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Esports superstar Faker’s team wins trophy at the League of Legends World Championship

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s esports powerhouse T1 won the League of Legends World Championship by defeating China-based Weibo Gaming.South Korea’s Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok — arguably the most well-known face in the esports world — jumped out of his seat to celebrate with fellow team members Zeus, Oner, Gumayusi, and Keria as they outperformed Weibo Gaming by winning three consecutive rounds in Seoul on Sunday.It was the team’s record fourth win in one of the most popular esports tournaments in the world. Thousands of fans, many in League of Legends costumes, filled a baseball stadium in Seoul for the championship which has became a mainstay for the billion-dollar global esports industry.Wacharakorn Maneechote, a 25-year-old fan, said he flew in from Thailand to watch the final game and to cheer his favorite player Faker. “God of our time,” he said, referring to T1’s leading player. League of Legends is one of the most popular video games, where two teams of five powe...

LeDee has 34, 17 rebounds, San Diego St. beats Washington 100-97 in OT, wins Main Event title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jaedon LeDee scored a career-high 34 points — 10 after regulation — and grabbed 17 rebounds to help San Diego State beat Washington 100-97 in overtime Sunday night and win the Continental Tire Main Event championship. Elijah Saunders made 3 of 3 from 3-point range and scored 16 points for San Diego State (4-1). Micah Parrish added 15 points and Reese Waters 13 . Keion Brooks Jr. scored eight of his 22 points in overtime, Sahvir Wheeler finished with 19 points and six assists, and Moses Wood added 18 points for Washington (3-2). Paul Mulcahy had 11 points and tied his career-high with 13 of the Huskies’ 27 assists — their most since recording 30 against California on February 10, 2011. LeDee made two free throws with 1:17 to play and hit layup with 36 seconds left gave the Aztecs the lead for good at 98-97. Waters made two free throws to cap the scoring with 9 seconds left and Moses Wood missed a potential tying 3-point shot as time expired. Wheeler made a layu...

Column: As others look at the big picture with Justin Fields, Chicago Bears OC Luke Getsy is focused on ‘getting better’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

While there’s ample debate about what quarterback Justin Fields can prove over the final seven games of the Chicago Bears season, that chatter isn’t taking place inside the walls of Halas Hall.Yes, coach Matt Eberflus said Wednesday that seven weeks “is enough time to show consistency,” but Fields and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy are existing only in the here and now — preparing for Sunday’s game at Ford Field against the first-place Detroit Lions.Just as Fields talked Wednesday about a singular focus, Getsy spoke Thursday of that same approach, giving a measured assessment of the situation as Fields returns after missing four games with a dislocated right thumb.The focus on Fields and the remaining slate is understandable, as the Bears will have to choose a path at the end of the season: roll into 2024 with Fields or move on and draft a quarterback in the first round. It seems rather unlikely general manager Ryan Poles would keep Fields and g...

Heavy fighting breaks out around another Gaza hospital after babies evacuated from Shifa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting erupted Monday around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, as Israeli forces focus on clearing out medical facilities that they say Hamas militants use for cover.The advance on the Indonesian Hospital came a day after the World Health Organization evacuated 31 premature babies from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the territory’s largest, where they were among more than 250 critically ill or wounded patients stranded there days after Israeli forces entered the compound.The plight of Gaza’s hospitals is at the focus of a battle of narratives over the war’s brutal toll on Palestinian civilians, thousands of whom have been killed or buried in rubble since the six-week-old war was sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel. Israel says Hamas uses civilians as human shields, while critics say Israel’s siege and relentless aerial bombar...

Severe storms delay search for 12 crew missing after Turkish cargo ship sinks in Black Sea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Severe storms have delayed a search-and-rescue operation for 12 crew members of a cargo ship that sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Monday.The Turkish-flagged Kafkametler sank on Sunday after hitting a breakwater outside the harbor off the town of Eregli, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) east of Istanbul, Yerlikaya told reporters. He said rescue crews were on standby waiting for the weather conditions to ease to begin a rescue mission.“Unfortunately, we could not carry out search-and-rescue activities for the 12 Turkish crew members,” Yerlikaya said. “As soon as conditions improve the search-and-rescue operations will begin immediately.”The severe storms that hit northwestern Turkey caused widespread damage and disruption on Sunday, including the breakup of another cargo ship and the evacuation of a prison.The Cameroon-flagged Pallada “broke into two due to heavy weather conditions” after running aground amid 5-meter (16-foo...

