With Kobe Bryant back in full harness and with the addition of point guard Jeremy Lin and head coach Byron Scott, expectations are high that the Los Angeles Lakers will bounce back strongly from last season's nightmare where they lost a franchise-record 55 games.
As the 2014 NFL season enters Week 5, it is noteworthy that less than a third of the teams in the league have a winning record. The betting odds at Las Vegas casinos show that teams above the .500 mark are expected to win. In particular, seven of the 10 teams with winning records are favored.
OnePlus 2 – an inexpensive smartphone but one considered as offering the best value for money – will be released in the second or third quarter of 2015. This was confirmed in a recent OnePlus One Reddit AMA post.
Samsung is coming out late October with the world's first smartwatch that allows users to make phone calls from their wrists.
A tablet battle is shaping up between Apple and Google as the two tech giants are set to release their latest tablets – Google's Nexus 9 and Apple's iPad Mini 3.
This is a battle where there is no clear winner. The long-standing competition between Android and iOS for the heart and mind of smartphone consumers still appears to be a draw.
In scouring the bottom of the ocean where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 might have settled down, Australian authorities have found instead an amazing underwater world even as they continue the search for the still missing aircraft.
Forty-three-year old Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz could be the Republican Party's nominee in the November 2016 U.S. presidential election and, if his luck holds out, possibly the next US President.
The world's two technology giants – Apple and Samsung – are once again on a collision course as they try to win the hearts and souls of consumers with their latest smartphone models.
Smartphone consumers have become so demanding and technology-savvy. Barely two weeks after Apple Inc. started selling its top-of-the-line iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, people are already aching to know the shape and features of the next-generation iPhone 7 which is expected to be unveiled sometime next year, presumably also in the month of September.
Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin, Carlos Boozer, Julius Randle, GM Mitch Kupchak, coach Byron Scott, Kobe Bryant will make an impressive return for the Los Angeles Lakers in the coming NBA season playing alongside a healthier Steve Nash and top new recruits Carlos Boozer and Jeremy Lin.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide, criticizing the U.N. Human Rights Council for giving the issue little attention while condemning some of the world’s most repressive governments. “Christians are being persecuted all over the world; it's not even believable. I never thought I'd say it, but it's been happening for a long time.”
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.