By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Pello Bilbao claimed an emotional Tour de France stage victory on Tuesday, in memory of his former teammate Gino Mäder, who died as a result of a crash last month. Bahrain Victorious rider Bilbao said his poignant victory in the 10th stage of the race was in honor of
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods — and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far right. The far right’s anti-immigration mantra is seeping through a once
Continue ReadingCNN By Mariya Knight, Olga Voitovych, Andrew Carey, Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — A Russian submarine commander shot to death while jogging on Monday may have been targeted by an assailant tracking him on a popular running app, according to Russian media. Stanislav Rzhitsky was killed earlier this week in the southern
Continue ReadingCNN By Mariya Knight, Olga Voitovych, Andrew Carey, Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — A Russian submarine commander shot to death while jogging on Monday may have been targeted by an assailant tracking him on a popular running app, according to Russian media. Stanislav Rzhitsky was killed earlier this week in the southern
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — European diplomats have told the United Nations Security Council that investigators found traces of subsea explosives in samples taken from a yacht. The craft has been one aspect of a probe into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea last year. They say the investigation hasn’t yet
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says the real reason why the country’s intelligence chief is facing U.S. sanctions is his position toward Russia and not corruption allegations. The U.S. imposed sanctions on Aleksandar Vulin, accusing him of involvement in illegal arms shipments, drug trafficking and misuse of public office. Vulin, who is
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — A giant panda at a South Korean zoo has given birth to the country’s first twin cubs. The palm-sized female pandas were born at the Everland Resort theme park southeast of the capital Seoul on July 7, the zoo said in a statement Tuesday. Video posted
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema and England’s Leah Williamson are among the stars of women’s soccer who won’t be playing in the World Cup. Both players have been ruled out because of ACL injuries. And they’re not the only ones. Canada’s Janine Beckie and rising U.S. star Catarina Macario
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema and England’s Leah Williamson are among the stars of women’s soccer who won’t be playing in the World Cup. Both players have been ruled out because of ACL injuries. And they’re not the only ones. Canada’s Janine Beckie and rising U.S. star Catarina Macario
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — State-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft’s cloud-based security in hacking the email accounts of officials at multiple U.S. agencies that deal with China ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing last month, officials said Wednesday. The surgical, targeted espionage accessed the email
Continue ReadingBy DEBORA REY Associated Press AREQUITO, Argentina (AP) — Candelaria Cabrera was the only girl playing in a boys league where she lives in Argentina back in 2018. But when a regional sports regulation forbid mixed teams in youth divisions, Candelaria and her family had to fight for her right to keep playing. Her struggle
Continue ReadingBy DEBORA REY Associated Press AREQUITO, Argentina (AP) — Candelaria Cabrera was the only girl playing in a boys league where she lives in Argentina back in 2018. But when a regional sports regulation forbid mixed teams in youth divisions, Candelaria and her family had to fight for her right to keep playing. Her struggle
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos en México pidió a las autoridades mexicanas que protejan a los periodistas tras el último asesinato de un periodista en México el sábado, dijo la ONU en un comunicado este lunes. “La Oficina del Alto Comisionado solicitó
Continue ReadingBy STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer It’s cricket but with a relatively new spin. George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” Cricket has flourished in England and some of its former colonies but never to the same degree in the
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A 3-year-old and his 6-year-old brother were among four people shot and wounded when shots were fired at a crowd outside a Bronx park Tuesday evening, the New York Police Department said. Hundreds were gathered at the St. James Park when two people wearing all black and masks pulled
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — China-based hackers have breached email accounts at two-dozen organizations, including some United States government agencies, in an apparent spying campaign aimed at acquiring sensitive information, according to statements from Microsoft and the White House late Tuesday. The full scope of the hack is being investigated, but US officials and
Continue ReadingBy STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Megan Rapinoe said her decision to announce her retirement before the Women’s World Cup will help the U.S. women’s soccer team better focus on its attempt to win a third straight world championship. Rapinoe announced on the weekend that she will retire from competitive
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iran’s president has begun a rare visit to Africa as the country under heavy U.S. economic sanctions seeks to deepen partnerships around the world. President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Kenya on Wednesday is the first to the African continent by an Iranian leader in more than
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in northern India have killed at least 41 people since the weekend, according to local authorities. Thirty-one people have died in Himachal Pradesh, the state’s Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told reporters Tuesday, while a further 10 have
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thailand’s top diplomat said Wednesday that he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the weekend and she conveyed her openness to engage in talks to resolve the crisis gripping her strife-torn nation. Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai
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