Israel vows retaliation after rocket kills 12 youths in Golan

Agence France Presse 07/29/2024

Israel vowed on Sunday to “hit the enemy hard” after rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and fanned fears that the war in Gaza will spread. Iran warned Israel that…

Olympics tennis blockbuster: Nadal says Djokovic ‘clear favorite’

Agence France Presse 07/29/2024

Rafael Nadal insists Novak Djokovic will be the favorite when they clash at the Paris Olympics, after the Spaniard battled to victory over Marton Fucsovics in the first round on Sunday. Nadal had left his participation in…

Night at the mewseum: Ancient Egypt exhibition welcomes cats

Agence France Presse 07/28/2024

A queue of glamorous visitors stood outside Shanghai Museum twitching impatiently, tails flicking and whiskers quivering as they waited to be let in for the institution’s inaugural ancient Egypt cat night. Feline tickets for Saturday night’s event sold out within…

Paris Olympics launched by historic river parade

Agence France Presse 07/27/2024

A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of Light welcomed the world’s greatest athletes for a sporting extravaganza. Braving torrential rain, some 300,000 people…

Olympic icon Felix making presence felt at Paris Games

Agence France Presse 07/27/2024

Allyson Felix may have finally hung up her spikes after a glittering career that spanned three decades and five Olympics, but the track and field icon is still making her presence felt at the Paris Games. The 38-year-old…

‘Sabotage’ on French rail network before Olympics: What we know

Agence France Presse 07/26/2024

Arson attacks scrambled France’s high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials called premeditated acts of “sabotage” just hours before the Paris Olympics opened. Friday’s attacks were launched as the French…

Locked-down Paris nervously awaits Olympics opening ceremony

Agence France Presse 07/26/2024

“It’s going to be a beautiful success,” says Claudine Vacelet confidently of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, before pausing. “Well, with the security issues, I suppose we’ll only see whether it’s a success at the end.” After…

Taiwan: Deadly typhoon leaves 5 dead, 6 sailors missing

Agence France Presse 07/26/2024

The strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years killed five people and flooded parts of the island’s second-biggest city on Thursday, with rescuers searching for six sailors missing after their cargo ship sank in the storm. Typhoon Gaemi…

Taiwan shuts down as deadly Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall

Agence France Presse 07/25/2024

Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on Taiwan’s eastern coast in the early hours of Thursday, after unleashing torrential rainfall and whipping winds across the island that left two people dead. On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi had also…

Gunman flew drone over Trump rally area before shooting — FBI chief

Agence France Presse 07/25/2024

The 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a campaign rally flew a drone over the area about two hours before the former US president began to speak, the FBI director said Wednesday. FBI chief…

Carina blows past Philippines turning streets into rivers

Agence France Presse 07/24/2024

Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines on Wednesday, triggering floods in Manila and landslides in mountainous regions as Typhoon Gaemi locally called Typhoon Carina intensified the seasonal monsoon. In the densely populated capital, rescuers were deployed across…

Pop world backs Kamala Harris: ‘kamala IS brat’

Agence France Presse 07/24/2024

The pop world has coalesced rapidly around Kamala Harris’s last-minute candidacy, as the US vice president gets a boost from an online explosion of videos mixing her speeches with hit songs. Janelle Monae, John Legend and Charli…

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