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Leonard’s scoring binge continues with 31, Clippers rout Kings 119-98 for 5th straight win

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard sat in the second half of back-to-backs last season. Now he’s healthy and highly productive.Leonard scored 31 points in three quarters, giving him 106 in his last three games, and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Sacramento Kings 119-98 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory, the NBA’s longest active streak.“Just being healthy has been good,” said Leonard, who tore his ACL during the 2021 playoffs. Paul George dived on the floor for a loose ball in the first half and didn’t play in the second because of a sore left groin. Coach Tyronn Lue said George could have returned if needed.“I didn’t like that,” Lue said, noting George’s multiple shoulder surgeries. “It just shows you these guys want to win.”Adding James Harden has given the Clippers another playmaking weapon.Harden had 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help the Clippers sweep a back-to-back for the first time this season. They have won 10 of the...

Bedard scores but McDavid has 2 assists as Oilers top Blackhawks 4-1 for 8th straight victory

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had two assists and the streaking Edmonton Oilers overcame an early goal by rookie Connor Bedard to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Tuesday night in the first NHL matchup between the young stars.Sam Gagner had a goal and an assist in the highly anticipated Clash of the Connors, helping the Oilers (13-12-1) win their eighth game in a row. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman also scored for Edmonton, and defenseman Evan Bouchard added a pair of assists.Bedard gave the banged-up Blackhawks (9-18-1) a 1-0 lead with his 12th goal 3:21 into the first period, but Chicago lost its seventh consecutive road game.McDavid was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2015, and Bedard was selected first this past summer.RED WINGS 6, BLUES 4ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lucas Raymond and Robby Fabbri scored in the third period to lift Detroit over scuffling St. Louis.Soon after their season-worst fourth straight loss, the Blues (13-14-1) fired coach Craig Berube...

Stone scores twice, one in OT, lifts Golden Knights to 5-4 win over Calgary

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Tuesday night.Chandler Stephenson, Ivan Barbashev and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights while Logan Thompson made 27 saves. Stone also had two assists for a four-point game.After Calgary’s Yegor Sharangovich scored his second goal of the game to tie it with one minute remaining, sending the Golden Knights to their seventh extra period in 13 games, Stone streaked in alone and beat Flames netminder Dustin Wolf and to give Vegas its fourth straight win.“I got a step so all I got to do is really make a good shot,” Stone said.The Golden Knights, who lead the NHL with 45 points, improved to 9-1 all-time when hosting Calgary. Vegas extended its point streak to nine games, now 6-0-3 since Nov. 27.“We know we have a good team and we know that we can come back any night,” Karlsson said. “I think we believe in oursel...

Booker scores 32, Suns hang on late to beat Warriors 119-116 on night Draymond Green ejected

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns finished another white-knuckle win in the final seconds, once again making a comfortable victory much more close than it probably should have been.It’s a trend that coach Frank Vogel is getting tired of quickly.Devin Booker scored 32 points, Bradley Beal added 16 in his return from a back injury and the Suns held on late to beat the Golden State Warriors 119-116 on Tuesday night. The Suns nearly blew a nine-point lead in the final 1:30 before recovering.“Yeah, we’ve got to stop doing that,” Vogel said. “It’s getting old … That being said, we enjoy wins. That’s a good win.”Golden State’s Draymond Green was ejected in the third quarter after receiving a Flagrant 2 foul for hitting Jusuf Nurkic in the face. Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 24 points.The Suns took an 88-87 lead into the fourth after Beal hit a baseline jumper with 1.9 seconds left. Phoenix used a 12-0 run — highlighted by Jordan Goodwin’s...

Myanmar supera a Afganistán y se convierte en el principal productor de opio del mundo, dice la ONU

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

(CNN) —   Myanmar se convirtió en el mayor productor de opio del mundo, superando a Afganistán después de que los talibanes en el poder impusieran una prohibición al cultivo de amapola, según un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas .La nación del sudeste asiático produjo aproximadamente 1.080 toneladas métricas de opio en 2023, la mayor cantidad desde 2001, dijo en su informe la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDD).La estricta prohibición talibán del cultivo de amapola , introducida el pasado mes de abril en Afganistán, redujo la producción de opio en el país en un 95%.Dado el papel históricamente dominante de Afganistán en la producción ilegal de opio, la ONU dijo que si la prohibición del comercio continúa podría resultar en una escasez global de opiáceos, incluida la heroína, lo que probablemente alentaría una mayor producción en el Sudeste Asiático.El Triángulo Dorado, una zona remota donde se unen las fronteras de Tailandia, Laos y Myanmar, h...

