Harris to name running mate, launch blitz of US swing states

Agence France Presse 08/06/2024

Kamala Harris was set to announce her running mate Tuesday before the pair head out on a five-day swing through America’s hottest battleground states, just three months out from the presidential election. The US vice president’s campaign…

North Korea deploys 250 missile launchers to southern border, state media

Agence France Presse 08/05/2024

North Korea has deployed 250 ballistic missile launchers to its southern border, with leader Kim Jong Un describing the weapons as a “powerful treasured sword” to defend its sovereignty, state media said Monday. The olive green mobile…

Paris Olympics: Mahuchikh, where she dedicates her golden win?

Agence France Presse 08/05/2024

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh dedicated her Olympic high jump gold medal on Sunday to the nearly 500 athletes and coaches who have been killed since Russia invaded her country in 2022. The 22-year-old lived up to her pre-Paris…

Paris Olympics: Carlos Yulo bags 2nd gold for PH in gymnastics

Agence France Presse 08/05/2024

Carlos Yulo of the Philippines made it two golds in 24 hours on Sunday continuing his fairytale Olympics the day after claiming the floor title for a piece of Philippines sporting history. This as Algerian teen Kaylia…

Paris Olympics: USA beats Puerto Rico to stay unbeaten in games

Agence France Presse 08/04/2024

Anthony Edwards scored a team-high 26 points as the United States cruised to a 104-83 win over Puerto Rico on Saturday to complete the group stage unbeaten at the Olympics. Team USA are hunting a fifth straight…

Paris Olympics: Djokovic, Alcaraz to clash for tennis gold

Agence France Presse 08/03/2024

A fired-up Novak Djokovic on Friday reached his first Olympic final and will face Carlos Alcaraz in a dream showdown for gold in Paris. Top seed Djokovic, still seeking an elusive Olympic title to sit along his…

Paris Olympics: Belarusian trampolinist 1st neutral to win gold

Agence France Presse 08/03/2024

Ivan Litvinovich from Belarus on Friday became the first athlete competing as a neutral at the Paris Olympics to win gold as he retained his title in the men’s trampoline final. The 23-year-old was the top qualifier…

Paris Olympics: Boxing champ Jalolov ‘runs like a cat’ to reach semis

Agence France Presse 08/03/2024

Bakhodir Jalolov marched towards a second Olympic gold as he outfoxed Teremoana Teremoana in a super-heavyweight quarterfinal on Friday, with the beaten Australian accusing him of “running like a cat”. “I want to take a second gold…

Harris secures Democratic presidential nomination

Agence France Presse 08/03/2024

US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris was the sole candidate on the ballot for…

Trump revives ‘birtherism’ as Harris gains in polls

Agence France Presse 08/02/2024

Donald Trump is facing a fierce backlash for questioning the race of US election rival Kamala Harris, but to those acquainted with the Republican’s long history of inflammatory language and behavior around the issue, the smear was…

Paris Olympics: Biles makes more history as gender row rocks games

Agence France Presse 08/02/2024

Simone Biles recaptured her all-around gymnastics crown on Thursday for her sixth Olympic gold and second in Paris, as a gender eligibility row in boxing shook the Games and sparked broader debate. Already considered the greatest gymnast…

Paris Olympics: As gender row engulfs boxing, what is testosterone?

Agence France Presse 08/02/2024

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s swift defeat of her Italian opponent at the Paris Olympics on Thursday has sparked a row after she was disqualified from a previous competition over reportedly high levels of testosterone. Figures such as…

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