By Rafael Romo, CNN’s Senior Latin American Affairs Editor It started as a heated discussion between a father and his son’s doctor. But it quickly escalated to a multi-person fist-fight that shocked the nation. Inside the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Costa Rica’s Heredia province, not far from the capital San Jose, the argument
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov pulled away from the pack early and won the first men’s cross-country skiing gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the 30-kilometer skiathlon. Bolshunov grabbed a Russian Olympic Committee flag in the final stretch and waved it in the air as he
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In the men’s skiathlon at the 2022 Winter Games, ROC’s Alexander Bolshunov and Denis Spitsoz take the top two spots. After pushing the pace early on, Finland’s Iivo Niskanen fell behind in the final half and took bronze.
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Norway picked up a much-needed victory over Sweden in Session 11 of mixed doubles curling Sunday.
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN This year kicked off with a violent start on the Colombia-Venezuela border, where dissident militant factions have been competing for territorial control of lucrative drug routes that connect the South American country to the US and Europe. At least 23 people were killed in violent clashes at the start of the
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With a decisive 8-4 victory over China in Session 11 of play, Italy remains unbeaten in mixed doubles curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Su Yiming of China posted the best score with an 86.80, while Americans Sean Fitzsimons and Red Gerard placed third and fifth, all securing top-12 spots.
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For the first time in Olympic history, a curling team from Australia won a game. The duo of Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt defeated Switzerland Sunday morning.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hate is not too strong of a word for former United States Olympian Cammi Granato to describe the tensions which have developed between the American and Canadian women’s hockey teams. One of the world’s fiercest rivalries are set to resume with the defending Olympic champion U.S.
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Team USA dropped a second straight game in a mixed doubles curling loss to Czech Republic.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Three thousand miles off the coast of New Zealand and 2,000 miles north of Antarctica, Point Nemo is so far from land that the closest humans are often the astronauts on board the International Space Station — that orbits 227 nautical miles above Earth. It’s precisely this remoteness that explains why
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’re addressing complaints about isolation conditions for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus. They say they are working to ensure they have clean rooms, better food and access to training equipment and the internet. Organizers say athletes who test positive will now be able to order food from
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’re addressing complaints about isolation conditions for athletes who test positive for the coronavirus. They say they are working to ensure they have clean rooms, better food and access to training equipment and the internet. Organizers say athletes who test positive will now be able to order food from
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An off-duty New York Police Department officer was shot in the foot Saturday in West Harlem, becoming the second off-duty NYPD officer to be shot in the past week. In Saturday’s incident, the off-duty officer was shot as he exited a community center at the Manhattanville housing development
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The mountains of Zhangjiakou have seen temperatures lower than the FIS competition limit of -4 degrees Fahrenheit in the run-up to the Games.
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Brianna Decker posted a heartfelt message to fans on Twitter following the devastating injury that knocked her out of the 2022 Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai remain a pressing question at the Beijing Olympics. Peng’s accusations of sexual assault three months ago against former vice premier Zhang Gaoli were scrubbed almost immediately from the internet in China. But the question is coming up in
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai remain a pressing question at the Beijing Olympics. Peng’s accusations of sexual assault three months ago against former vice premier Zhang Gaoli were scrubbed almost immediately from the internet in China. But the question is coming up in
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Maksim Goldenshteyn’s book, “So They Remember,” tells the story of his Holocaust survivor grandparents who languished in Jewish death camps and ghettos in Transnistria during World War II. The war in Romania is a chapter of the Holocaust that some say is largely forgotten. Throughout Transnistria,
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