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Cambodian leader Hun Sen says he is stepping down as prime minister and his son will take the post

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen says will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son.The announcement Wednesday came after his Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory in weekend elections that Western countries and rights organizations criticized as neither free nor fair, in which the country’s main opposition was suppressed.Hun Sen has been Cambodia’s autocratic leader for 38 years but said ahead of the elections he would hand off the position to his oldest son, Hun Manet, sometime during this next five-year term. Hun Manet is currently the chief of the country’s army and won his first seat in parliament in Sunday’s election.Source

Long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will resign in 3 weeks and hand power to his son Hun Manet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will resign in 3 weeks and hand power to his son Hun Manet.Source

Los Angeles takes on Indiana for out-of-conference game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

Indiana Fever (6-16, 4-9 Eastern Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (7-15, 6-10 Western Conference)Los Angeles; Thursday, 3:30 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Sparks take on the Indiana Fever in non-conference action.The Sparks have gone 6-6 in home games. Los Angeles is sixth in the WNBA allowing 82.5 points per game while holding opponents to 46.5% shooting.The Fever are 5-10 in road games. Indiana ranks sixth in the Eastern Conference shooting 32.8% from 3-point range.The teams meet for the second time this season. The won in the last matchup on July 26.TOP PERFORMERS: Nneka Ogwumike is scoring 19.6 points per game with 9.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists for the Sparks. Jordin Canada is averaging 10.8 points and 5.4 assists over the last 10 games for Los Angeles.NaLyssa Smith is averaging 15.6 points and 9.7 rebounds for the Fever. Kelsey Mitchell is averaging 14.8 points and 1.4 rebounds while shooting 38.6% over the last 10 games for Indiana.LAST 10 GAMES: Sparks: 2-8, averaging ...

Liberty face the Dream on 3-game win streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

Atlanta Dream (13-10, 7-7 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (17-5, 10-3 Eastern Conference)New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: New York will attempt to keep its three-game win streak going when the Liberty take on Atlanta.The Liberty are 10-3 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York leads the Eastern Conference in rebounding, averaging 37.7 boards. Breanna Stewart leads the Liberty with 9.3 rebounds.The Dream are 7-7 against Eastern Conference opponents. Atlanta is ninth in the WNBA allowing 84.7 points while holding opponents to 42.5% shooting.The teams square off for the fourth time this season. In the last matchup on June 23 the Liberty won 110-80 led by 19 points from Betnijah Laney, while Rhyne Howard scored 24 points for the Dream.TOP PERFORMERS: Stewart is averaging 22.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Liberty. Sabrina Ionescu is averaging 15.3 points over the last 10 games for New York.Howard is averaging 18.6 points and 3.4 assist...

Two goals in 2 minutes help Japan beat Costa Rica 2-0 at Women’s World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — Hikaru Naomoto and Aoba Fujino scored two minutes apart in the first half to lead Japan to a 2-0 Women’s World Cup victory over Costa Rica on Wednesday that put the Japanese on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage.Japan could advance out of Group C later Wednesday if Spain, ranked sixth in the world, beat 77th-ranked Zambia in Auckland.The two teams kicked off in front of a sparse crowd of 6,992 at Dunedin Stadium, a huge differential from the record sales of over 1.5 million tickets for this year’s tournament. High fan turnout in Auckland and Sydney — there were 117,000 combined at opening night in those cities — have been partly offset by much smaller crowds in Dunedin, where attendance has dropped with each match from an initial high of 13,711.Las Ticas kept the pressure high throughout the match, but the Japanese dominated with precision in ball handling and passes.Mina Tanaka passed the ball to Naomoto, who dribbled past a Costa Rican d...

