsuda visited Mr Hakamada at his home to apologise in person on Monday.Standing…

With a minute and a half to go in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, Leonie Fiebich took a quick glance at the basket before sinking a three-pointer. New York’s lead was restored to nine points — and the Liberty cruised to an 80-66 win. This came as her team looked to be on the verge of blowing it in front of a record crowd of 18,040 spectators in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center — just like in Game 1, when New York let an 18-point lead slip through their hands on the way…

A referendum in Moldova on joining the European Union appeared too close to call early Monday morning, with 98% of the count showing the “yes” vote at 50.03% and the “no” vote coming in at 49.97%, according to the country’s election commission.  Earlier, Moldovans appeared to have had rejected plans for the former Soviet republic to add its goal of joining the EU to the constitution, preliminary results from 70% of ballots in the country’s referendum showed on Sunday evening. However, ballots from Moldovans living abroad were counted towards the end, giving the “yes” camp a last-minute push.  A largely agricultural country of…

Two gunmen in southern Mexico shot dead a Catholic Priest, who was also an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers, amid a surge in violence in the southern Chiapas region. Marcelo Perez was killed in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas, in the state of Chiapas, as he was returning to his home church after officiating a mass. According to state prosecutors, the religious leader was shot in his car by two men on a motorcycle. Who was Marcelo Perez? Perez belonged to the Tzotzil Indigenous Maya group. He had served the community for nearly 20 years and…

When teens in Germany and around the world use the word “aura,” it is not a wholly new take on the original, which is the distinctive atmosphere or essence surrounding a person. But Generation Z and Generation Alpha have given aura a slightly new twist by using the term as a positive expression of being cool or doing good deeds. The 2024 German Youth word of the year, which was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Saturday, can also be expressed as “aura points.” “Your aura is the sum of your aura points,” explained TikTok teacher of youth slang, Mr Lindsay,…