The Latest on the NBA’s relationship with China (all times local): 6:25 p.m. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he’s still planning to go to China on Wednesday in advance of preseason games there between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets later in the week. Silver also says the league is “apologetic” over the […]
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The truck drivers at Phoenix Transit & Logistics in Dearborn, Mich., are long gone. Around three dozen of the trailers they once ferried between auto plants — packed with dashboards, engine components, lights and other parts for General Motors — are sitting in a lot with nowhere to go. It’s an increasingly familiar scene as
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChrystie Jenkins says there was no communication or teamwork at the hospital she was treated in There is a “very long way to go” before maternity services at Cwm Taf health board can be declared safe, an independent review panel has said. The panel was appointed after
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The NBA’s largest store outside North America is in Beijing China’s state broadcaster has scrapped plans to show two US NBA basketball pre-season exhibition games, as the row over a team executive’s tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters grows. Houston Rockets boss Daryl Morley apologised after his tweet, from
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Halloween and haunted houses go together like costumed children and epic sugar highs. This year, perhaps you would like to spend Oct. 31 with an overnight stay at a house or hotel frequented by the dearly departed. In the United States, there’s no shortage of rumored haunted accommodations, and the five options here celebrate their
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Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced Tuesday it will no longer air two NBA preseason games set to be played in the country. In a statement, CCTV indicated the decision was prompted by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s remarks in Japan following a tweet by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey last week that supported anti-government demonstrations
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China’s chief trade envoy is going to Washington on Thursday for talks aimed at ending a tariff war. Vice Premier Liu He will lead a delegation that includes China’s commerce minister and central bank governor and industry, technology and agriculture regulators, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. The two governments have made conciliatory gestures ahead
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionListen to William, Harry, Meghan and Kate in the advert A mental health website struggled to cope with demand after a promotional video voiced by the dukes and duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex aired on TV. The film screened on Sky, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and
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