Al menos 51 ballenas piloto mueren tras quedarse varadas en una playa de Australia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

SIDNEY.- Al menos 51 ballenas piloto de aleta larga murieron el martes tras quedar varadas en la remota playa Cheynes, en el suroeste de Australia, mientras un grupo de ecologistas tratan de rescatar a otros 46 especímenes, informaron este miércoles las autoridades del país oceánico. Un total de 97 ballenas piloto quedaron varadas el martes en aguas poco profundas a unos 150 metros de la playa Cheynes, una ensenada protegida de la región de Australia Occidental que está rodeada por un parque y una reserva natural.“Desafortunadamente, 51 ballenas murieron anoche”, informó hoy el Servicio de Parques y Vida Salvaje de la región de Australia Occidental en las redes sociales.El Servicio de Parques también detalló que los equipos de rescate, veterinarios, expertos en fauna marina y voluntarios que se han desplegado por tierra y mar desde ayer “intentan llevar a las 46 ballenas restantes a aguas profundas a lo largo de la jornada”.Pero estas tareas afrontan una...

Japan 2, Costa Rica 0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

Costa Rica00—0Japan20—2First Half_1, Japan, Naomoto, (Tanaka), 25th minute; 2, Japan, Fujino, (Tanaka), 27th.Second Half_None.Goalies_Costa Rica, Daniela Solera, Genesis Perez, Priscilla Tapia; Japan, Ayaka Yamashita, Momoko Tanaka, Chika Hirao.Yellow Cards_Chinchilla, Costa Rica, 85th.Referee_Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi. Assistant Referees_Francesca Di Monte, Elena Mihaela Tepusa, Massimiliano Irrati. 4th Official_Myriam Marcotte.A_6,992.___Source

Chicago Cubs hit 4 home runs — 2 by Dansby Swanson — in a 7-3 victory over the White Sox in the City Series

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

The Chicago White Sox provided an opening in the second inning of Tuesday’s City Series.It wasn’t long before Dansby Swanson and the Chicago Cubs took advantage.Swanson hit a two-run home run in the second, his first of two homers in the game against Michael Kopech, as the Cubs defeated the Sox 7-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 37,079 at Guaranteed Rate Field.The Cubs finished with four homers to win the opener of the two-game series.The Sox continued their free fall, losing for the sixth time in seven games. They are a season-high 20 games under .500 at 41-61. The Cubs inched closer to the .500 mark (49-51) with their sixth win in seven games.“We’ve been playing really well recently,” Swanson said. “I love our at-bats. I love the way we’re playing defense, the way the pitching staff’s going.“It’s fun to be a part of a collective group that believes in one another and is willing to lay it out there each and every night....

Stock market today: Global markets lower ahead of what traders hope will be a final Fed rate hike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were lower Wednesday after Wall Street hit a 15-month high ahead of what traders hope will be the Federal Reserve’s final increase in this interest rate cycle.London and Paris opened lower. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Oil prices retreated.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.3% on Tuesday after companies reported bigger profits than expected.On Wednesday, investors expect the Fed to raise its key lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to a 22-year high. They hope the U.S. central bank can manage a “soft landing,” extinguishing inflation while avoiding a recession.“There remains a risk that (Fed chair) Jerome Powell could maintain a more hawkish slant than markets would like,” Tim Waterer of KCM Trade said in a report. “With the labor market remaining tight, the Fed chairman will likely want to keep all options open for further tightening.” Meanwhile, traders waited to see how China’s ruling Communist Party will car...

Women’s World Cup rematch pits United States against ailing Dutch squad

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:29 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States and the Netherlands meet again on the Women’s World Cup stage — with smaller stakes than the 2019 title game won by the Americans — and the Dutch team collecting injuries at a terrible time of the tournament.The Netherlands will most likely be without forward Lineth Beerensteyn, who was hurt early in her team’s 1-0 victory over Portugal to open the tournament, when they play the Americans on Thursday in New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington.The Americans are the two-time reigning World Cup champions and Netherlands coach Andries Jonker said on the eve of the match “we would need a miracle” for Beerensteyn to be ready to play.”And if that doesn’t happen, then she won’t participate,” he said.The Netherlands came to the tournament in Australia and New Zealand already missing leading scorer Vivianne Miedema, who ruptured her ACL while playing for Arsenal in December. The forward is the Netherlands’ leading s...