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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In early April, with just five games remaining in the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that star guard Luka Doncic would be sidelined at least until the NBA playoffs.Doncic’s setback was a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, an MRI confirmed. The reigning NBA scoring champion sustained the injury during an April 2 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers also entered the playoffs without another key member of their backcourt, Austin Reaves.The shorthanded Lakers upset the Houston Rockets in the opening game of their first-round Western Conference series Saturday.…

FBI zeroes in on key dates in Nancy Guthrie disappearance case amid sheriff recall effort The FBI significantly advances the Nancy Guthrie disappearance case, zeroing in on two crucial dates before the 84-year-old went missing in Arizona on January 31. This development comes as Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos faces a recall effort, with critics highlighting his inconsistent communications and the eroding public trust in the ongoing investigation. Retired NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro discusses the impact of these missteps on the high-profile missing persons case. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The lawyer for Pima County Sheriff Chris…

Japan will host the women’s basketball World Cup in 2030 and France the men’s tournament in 2031, the International Basketball Federation has revealed.The women’s competition will be held in Tokyo from November 26 to December 8, 2030, while the men’s World Cup will be contested across Lille, Lyon and Paris from August 29 to September 14, 2031.Japan and France both hosted the recent summer Olympic Games, with Tokyo staging the 2020 Games delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and Paris hosting the Olympics in 2024. Japan’s women and France’s men won silver medals on home soil at those games.”Japan and France…

HANOI: Vietnam and South Korea’s leaders agreed to boost cooperation in nuclear energy and high-tech at a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday (Apr 22), as the two countries seek to strengthen supply chains amid global trade turmoil.In their second meeting since August, Vietnam’s top leader To Lam and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung attended the signing in Hanoi of 12 non-binding documents, including on energy, technology and security cooperation. The partners agreed to study the possibility of cooperation for a nuclear power plant development and financing.Vietnam is seeking a partner to develop a nuclear power plant with a planned…

NewsFeedTwo people have been killed after Israeli settlers opened fire on a school in the occupied West Bank, including a 14-year-old boy shot in the head. The attack comes amid a surge in violence by settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinians.Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sparks flew on Capitol Hill as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh of being a potential “sock puppet” for President Donald Trump.Warsh, tapped by Trump in January to lead the Federal Reserve, faced a two-and-a-half-hour confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.If confirmed, he would take the helm of the world’s most powerful central bank, shaping interest rates, borrowing costs and the financial outlook for millions of American households for the next four years.WHO IS KEVIN WARSH, TRUMP’S PICK TO SUCCEED JEROME POWELL AS…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chadwick Scott Willacy, convicted of first degree murder for setting his elderly neighbor on fire after she allegedly caught him burglarizing her home, maintained his innocence right before being executed by the State of Florida on Tuesday.”To the victim’s family, I hope this brings you peace. If it does, that’s good,” Willacy said, according to The Associated Press. “But this is not right.”The state pronounced the 58-year-old dead at 6:15 p.m. after administering him a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison.Willacy was convicted in 1991 for the 1990 murder of 56-year-old…

Appeals judges have ruled the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, dismissing a bid to throw out his trial over his alleged pivotal role in the murder of thousands of people.Families of the victims who were watching the proceedings from the Philippines erupted in joy on Wednesday when the court verdict was read out.Duterte, who has been held in detention at the ICC in The Hague since his arrest in March 2025, was not in court.The Philippines formally withdrew its ICC membership in 2018, and Duterte’s defence had argued this meant the court had no…

JAKARTA: Indonesia Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa on Wednesday (Apr 22) floated the idea of imposing a levy on ships passing through the Malacca Strait, as part of a push to maximise the country’s strategic position along global trade and energy routes.Local media cited Mr Purbaya as saying that the proposal aligns with President Prabowo Subianto’s directive that Indonesia should no longer see itself as a “peripheral nation”, but one that is a “key player” on the global economic stage.“As the president has instructed, Indonesia is not a peripheral country. We sit on a strategic global trade and energy route,…

NewsFeedTwo competitors were filmed helping a runner who had collapsed from exhaustion during the Boston Marathon on Monday. Ajay Haridas had fallen just metres before the finish line, only to be helped across by the two participants.Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo