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Briefing: Everything we know about NBA expansion: Why add two teams now? Why Seattle and Las Vegas?

Strategic angle: The NBA seems closer than ever to adding two franchises. Here's what we know, including how an expansion draft could work.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Sports

Briefing: Late flurry allows SGA to maintain 20-point run

Strategic angle: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander barely extended his record streak of games with at least 20 points to 128 during Sunday's win over the Timberwolves.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Sports

Briefing: NBA: Missed call late in Lakers-Nuggets thriller

Strategic angle: The NBA ruled that Spencer Jones had a clean strip of Austin Reaves with 9.2 seconds remaining in regulation of Saturday's Nuggets-Lakers game.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Sports

Kawhi limps off with sprained ankle in Clips' loss

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard suffered a sprained left ankle and missed the final 9:27 of Saturday night's home loss to the Kings.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Money

Briefing: Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage through Strait of Hormuz, says IMO chief

Strategic angle: Arsenio Dominguez does not believe military protection for ships is a sustainable solution.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Money

Briefing: Who is winning the Middle East war?

Strategic angle: Iran has taken a beating but it retains the advantages of geography, time and a superior tolerance for pain.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Money

Briefing: How MBS’s bet on Iran backfired

Strategic angle: Saudi Arabian détente with its regional rival has unravelled as US-Israeli war triggers furious Iranian retaliation

editorial-staff Mar 17

Money

Briefing: Tehran prepares for a Persian new year under air assault

Strategic angle: Nowruz is Iran’s biggest annual celebration but many in the capital are hunkering down amid US and Israeli strikes.

editorial-staff Mar 17

Money

Briefing: From Vienna’s rooftops, the Kremlin is listening in

Strategic angle: Russia has increased satellite dish activity on buildings it owns in Austrian capital

editorial-staff Mar 17

Life

Briefing: Dinos hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, researchers show

Strategic angle: A new study reveals insights into the egg-hatching methods of oviraptors, shedding light on their reproductive strategies compared to modern birds.

editorial-staff Mar 17