


The United States has still won 15 of the 19 Olympic gold medals awarded in men’s basketball, including six of seven in the Dream Team era, and sports books still have the Americans as the heavy favorite for the gold in Tokyo. Members of other national teams are familiar with playing against N.B.A. The mystique of the American team has evaporated as the game has gone global. head coach and current Golden State Warriors assistant, employ multiple N.B.A. Countries like Nigeria, coached by Mike Brown, a former N.B.A. These Olympics will very likely be more contested. Just five years ago, the Americans beat Serbia, 96-66, in the gold medal game in Rio de Janeiro. If anything, the early exhibitions reflect a gap that may have been closed between the U.S. In the Australian Outback, that starts with 10 million new solar panels. Green Hydrogen : Hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested in a high-tech gamble to make hydrogen clean, cheap and widely available.Alcohol Ban: The reinstatement of a ban for Aboriginal Australians, in reaction to a rise in crime, has renewed hard questions about race and control, and about the open wounds of discrimination.Submarine Deal: Australia, Britain and the United States will jointly develop and deploy nuclear-powered attack submarines in the Pacific, deepening a security pact to counter China in the region.A punitive tariff imposed in 2020 changed everything, and grape growers are still suffering. China’s Wine Tariffs: For years, China’s thirst for Australian wine seemed insatiable.
