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WNBA, players' union log 10-hour marathon talks that are 'going in the right direction'
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA's players' union said it and the league had a productive 10-hour marathon negotiation session trying to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.Union executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson said early Wednesday morning that there were “a lot of conversations going in the right direction.”
Jackson said that conversations would continue.
The meeting came on a day that the league had said at least a handshake agreement on a labor deal would need to be done to start the season as scheduled.
The union leadership... Read More
Iranian drones hit near Dubai International Airport, wounding 4 people, though flights continue
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Iranian drones hit near Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, wounding four people though flights continue, authorities said.The Dubai Media Office, which issues statement on behalf of the city-state’s government, said the attack caused “minor injuries to two Ghanaian nationals and one Bangladeshi national, and moderate injuries to one Indian national.”
It said flights continued.
Dubai International Airport, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates, is the world’s busiest for international travel... Read More
A bus fire that killed 6 people could have been set deliberately, Swiss police say
GENEVA (AP) — Police are investigating whether a bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital that killed at least six people was started deliberately.Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Bern.
Five people were also injured in the fire, which for locals echoed a New Year’s Eve fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 41 young people.
Christa Bielmann,... Read More
The Latest: Iran fires at Gulf states as Australia grants asylum to women on Iranian soccer team
Iran fired missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates, while Israeli and the United States struck targets across the Islamic Republic. Saudi Arabia and other states said they intercepted multiple drone attacks.Six members of the Iranian women’s soccer team will remain in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday, while one of the squad members who was previously granted asylum changed her mind and planned to return to Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in... Read More
Most of Iranian women's soccer team left Australia after declining last-minute airport asylum offers
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — The Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia minus seven of its members, after tearful protests of their departure outside Sydney Airport and frantic final efforts inside the terminal by Australian officials who sought to ensure the women understood they were being offered asylum.As the team's flight time drew nearer and they passed through security late Tuesday, each woman was taken aside to meet alone with officials who explained through interpreters that they could choose not to return to Iran.
Seven other women earlier accepted... Read More
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