4 May 2019

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - C.J. McCollum delivered 41 points as the Portland Trail Blazers edged the Denver Nuggets 140-137 in four overtimes on Friday (May 3) in the longest NBA play-off game in 66 years. The game featured 24 lead changes but the Blazers came out on top to take a 2-1 lead in the National Basketball Association Western Conference semi-final series. "I have never been involved a game like that in regular season or play-offs," said Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts. "It was an amazing eff

11 Mar 2019

AMID more muted home-buying sentiment, residential property developers appear to be more easily contented with lower sales rates.

20 Jun 2018

WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump has agreed to "alter" the 1953 armistice halting the fighting in the Korean War if North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, revealing an apparent promise from Mr Trump's summit with Mr Kim Jong Un that was not announced at the time. "He has made very clear his commitment to fully denuclearise his country," Mr Pompeo said of the North Korean leader during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday. "In return fo

2 Jan 2018

NEW YORK (NYTimes) - The Korean War has been called "the Forgotten War" in the United States, where coverage of the 1950s conflict was censored and its memory decades later is often overshadowed by World War II and the Vietnam War. But the three-year conflict in Korea, which pitted communist and capitalist forces against each other, set the stage for decades of tension among North Korea, South Korea and the United States. It also helped set the tone for Soviet-US rivalry during the Cold War, pro

26 Aug 2015

ALL government leaders dissimulate equally; but some are more equal than others.