• Associated Press

    A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return

    West Africa’s divided regional bloc Sunday asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January. At its summit in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, the bloc — known as ECOWAS — appointed Faye as its envoy to meet with Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, which formed their separate union after their respective coups fractured relations with neighbors. The Senegalese president, who became Africa’s youngest leader after his election victory in March, “has all the credentials required to serve as a facilitator," Omar Alieu Touray, the president of the ECOWAS Commission, said at the summit.

  • The Canadian Press

    Brazil tops Latvia 94-69, claims spot in Paris Olympics basketball field

    Brazil is going to the Paris Olympics, after a 19-0 run over the final 3:21 of the first quarter set the tone in what became a surprisingly easy 94-69 victory over Latvia in the first of four men’s basketball qualifying tournament finals being played Sunday.

  • Miami Herald

    Kevin Love ‘very, very happy’ to be back with Heat after signing new two-year deal

    Kevin Love was technically an unrestricted free agent this summer, but he always knew he wanted to return to the Heat.