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Olympics-Fencing-Hong Kong's Kong wins gold in women's epee
PARIS - Vivian Kong of Hong Kong won the gold medal in the women's epee individual event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Auriane...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Judo-Japan's Tsunoda wins gold, two medals for France
PARIS - Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women's under 48 kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while Yeldos Smetov...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-Bathwater mishap forces Japan's Oka to swap cardboard bed
PARIS - Much has been made about the robustness of the Olympic Village's cardboard beds but one didn't prove up to the test for top...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Judo-Smetov wins men's -60kg gold for Kazakhstan
PARIS - Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the under 60kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Luka Mkheidze of France...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
IOC apologises to South Korea over Olympics ceremony gaffe
PARIS - The International Olympic Committee apologised to South Korea on Saturday after its delegation of athletes were introduced as...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Diving-Chinese gold winning duo nearly missed their moment amid crowd cheers
PARIS - The roars of the crowd in the Paris Olympic aquatics centre were so loud, China's Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani nearly missed the cue...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Exclusive-Don't bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in Israel's response
The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in...
Jul 30, 20243 min read
Explainer-Why the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is heating up again
A deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has added to concerns that Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group...
Jul 30, 20244 min read
Factbox-Who's going to run in Sri Lanka's presidential election
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe became the first candidate to officially register for the presidential...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Trump touts warm ties to Israel's Netanyahu, blasts Harris
PALM BEACH, Florida - Former U.S. President Donald Trump touted his close relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu when he hosted the Israeli...
Jul 27, 20243 min read
Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed?
Palestinian health authorities say Israel's ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 39,000 people, mostly civilians, and...
Jul 27, 20244 min read
CIA chief to meet Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials for Gaza talks, source says
CIA Director William Burns will meet this weekend in Rome with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts and Qatar's prime minister for talks...
Jul 27, 20241 min read
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