A full recap of Olympic basketball on July 31, including the U.S. men in action against South Sudan and Nikola Jokic and Serbia facing Puerto Rico.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Berlin say an investigation has determined that “Chinese state actors” were responsible for a 2021 cyberattack on Germany’s national office for cartography. The Chinese ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry for a protest for the first time in decades. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday the German
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Marquesas are a beautiful, remote stretch of islands in the South Pacific. And, as of last weekend, they are also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The latest UNESCO convention added 24 new properties to its famed list this year, including sites connected to the legacy of Nelson Mandela
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections. The state of emergency was initially declared when troops ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu
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Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz swept Roman Safiullin in straight sets to win in the third round, securing a spot in the men’s singles quarterfinals.. He is the youngest player to do so since the Beijing Games.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Momentum is soaring on social media for the demonstrations planned for Thursday. However, authorities fear a replay of the deadly 2020 rallies against police brutality in this West African nation — or a
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles cemented her legacy as the most decorated American gymnast of all time after she clinched gold for Team USA Gymnastics in Tuesday’s final. Some might believe Biles was born with otherworldly talent — which may be true — but the star athlete attributes her success to decades
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles cemented her legacy as the most decorated American gymnast of all time after she clinched gold for Team USA Gymnastics in Tuesday’s final. Some might believe Biles was born with otherworldly talent — which may be true — but the star athlete attributes her success to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles cemented her legacy as the most decorated American gymnast of all time after she clinched gold for Team USA Gymnastics in Tuesday’s final. Some might believe Biles was born with otherworldly talent — which may be true — but the star athlete attributes her success to
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A storm Wednesday interrupted all high-speed train traffic connecting Paris to the southeast of the country as well as Switzerland in both directions, France’s rail company said, leaving thousands of travelers stranded amid the Olympics and departures for summer vacation. The SNCF said all the fast trains leaving from and arriving at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Defense Ministry says a civilian employee in its military intelligence command has been arrested for allegedly leaking military secrets. Tuesday’s arrest came after local media reports speculate the leaked information was about South Korean spies operating abroad and that it may have been sent to North
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The men’s BMX freestyle saw big tricks and big air. Jose Torres won the event, Great Britain’s Keiran Reilly claimed silver and Anthony Jeanjean won bronze. Americans Dowell and Christopher finished off the podium.
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Today we see those temperatures jump back into the 90s. We’ll be in the upper 80s and low 90s across the region. Tomorrow is when the heat really kicks into high gear. Some areas will be seeing those triple digits again and we’ll remain hot for at least the next week. I expect heat alerts
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Great Britain’s Alex Yee astonished New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde, and the world, with a last-minute surge that upgraded his Tokyo silver to Paris gold.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long’s victory over Italy’s Filippo Macchi at the Paris Olympics has sparked an exchange of insults on social media, with Cheung’s supporters celebrating his win with posts about pineapple pizzas—widely considered a culinary blunder in Italian cooking. Cheung made history on Tuesday by beating Macchi
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) –Una lección importante del repentino ascenso de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris como presunta candidata presidencial demócrata es que los compañeros de fórmula importan. Los mariscales de campo suplentes tienen que estar preparados para los grandes partidos, y los vicepresidentes tienen que estar preparados para el Despacho Oval, como demostró este año electoral
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Tennis players competing on the kind of red clay courts being used at the Paris Olympics this week know that it’s pretty much impossible to keep clothes — especially white socks — and footwear clean while running around on what’s really dust from crushed red bricks. Some will just
Continue ReadingEdmunds Decades ago, the standard transmission was a manual, while that newfangled automatic was optional. In today’s vehicles, automatic transmissions help a vehicle get better fuel economy and acceleration than traditional manual transmissions. Many performance cars don’t even come with a manual transmission anymore. But there’s still a level of satisfaction you get when driving
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As great as they are separately, China’s Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi were equally as great together on Wednesday in Paris, tearing up the hearts of their competition on the way to gold in the women’s synchro platform finals.
Continue Reading As great as they are separately, China’s Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi were equally as great together on Wednesday in Paris, tearing up the hearts of their competition on the way to gold in the women’s synchro platform finals.
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