Ahtisham Rai

NBA Finals 2025: Behind the change in the Thunder’s attack that delivered a punch to the Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS — After an emphatic 123-107 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander credited his team’s bounce-back performance to a willingness to not “just throw the first punch,” but to continue to “throw all the punches, all night.” The most important haymaker may well have been…

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Trump’s trade war could drag global economic growth to the lowest since the 1960s, World Bank says

The 2020s could be the weakest decade for economic growth since the 1960s, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday. The culprit for the potential bout of sluggish expansion? Tariffs, the organization said. “Only six months ago, a ‘soft landing’ appeared to be in sight: the global economy was stabilizing after an extraordinary string…

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World Bank Cuts Global Economic Growth Forecast Amid Tariff-Fueled Uncertainty

Key Takeaways The global economy could grow less this year than previously projected, the World Bank said Tuesday, citing uncertainty over tariffs and ongoing trade disputes. In its semiannual report, the World Bank said the global economy faces headwinds from “increased trade tension and heightened policy uncertainty,” sparked by President Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement and the ensuing trade…

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US and China agree on plan to ease export controls after trade talks in London

The United States and China have agreed on a framework to implement their trade truce, officials on both sides said Wednesday, after concluding two days of talks in London to defuse tensions and ease export restrictions that threaten to disrupt global manufacturing. American and Chinese negotiators agreed “in principle” to a framework on how to implement the…

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