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Knicks thriving with their new Karl-Anthony Towns approach

There has been so much discourse this season about the Knicks needing more from Karl-Anthony Towns. But what if they actually need less of him?  This Knicks surge, in which they entered Tuesday’s game against the Pacers at Madison Square Garden having won nine of their past 10 games to save their season from spiraling...

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‘Women’s freedoms are at stake’: concern at rise of Islamist party before Bangladesh election

Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on Thursday

As the clock hit midnight, the women held their flame torches aloft and marched into the Dhaka night. “The people have given their blood, now we want equality,” they shouted above the roar of the traffic.

For many in Bangladesh, the past few weeks have been a cause for jubilation. The first free and fair elections in 17 years have been promised for Thursday, after the toppling of the regime of Sheikh Hasina in a bloody student-led uprising in August 2024 in which more than 1,000 people died.

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© Photograph: Maruf Rahman/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Maruf Rahman/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

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Czech Olympic teammates know what Islanders have in Ondrej Palat

MILAN — After Czechia came off the ice following its practice Tuesday, Radek Faksa was asked whether he’s been picking Radko Gudas’ brain at all about the Olympic experience from 2014 in Sochi. “I talk more with Ondrej Palat,” Faksa said. That’s no shade on Gudas, an alternate captain for the Czechs at these Games...

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Artist accuses AirAsia of using his mural on plane without consent

Ernest Zacharevic alleges the carrier has repeatedly used his art in its external corporate branding without consent

A Malaysia-based artist has filed a lawsuit against the low-cost airline carrier AirAsia and its parent company Capital A Berhad for allegedly using his art on a plane without permission.

Ernest Zacharevic, a Lithuanian-born artist based in Penang, alleged AirAsia used his 2012 street mural, Children on a Bicycle, on an aircraft between October and November 2024.

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© Photograph: Ernest Zacharevic

© Photograph: Ernest Zacharevic

© Photograph: Ernest Zacharevic

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Potential conflicts over celebrating America's 250th anniversary spill out in congressional hearing

Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from private donors for some of the president’s pet projects

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