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Ujiri hired as president of NBA's Mavericks

Ujiri hired as president of NBA's Mavericks

Masai Ujiri was named president of the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, given the task of leading a revival of a club that reached the NBA Finals in 2024. Ujiri will oversee all aspects of basketball operations for the Mavericks, including roster moves and scouting, to revamp a team that went

Demi Moore joins Cannes Festival jury

Demi Moore joins Cannes Festival jury

American actor Demi Moore, still riding high from the late-career boost of her Oscar-nominated turn in "The Substance", will join the jury for the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off next week, organisers announced on Monday. The film extravaganza on the French Riviera, one of the

Two dead after car ploughs into people in Germany's Leipzig: mayor

Two dead after car ploughs into people in Germany's Leipzig: mayor

A car ploughed into people on a street Germany's eastern city of Leipzig on Monday, leaving at least two dead and several injured, authorities said. The driver was arrested after the vehicle careered from a main square down a major city centre street, close to historic sites. Leipzig

UniCredit raises capital ahead of Commerzbank takeover bid

UniCredit raises capital ahead of Commerzbank takeover bid

Shareholders in Italy's UniCredit approved on Monday an increase in share capital that enables the Italian bank to mount a 35-billion-euro ($41-billion) hostile bid for its German rival Commerzbank UniCredit shareholders approved a motion to issue additional shares to raise share capital by up 6.

War in the Middle East: latest developments

War in the Middle East: latest developments

The latest developments in the Middle East war: - US destroyers in Hormuz - US guided-missile destroyers have entered the Gulf as part of a mission to escort ships through the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, the US military said. The warships "are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf after

Migrants deported from US stranded, 'scared' in DR Congo

Migrants deported from US stranded, 'scared' in DR Congo

Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States. But their predicament is far from the worst of it: the men and

Famed cartoonist Chappatte calls medium a 'barometer' of freedom

Famed cartoonist Chappatte calls medium a 'barometer' of freedom

Celebrated Swiss political cartoonist Patrick Chappatte, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Der Spiegel and other leading newspapers, said Monday his profession is on the "front line" of a battle for democracy. "If you want to know the state of democracy in any nation