Winning streak has p-word is percolating in Broncos locker room despite long odds: “We have playoff aspirations”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

The road ahead remains long.The odds aren’t quite in Han Solo territory anymore, but the math still isn’t great.In the moments after Denver’s 21-20, last-minute Sunday night win against Minnesota, however, the Broncos locker room crossed a certain kind of football threshold.The P-word started percolating.Four straight wins will do that.A brutal start to the season feels like ancient history.Success now isn’t measured in just figuring out how to win a game.From here on out, the only real success is figuring out a way to keep playing past the first weekend of January.“When we were 1-5, you’d just beg for anything,” Broncos defensive lineman Zach Allen told The Denver Post. “Now we’ve got playoff aspirations and a lot of guys in this locker room have played playoff football and know what it takes. Obviously, we’re happy with the win and you’ll take them, but we’re going to face some really good teams down the stretch and we can’t allow ourselves to keep making those mistake...

European Commission calls for urgent action on antimicrobial resistance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top priority for the Commission and an integral part of many actions under the European Health Union. Ahead of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), new data published today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows some overall progress between 2019-2022 towards the target to cut antimicrobial use by 20% by 2030. Although the overall longer-term use of antibiotics fell across the EU/EEA between 2019 and 2022, consumption increased again in 2022, as many Europeans resumed their pre-COVID-19 pandemic way of life. A study carried out by the OECD, for the European Commission, warns that AMR costs EU/EEA countries around €11.7 billion a year. If every EU/EEA country invested €3.40 per capita annually on AMR interventions in the human health and food sectors, they could prevent more than 10 thousand deaths, avoid over 600 thousand new infections and save more than €2.5 billion for their health systems every...

Stock Market Today: Asian stocks rise following Wall Street’s 3rd straight winning week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were higher Monday after Wall Street closed its third straight winning week with a tiny gain.U.S. futures were lower while oil prices gained as investors looking ahead to OPEC plus meetings.Japan’s Nikkei 225 index broke its September peak, hitting a 33-year high, and then fell to 33,388.03, shedding 0.6%. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 1.5% to 17,719.07, and the Shanghai Composite index advanced 0.4% to 3,066.85. China announced on Monday that it would keep its benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected due to a weaker yuan and the need to assess the impact of recent stimulus measures on the economy.In South Korea, the Kospi was 1% higher, at 2,495.60. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged 0.1% higher to 7,058.40. Taiwan’s Taiex was little changed. The SET in Bangkok gained 0.2% as the state planning agency announced Monday that Thailand’s economy grew slower than expected in the last quarter due to weakness in exports and agriculture, despite strong ...

Seoul warns North Korea not to launch spy satellite and hints 2018 military deal could be suspended

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military warned North Korea not to go ahead with its planned spy satellite launch, suggesting Monday that Seoul could suspend an inter-Korean agreement to reduce tensions and resume front-line aerial surveillance in response. North Korea failed in its first two attempts to put a military spy satellite into orbit earlier this year and didn’t follow through with a vow to make a third attempt in October. South Korean officials said the delay was likely because North Korea is receiving Russian technology assistance and that a launch could happen in coming days.“Our military will come up with necessary measures to protect the lives and safety of the people, if North Korea pushes ahead with a military spy satellite launch despite our warning,” a senior South Korean military officer, Kang Hopil, said in a televised statement.South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik said in an interview with public broadcaster KBS on Sunday the launch was expected la...

Los Angeles freeway closed after arson fire set to fully reopen before Monday morning’s rush hour

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:25 GMT

Construction crews shore up the fire-damaged 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, Nov. 16, 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom says the freeway will open next week earlier than estimated. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)(AP/Sarah Reingewirtz) Construction crews shore up the fire-damaged 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, Nov. 16, 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom says the freeway will open next week earlier than estimated. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)(AP/Sarah Reingewirtz) LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed for more than a week because of an arson fire is expected to reopen ahead of Monday morning’s commute, a day earlier than previously an...