Rob Carr/Getty ImagesWashington Wizards head coach Scott Brooks offered high praise for Joel Embiid after the Philadelphia 76ers big man put up 36 points in just 28 minutes in Philly’s 132-103 Game 3 win Saturday. “I was fortunate enough to play with [Hakeem] Olajuwon for three years,” Brooks told reporters. “[Embiid’s] doing things that I haven’t…
BOSTON — When David Pastrnak flipped through his closet before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Second Round against the New York Islanders, he hesitated. He picked out a bold number, a white suit with accents that looked like blue brushstrokes along the arms and legs. He added a wide-brimmed hat.It was the choice of a…
Actor Miles Teller said he was attacked in a bathroom in Hawaii by two men, according to a tweet from the “Whiplash” star.Teller was on vacation and in Maui at the time with his wife Keleigh Sperry, his “Divergent” co-star Shailene Woodley and her fiancé, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers.”I got jumped by two guys in…
A venture capitalist once told me candidly that whenever you see the phrase “democratization” in tech marketing material, think of it as a red flag. Democracy, generally speaking, often comes with an ironic caveat: It disproportionately benefits white and male participants. Now, you know me well enough to know that I wouldn’t start off your…
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Laura González-Estéfani Contributor Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity, an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. More posts by this contributor For many VCs, the exit is the endgame; you cash in and move on. But as we…
Belarus’s exiled opposition leader vowed Saturday to persist fighting the country’s authoritarian regime despite intensifying repression that was thrown into high relief a week ago by the diversion of a commercial airliner and the arrest of a dissident journalist who was aboard. “We are here today to express our determination to continue the struggle for…
/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 29/05/2021 – 18:06 In this July 29, 2020, file photo, a health worker disinfects arriving Vietnamese Covid-19 patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. AP – Bui Cuong Quyet Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India…
The US announced on Friday it was working with the EU on punitive sanction measures against key members of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s government in response to the forced diversion of a flight from Greece to Lithuania to capture a dissident journalist. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called for “a credible international investigation into the events of May…
/ France Issued on: 29/05/2021 – 15:40 People attend a concert of French DJ Etienne de Crecy and pop band Indochine, aimed at scientifically testing the safety level toward the Covid-19 infection and the possibilities of reopening live events amidst the pandemic, at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris on May 29, 2021. © Stéphane de…
