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Heroes and zeros from the Knicks' 94-90 NBA Finals-clinching Game 5 win over the Spurs on Saturday night in San Antonio.

The team owner took center stage at Frost Bank Center with the Larry O'Brien Trophy after the Knicks won 94-90 in Game 5 over the Spurs on Saturday to clinch their first NBA Finals win since 1973.

Josh Hart is someone who found where he always belonged.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared the day there would be a parade Thursday to celebrate the Knicks championship victory.

Report card from the Knicks’ title-winning 94-90 victory over the Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night in San Antonio.

The Spurs kept following the same recipe.

The Knicks secured their first NBA championship since 1973 with a 94 to 90 win over the Spurs on Saturday.

The Knicks secured their first NBA championship since 1973 with a 94 to 90 win over the Spurs on Saturday.

Here it is. Here’s the moment. You never thought you’d see it. You never thought you’d taste it. So taste it. Savor it.

Out of control Knicks fans smashed up a cop car outside Madison Square Garden as thousands of revelers flooded the streets of Midtown after New York won their first NBA championship in 53 years. Two maniacs were seen jumping on top of the car and smashing up its front windshield on Saturday night, according to...

The Duke of Sussex made a surprise solo appearance at Saturday night's NBA Finals Game 5 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The Duke of Sussex made a surprise solo appearance at Saturday night's NBA Finals Game 5 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Jalen Brunson carried the Knicks in the fourth quarter — just as he has since he's arrived in New York.

A simple "Bang!" wouldn't have done it justice.

Need a gift that's a guaranteed slam dunk? Look no further.

Every one of Knicks president Leon Rose’s biggest decisions brought plenty of skepticism. And each one only increased the pressure on him to be right.

A roaring sea of orange and blue crashed across the Big Apple Saturday night, as thousands of Knicks fans went wild watching their beloved team snap a 53-year losing streak and finally take home the NBA championship as New York completed another double-digit fourth quarter comeback powered by Finals MVP Jalen Brunson.

The Knicks are champs!

Somaliland Opens Diplomatic Office In Taiwan Despite Strong Objections From Beijing

Via The Cradle

The breakaway African territory of Somaliland opened a new representative office in Taiwan on Friday, saying it had the right to establish diplomatic relations despite objections from Somalia.

"We have the right to choose who we have relationships with. It's our prerogative, and so it hasn't been successful as far as pressure tactics," stated Mahmoud Adam Jama ​Galaal, Somaliland's representative to Taiwan, at a press conference to mark the office opening.

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Taiwan's Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu also spoke, saying, "Taiwan and Somaliland are both beacons of democracy, freedom, and rule of law."

Located on the strategic Horn of Africa, Somaliland has functioned as a de facto state since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, with its own governing institutions and security structures – despite receiving no recognition from any UN member state until Israel recognized it in December. 

Galaal added that Taiwan, which also lacks international recognition, is a "very important ally." Somaliland and Taiwan first established representative offices in each ⁠other's capitals in 2020.

Taiwan separated from China after the Chinese Civil War in 1949, when the defeated Nationalist government retreated to the island and established the Republic of China (ROC). The Chinese Communist Party established the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the mainland and has claimed Taiwan as its territory since that time.

Galaal said Somaliland and Taiwan would not succumb to pressure from Beijing and Mogadishu to sever ties.

Somalia condemned Taiwan's attempts to establish "unauthorized" diplomatic relations with Somaliland.

“"Somaliland remains an inalienable part of Somalia, and we strongly condemn external attempts to bypass the legitimate federal government in Mogadishu," Ali Mohamed Omar, Somalia's minister of state for foreign affairs, stated on Friday.

After Israel became the first state to recognize Somaliland's claim to independence, Mogadishu condemned it as a “deliberate attack” on Somalia's sovereignty. 

Israel is seeking closer ties with Somaliland as part of its effort to establish military bases allowing it to project power in the Red Sea, including in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, where Yemen's armed forces are dominant.

In a blow to Somaliland, Washington recently declared support for the sovereignty of Somalia.

A State Department report titled “Potential Areas for Improved US Engagement with Somaliland” was submitted to Congress on 1 June and published by the media on 2 June. 

In that report, the State Department said that Somaliland was a part of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the US maintains a positive relationship with Somaliland “within that framework.”

Republic of Somaliland has a right to choose its own relationships, and pressure tactics from Beijing and Mogadishu have not succeededin altering its friendship with Taipei, its top diplomat in Taiwan said on Friday at the opening of a new office. https://t.co/cGmMRvqROJ pic.twitter.com/7oynvCt6Sk

— REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND (@RepOfSomaliland) June 12, 2026

A US congressional source told Middle East Eye (MEE) at the time that the US was not planning to recognize Somaliland. 

“Though lobbyists, including former Trump officials Tibor Nagy and Peter Pham, had raised the hopes of Somalilanders over US recognition, there was never a sign that the president would go through with it,” the congressional source said.

Tyler Durden Sat, 06/13/2026 - 23:20

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