Associated Press PARIS (AP) — For Ukrainian competitors in Paris for the Olympics, joy goes hand in hand with sorrow. Athletes are striving to enjoy the dream of competing at one of the world’s most prestigious sports events while carrying the burden of the war back home. Ukrainian badminton player Polina Buhrova says she experiences
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Joe Prince-Wright previews the USWNT’s group stage fixture against Germany following Team USA’s impressive 3-0 win over Zambia at the Paris Olympics.
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Snoop Dogg is ready to help get the 2024 Paris Olympics going as the legendary musician carried the Olympic flame into the Olympic Village.
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Joe Prince-Wright previews a must-win match for the U.S. men’s soccer team against New Zealand following Team USA’s 3-0 loss to France in the group stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid in a video released Friday. “Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,”
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued an executive order directing officials in the state with the nation’s largest homeless population to start removing homeless encampments – a move met with outrage from homeless advocates and elected officials. The Democratic governor’s order came on the heels of a
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top security agency says it has arrested a man accused of staging a car bombing on Ukrainian orders. The Federal Security Service showed a video of the handcuffed suspect walking off a plane from Turkey escorted by officers. Turkish authorities said Wednesday that they detained the suspect, Yevgeniy Serebryakov, on Russia’s
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Mike Tirico, Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson preview the incredible plans for the 2024 Opening Ceremony.
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TODAY’s Tom Llamas talks about the history the 2024 Opening Ceremony will make and how the event will showcase the beauty of Paris as athletes will travel down the Seine.
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid in a video released Friday. “Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” the
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris voiced support for “defund the police” in a radio interview in June 2020 amidst nationwide protests for police reform, just months before denouncing the movement after she had joined the Biden presidential campaign. Harris said in the June radio interview the movement “rightly”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats. The endorsement, announced Friday in a video showing Harris accepting a joint phone call
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is throwing his financial firepower behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Hoffman, who has donated $7 million to the leading pro-Biden and Harris super PAC, told CNN he’s “redoubling” efforts to support the campaign and has “great hope” that Harris will become the United
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Tropical storm Gaemi brought rain to central China on Saturday as it moved inland after making landfall at typhoon strength on the country’s east coast Thursday night. The storm felled trees, flooded streets and damaged crops in China but there were no reports of casualties or major damage. Eight people died in
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — On a typical summer day, tourists flock to the historic Marais district of Paris, wandering its charming medieval streets dotted with ultra-chic boutiques, gazing at stunning private mansions, strolling through the elegant 17th-century square Place des Vosges, and filling humming restaurants and bars. But this summer has hardly been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Is the 19th century Champagne on the bottom of the Baltic Sea still fit for a toast? A team of Polish divers has discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded “to the brim” with luxury goods including porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral
Continue ReadingAP Diplomatic Writer VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administration’s expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia this week and next. The trip comes as the 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign heats up
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The Atlantic Ocean has been on a nearly three-week long rest after producing historic Hurricane Beryl, but the basin is about to wake up. “There’s definitely some (tropical activity) coming,” Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane expert and research scientist at Colorado State University, said. “It’s coming sooner rather than
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — The search for the perfect wave has been a part of surfing culture for decades, with surfers traveling from location to location in their quest for the best swells. This year, it determines the days that surfers competing in the Paris Olympics in Tahiti will paddle into the ocean
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A photograph of a young girl in a checked green dress against the backdrop of a churned-up sea filled with debris is the winner of the 2024 Mangrove Photography Awards. Taken by Indian photographer Supratim Bhattacharjee, it shows the aftermath of a cyclone in the Sundarbans, a huge mangrove
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