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NBA play-in tournament: Thompson?s 23 helps Mavericks eliminate Kings

Klay Thompson scored 16 of his 23 points in Dallas? dominant second quarter to get redemption for his dud in Sacramento a year ago, helping the Maveri...

Temu and Shein drop US ad spending as they face tariffs on even small sales

Temu and Shein are cutting back their spending on US social media advertising as they lose an exemption on tariffs for many of their shipments from Ch...

Trump?s trade war: the view from China ? podcast

After a fortnight in which Donald Trump?s ?liberation day? tariffs evolved into an escalating trade war with China, a sense of defiant nationalism has...

?Who is going to face Mr Trump?: Canada leaders? debate dominated by US crisis

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the key question in Canada?s upcoming election is who is best to deal with Donald Trump as he faced his Conservative r...

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hails ?good progress? on minerals deal talks

Minerals deal negotiators have made ?good progress?, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday. A senior official with knowledge...

Fifty years on, New Zealand?s tribunal upholding M?ori rights faces a turning point

In the 1980s, New Zealand?s department of M?ori affairs set aside money for language groups to spend on projects as they saw fit. When Wellington teac...