Morris wins historic medal for Team USA, China’s Li repeats
Hampton Morris became the first American man to win a weightlifting medal in 40 years when he took bronze in the men’s 61kg (134 lbs.) final.
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Venezuelan opposition candidate González won’t appear before court and questions election audit
Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The presidential campaign of Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González says he will not appear before the country’s high court. The court is holding hearings related to an election audit requested by President Nicolás Maduro. González has questioned the legality of the proceedings and expressed serious concerns over his safety.
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U.S. women’s team pursuit advances to gold medal race
The U.S. women’s team pursuit squad advances to the gold medal race and will face New Zealand.
Continue Reading U.S. women’s team pursuit advances to gold medal race
The U.S. women’s team pursuit squad advances to the gold medal race and will face New Zealand.
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Serbia’s Jaksic scores game-winning goal at buzzer
With 3 seconds remaining, Serbia’s Nikola Jaksic scored a game-winning goal to give his team a win over Greece and advance to the men’s water polo semifinals.
Continue Reading‘We deserve to exist’: Ukraine’s most successful Olympian fighting for more than medals
CNN By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tanks and troops into Ukraine in February 2022, it triggered Europe’s largest land invasion since World War II. Nearly two-and-a-half years later, the war grinds on with Ukrainians fighting a battle for survival and trying to push Russian forces
Continue Reading‘We deserve to exist’: Ukraine’s most successful Olympian fighting for more than medals
By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tanks and troops into Ukraine in February 2022, it triggered Europe’s largest land invasion since World War II. Nearly two-and-a-half years later, the war grinds on with Ukrainians fighting a battle for survival and trying to push Russian forces out
Continue ReadingChinese court upholds ruling against unmarried woman who sued hospital for right to freeze her eggs
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Beijing has ruled against an unmarried Chinese woman in the case over her right to freeze her eggs. The verdict ends a six-year fight for reproductive services that drew national attention. The court upheld the ruling that a hospital did not violate Teresa Xu’s rights when it
Continue ReadingAs the Paris Olympics wind down, Los Angeles swings into planning for 2028
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — From the City of Love to the City of Angels, planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is well underway and organizers are paying close attention to what’s worked, and what hasn’t, so far in Paris. It will be LA’s third time hosting the Olympics and first since 1984. Swimming
Continue ReadingResumen de noticias de las elecciones en Venezuela 2024 este 7 de agosto
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Continue ReadingRomanian prime minister won’t attend Olympics closing ceremony to protest judges’ treatment of gymnasts
By Kyle Feldscher and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN Paris (CNN) — Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is refusing to attend the Olympics closing ceremony in protest over the women’s floor exercise final earlier this week in which two Romanian gymnasts did not make the medal stand. Ciolacu said in a statement on Wednesday that Ana Bǎrbosu
Continue ReadingAustralia and New Zealand are locked in a battle of tongue in cheek after Māori words are removed
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s prime minister is defending the removal of basic Māori phrases meaning “hello” and “New Zealand” from a lunar new year invitation to an Australian official. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it’s not a snub of the Indigenous language by New Zealand’s government. Instead, he jokes about the
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky opens up to CNN about her plans for when she stops competing one day
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Swimming superstar Katie Ledecky is still only 27 and has many more years of racing ahead of her. But, inevitably, her reign of dominance will have to end one day. It’s hard to imagine given how brilliant she was at this year’s Paris Olympics, where she won four medals
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Canada knocks off Spain to clinch spot in semifinals
Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada blew past Spain’s Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno in straight sets to reach the Olympic women’s beach volleyball semifinals in impressive fashion.
Continue ReadingTexas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed a man for the killing of a woman out jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Fifty-four-year-old Arthur Lee Burton received a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was convicted of the July 1997 murder of 48-year-old mother
Continue ReadingNo drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Robert’s Western World is known as Nashville’s most authentic honky tonk and synonymous with country music. But for an hour on Sundays, no one can drink alcohol; everyone must listen to Christian music. This is “Sunday Gospel Hour” in the Tennessee capital known as Music City. For nearly 20
Continue ReadingBangladesh’s incoming interim leader Muhammad Yunus appeals for calm. He’ll take office Thursday
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s incoming interim leader Muhammad Yunus has appealed for calm and urged all parties to help the country rebuild after weeks of violence that killed hundreds of people and prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India. Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate, was in Paris for
Continue ReadingA tanker ship catches fire off Indonesia’s Bali island, leaving 5 crew dead and 15 injured
Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A tanker ship has caught fire off Indonesia’s Bali island, killing five crew members and injuring 15 others. The tanker Elisabeth with 21 crew on board was traveling to Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. Police say two explosions occurred and a fire was discovered in the engine room. They
Continue ReadingAnimal rights activists storm pope’s general audience to protest bullfighting
By Christopher Lamb and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Two animal rights activists briefly stormed Pope Francis’ general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday, in a protest against bullfighting. The activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) climbed over barriers from the pews into the aisle of the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.
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Team USA’s Jonas Ecker out of men’s 1000M quarterfinal
Jonas Ecker of Team USA advanced to the quarterfinals in the men’s K-1 1000M, but was not able to get any further after finishing 5th in his quarterfinal race
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