Ramses Meléndez (22) led all scorers with 22 points off the bench in Arecibo’s win over Ponce. By THE STAR STAFF The Capitanes of Arecibo and the Indios of Mayagüez were the victors in a pair of National Superior Basketball League (BSN by its initials in Spanish) games on Wednesday night. At Manuel “Pataca” Iguina Coliseum in Arecibo, the Capitanes defeated the Leones of Ponce 101-82 in a matchup that held little suspense. The Capitanes quickly took control and maintained the

The Cangrejeras dropped the third set but rallied in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 semifinal series. (Heriberto Rosario Rosa / FPV) By THE STAR STAFF The Cangrejeras of Santurce defeated the Valencianas of Juncos in four sets at Rafael G. Amalbert Coliseum in Juncos on Wednesday night in the second match of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League Section A semifinals. The set scores were 25-21, 25-13, 20-25 and 25-22 as the Cangrejeras took a 2-0 lead in the b

A poster for Canada’s Liberal party candidate, Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Blainville, Canada, April 15, 2025. Carney’s Liberal Party is expected to win two special elections that could give the government broader powers in Parliament. (Renaud Philippe/The New York Times) By NORIMITSU ONISHI Riding high in the polls, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada came tantalizingly close to forming a parliamentary majority on Wednesday after another opposition lawm

By ANDREW E. KRAMER The ceasefire that Iran and the United States announced this week opens a window to resume talks on ending the war in Ukraine, but that window will soon close, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments made public by his office on Thursday. Talks on the fighting in Ukraine have been underway for more than a year with little to show for them, except for brief ceasefires last year. The negotiations stalled last month after their host, the United Arab Em