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US immigration agents barred from LA Dodgers' stadium: team
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - The Los Angeles Dodgers said Thursday the club barred federal immigration agents from the team's stadium parking lot as a fresh wave of raids continued across America's second-biggest city.
LA Lakers to be sold in record-breaking $10-billion deal
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold in a record-breaking $10 billion deal that makes the iconic franchise the highest-valued sports team in US history, ESPN reported Wednesday.
From samurai threat to Asian Games as Japan cricket fights obscurity
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» SANO (JAPAN) - Legend has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan's first cricket match in 1863 and the sport has battled for recognition in the baseball-mad country ever since.
Beyond police lines, community and culture persist
Oped, Published on 11/06/2025
» On Saturday, I went to a riot and found myself at a quinceañera -- a traditional coming-of-age celebration for girls in Latino culture.
Red Sox v the 'Mookie Curse'
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 28/05/2025
» For 84 years the Boston Red Sox and their fans had formerly suffered through "The Curse of the Bambino."
Dodgers take throne: New 'Evil Empire' outspends all
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 07/03/2025
» In the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the free-spending New York Yankees ruled MLB, winning numerous World Series, then-Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino hung the tag "Evil Empire" on the Yanks.
Microsoft eyeing TikTok bid to keep app in US, says Trump
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corporation is in talks to acquire the US arm of ByteDance Limited's TikTok, President Donald Trump said Monday night, without elaborating.
Trump says he's open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump said he would be open to billionaire supporter Elon Musk or Oracle Corp Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing social video application TikTok as part of a joint venture with the US government.
Trump seeks last-ditch solution for TikTok
AFP, Published on 18/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - TikTok says it will “go dark” in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law mandating its sale or ban won’t be used to punish service providers.
From ban to buyout: What next for TikTok in the US?
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a law last year forcing its Chinese owner ByteDance to either sell the platform or close it by Sunday.