Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has informed the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any postwar scenario. The announcement on Thursday exposed the deep divisions that have emerged between the close allies three months into Israel’s war against Gaza’s Hamas rulers. 3Benjamin Netanyahu said he … Read more
Salah was forced off just before half-time on Thursday (Picture: Getty) Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool are waiting to learn the full extent of Mohamed Salah’s injury after the ‘big shock’ of seeing him forced off injured at the Africa Cup of Nations. Salah started Egypt’s group stage clash against Ghana on Thursday night but was … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and U.S. Open winner Coco Gauff swept to commanding wins at the Australian Open on Friday to reach the fourth round. Second-seeded Sabalenka beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-0, 6-0 in 52 minutes while No. 4-seeded Gauff dropped just two games in beating fellow American Alycia Parks 6-0, 6-2. Sabalenka, … Read more
The European Union’s competition watchdog plans to block Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal for robot vacuum maker iRobot, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the Roomba vacuum maker plunged 40% to $14 after the bell. Officials from the European Commission met Amazon’s representatives on Thursday to discuss the deal, the report said. The tech giant did not … Read more
Controversial rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has once again been arrested — this time on domestic violence charges in the Dominican Republic. The 27-year-old, whose real name is Daniel Hernández, is being held at a jail in the capital of Santo Domingo as he awaits his Thursday court hearing, when a judge will decide whether he should … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and even sent a plane skidding off a taxiway were expected to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday. New York City — which only on Tuesday saw its first … Read more
The one positive that came out of the Nets’ loss to the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night was Spencer Dinwiddie. The guard scored 19 points with seven assists and was a team-high plus-12 after enduring a slump since taking over the starting point guard role in Ben Simmons’ absence. Early on he seemed to fill … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan’s top diplomat in Washington has a message for both the island’s Chinese adversaries and its American friends: Don’t worry that Taiwan’s new president-elect will worsen relations with Beijing and possibly draw the U.S. into a conflict. President-elect Lai Ching-te plans to keep the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, Alexander Tah-Ray … Read more
Lala Kent says there’s no end in sight for her custody battle with ex-fiancé Randall Emmett. “His side is just so chaotic and I don’t see resolution coming anytime soon,” the “Vanderpump Rules” star, 33, exclusively told Page Six Wednesday night at Bravo’s Season 11 premiere event in Los Angeles. The mom of one — … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades. “I lost 14 years of my life for a crime that I didn’t commit,” Steven Ruffin told a Brooklyn … Read more