The Timberwolves want a deal for Jimmy Butler early this week, and one unlikely team is hot on the trail

Zhong Zhi/Getty Images Four-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves last week.  Butler listed the Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers as his desired destinations, but those teams have not made serious attempts to acquire him in a trade. The Miami Heat have emerged as a favorite […]

Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling ‘unlikely to recover losses’ today

The pound to euro exchange rate dropped slightly on Tuesday by around half a cent and the pound is unlikely to improve in the coming hours. Sterling could still improve before the weekend, however, with the next run of UK figures due out on Friday The pound is currently trading at €1.114 against the euro at […]

Fear TWD Season 4B Premiere Photos Reveal Strand's Lush New Life, Hint at an Unlikely Alliance and Justice for Nick

There is life after Madison. In the more than a dozen images released by AMC ahead of the Season 4B premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, we get a closer look at how the felled heroine’s friends and family — well, Alicia, since she’s all that’s left! — are faring since her demise. Strand, as […]

American troops unlikely to leave Germany, US NATO envoy says

Not much is likely to change for the 35,000 American soldiers stationed in Germany, as the US ambassador to NATO says there are no plans for their withdrawal, despite speculations that Trump may be considering a troop pullout. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Trump administration’s envoy to NATO, told reporters on Thursday that there is “nothing […]

Trump said Saudi Arabia will bring 2 million barrels per day to the market — here’s why that’s unlikely

Trump said Saudi Arabia will boost oil production by 2 million barrels per day. But analysts have predicted Saudi Arabia will add as much as 800,000 to 1 million barrels per day.  Saudi Arabia is unlikely to use up most of its spare capacity, and an output increase of that size would take a long […]

An unlikely alliance of 2 groups is pushing Trump get behind their infrastructure bill

Evan Vucci/AP Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Freedom Caucus are pushing President Donald Trump to back their infrastructure bill. The bill would require the Agriculture Department to sell distressed assets to private entities, and then direct the Treasury Department use the proceeds from those sales to invest in infrastructure projects in low-income […]

Unlikely hero saves Uruguay in stunning last-gasp WC robbery

JOSE Gimenez was the unlikely 89th-minute match winner as Uruguay defeated an Egypt side shorn of star man Mohamed Salah 1-0 in their World Cup opener on Friday. Uruguay’s deserved last-gasp victory leaves them and Russia in early control in Group A after the hosts’ 5-0 mauling of Saudi Arabia in the tournament opener on […]

US trade delegates arrive in China in bid to negotiate an unlikely trade breakthrough

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters A US trade delegation arrived in China on Thursday for talks on tariffs, with state media saying China will stand up to US bullying if need be and hit back, but it prefers to negotiate.  A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China’s economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two-day visit, […]