Bedard scores early but McDavid gets 2 assists to lead Oilers past Blackhawks 4-1 for 8th straight

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had two assists and the streaking Edmonton Oilers overcame an early goal by rookie Connor Bedard to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Tuesday night in the first NHL matchup between the young stars.Sam Gagner had a goal and an assist in the highly anticipated Clash of the Connors, helping the Oilers (13-12-1) win their eighth game in a row. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman also scored for Edmonton, and defenseman Evan Bouchard added a pair of assists. Bedard gave the banged-up Blackhawks (9-18-1) a 1-0 lead with his 12th goal 3:21 into the first period, but Chicago lost its seventh consecutive road game.McDavid was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2015, and Bedard was selected first this past summer.Bedard struck first Tuesday on the second shot of the game. He took a long pass from Alex Vlasic for a partial breakaway and unleashed a deceptive shot that beat Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner glove-side to the top corner.Another top...

Raymond and Fabbri lift Red Wings to 6-4 win over Blues; Berube fired by St. Louis after game

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lucas Raymond and Robby Fabbri scored in the third period to lift the Detroit Red Wings over the scuffling St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Tuesday night.Soon after their season-worst fourth straight loss, the Blues (13-14-1) fired coach Craig Berube, who guided them to their only Stanley Cup championship in 2019.The 57-year-old Berube, in his sixth season with St. Louis, had a record of 206-131-44. Drew Bannister, coach of the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League, takes over as interim coach.Moritz Seider, Jake Walman, Jonatan Berggren and Michael Rasmussen also had goals for the Red Wings, who were 0-2-1 in their previous three games. “For us to play on the road back-to-back and trailing in the third, it’s a huge win for us,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “I like how we played down the stretch. We found a way to win.”Kevin Hayes scored twice for the Blues, who also got goals from Marco Scandella and Brandon Saad. St. Louis has lost five of six overall....

Argentina devalúa 50% su moneda y anuncia un paquete de urgencia

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

BUENOS AIRES – El gobierno argentino anunció el martes una devaluación oficial del 50% en la moneda del país y un paquete de “urgencia” con eje en el recorte del gasto público cuyo objetivo es estabilizar la macroeconomía y evitar una hiperinflación.En un mensaje grabado, el nuevo ministro de Economía, Luis Caputo, presentó la decena de medidas del plan tras hacer un diagnóstico de la severa situación que atraviesa Argentina y que debe afrontar el nuevo Ejecutivo de Javier Milei.“Si seguimos como estamos, vamos inevitablemente a una hiperinflación”, advirtió Caputo, quien apuntó a la posibilidad de llegar a una tasa de inflación del 15,000% anual, una “catástrofe” que, aseguró, es “misión” del nuevo gobierno evitarla.Para el Ejecutivo de Milei, quien asumió la Presidencia el 10 de diciembre, la “génesis” del problema de Argentina es fiscal, con un déficit financiado con emisión monetaria que produce inflación y que de...

Eklund scores tiebreaking goal in third to send Sharks past Jets 2-1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — William Eklund scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:51 remaining in the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Tuesday night.Justin Bailey added a goal for San Jose, his first since March 10, 2018, as a member of the Buffalo Sabres. Mikael Granlund had an assist to extend his point streak to six games.Brenden Dillon scored for Winnipeg, which had its four-game winning streak snapped. Dillon spent six seasons with San Jose from 2014-20.Bailey gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead midway through the first period, beating Jets goalie Laurent Brossoit from the top of the circles. Dillon tied it later in the first.Brossoit made 30 saves. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 36 shots for his fourth win of the season.The Sharks extended their point streak to four games (3-0-1) and improved to 6-2-1 in their last nine after starting 3-15-2.Jets leading scorer Kyle Connor missed the game after sustaining a lower-body injury in Sunday’s win against Anahe...

China’s Xi meets with Vietnamese prime minister on second day of visit to shore up ties

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:23:25 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Vietnam’s prime minister and the head of the country’s National Assembly on Wednesday, on the second day of his visit to shore up Beijing’s relationship with Hanoi after the Southeast Asian nation recently elevated its ties with Japan and the United States.Xi met with Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Tuesday, and they announced that China and Vietnam would work toward a “community with a shared future,” in what was seen as a diplomatic concession by Vietnam to Beijing. Vietnam has resisted using that phrase in the past but wanted to assuage Beijing’s concerns after Vietnam designated both the U.S. and Japan as “comprehensive strategic partners” in recent months, a designation it uses for China. The status is Vietnam’s highest official designation for a diplomatic relationship.Xi referenced the phrase again Wednesday in a meeting with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue. “In the...