Associated Press PARIS (AP) — South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya. Now, the 21-year-old is among many of the 37 athletes on the refugee team who are pushing to see more refugees like her able to compete at the Olympics. They’re getting
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TODAY’s Hoda Kotb looks at the impressive start for Simone Biles and the women’s gymnastics team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Two-time gold medalist Julio Cesar La Cruz of Cuban lost his opening bout to Loren Alfonso in a stunning 3-2 split-decision. Alfonso, a Cuban native, now represents Azerbaijan.
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — The rain that drenched Friday’s opening ceremony may have moved out of Paris, but its effects are still being felt in the River Seine, with water quality concerns throwing the triathlon competition into uncertainty. The decision to hold some swimming events in the famous river
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American shooter Sagen Maddalena narrowly missed out on a medal during the women’s 10m air rifle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Ezinne Kalu hit four 3s in the first half and hounding defense forced 26 turnovers as Nigeria beat Australia in the first upset of the Olympic women’s basketball tournament.
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Details and takeaways from the second day of the men’s handball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court began the year poised to build on its 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and to deliver a new blow to abortion access. In January, the court took the extraordinary step of letting Idaho enforce its ban on abortion with an exception only
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Australian Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist lightweight boxer Harry Garside loses his first-round bout against Hungary’s Richard Kovacs at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — The avenues, monuments and gardens in the park surrounding Sanssouci Palace, a sprawling green oasis in the heart of the German city of Potsdam and a UNESCO world heritage site, look as magnificent as ever. But a closer look shows that all is not well with the park’s trees,
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Team USA’s super heavyweight (92+kg/202+lb) Joshua Edwards loses his Round of 16 opener to Italian Diego Lenzi. The thrilling 2024 Paris Olympics bout ended in a 3-1 split decision.
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Veterans Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi of China used their experience to take the win over Canada’s Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec in women’s beach volleyball Pool B play.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who intends to spend his last few months of his presidency in the country’s ambitious new capital, has begun to work from the new presidential palace there, despite the continuing construction work and lack of first-class facilities. Only one month is left before
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Gary Hunt competed in the men’s synchro 10m platform diving event, which is about 17 meters less than his usual choice of platform. Hunt is a 10 time cliff diving world champion at 27 meters.
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea’s border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Monday. The North Korean army launched emergency operations in North Pyongan province as the region reeled
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The Golf Central crew discusses the field and makes predictions for the men’s golf tournament at the Paris Olympics.
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The Chinese duo of Lian Junjie an dYang Hao bested Great Britain’s Tom Daley and Noah Williams to win gold in the for men’s diving synchro platform
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Rex Hoggard catches up with Min Woo Lee and Jason Day to preview the men’s golf tournament at the Paris Olympics and explain why it means so much to them to represent Australia on an international stage.
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after launching an aggressive fight against inflation and one year after leaving its benchmark interest rate at a near-quarter-century high, the Federal Reserve is expected to signal this week that it will likely reduce borrowing costs as soon as September. A rate reduction this fall — the
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Turkiye was down two sets to zero in its opening match of the 2024 Paris Olympics, but pulled off an epic comeback to beat the Netherlands
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