VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Bruno Caboclo had 33 points and 17 rebounds as Brazil beat Japan 102-84 on Friday to stay in contention for the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament. Vitor Benite added 19 points for Brazil, which finished third in Group B behind France and Germany. The top two teams in each
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A few years after taking to the streets with hundreds of thousands of other Algerians, Kaci Taher says he now feels so disengaged that he won’t even vote in the country’s presidential elections next month. The 28-year-old from Kabylia is precisely the kind of voter that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has targeted
ORANGE, Va. (AP) — On the wall of the maternity home, painted in large letters, is the motto: “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.” For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby — their own. Paul Stefan was the last of their six children, born with a fatal condition. They
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More protests were taking place in Bangladesh on Friday against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government to demand justice for more than 200 people killed in last month’s violent demonstrations despite reforms announced in the job quota system which prompted weeks of protests. Over 2,000 protesters gathered in parts of
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unidentified assailants on Friday opened fire on police officers escorting a vehicle that was carrying three judges in Pakistan’s northwest on Friday, killing two officers, police said. The judges escaped unharmed in the attack which was the second one this week in the region. Local police chief Salam Khan said the
PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors said Friday that police have opened a hate speech investigation following a complaint by Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly over death threats. The Paris prosecutors’ office said in a statement that Jolly filed a police complaint on Tuesday, four days after the opening ceremony , for death threats
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has taken delivery of a second Turkish-built navy corvette, officials said Friday, although they did not say specifically how the warships might be used in the war against Russia . Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, attended the launching ceremony of the Ada-class corvette during a visit to Turkey, the Ukrainian
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian officials on Friday praised a landmark East-West prisoner exchange in which the tiny Alpine state participated by handing over two convicted Russian sleeper agents following secretive planning and negotiations with U.S. officials. The United States and Russia on Thursday completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing
Politika | 02.08.2024 | access_time 11:45 Foto: Beta/Milan Obradović Predsednik Stranke slobode i pravde (SSP) Dragan Đilas ocenio je danas da bi “umesto budalaštine sa referendumom o smeni”, predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić trebalo da prihvati da građani ne podržavaju njegovu politiku po pitanju litijuma i da podnese ostavku. Đilas je u pisanoj izjavi ocenio da
Politika | 02.08.2024 | access_time 11:05 Foto: Beta/Milan Ilić Ekološki ustanak je danas upozorio da se u beogradskom naselju Kotež “već 10 dana” izliva fekalna voda, a da nadležni ne reaguju. U saopštenju su naveli da je prijava podneta 25. jula, ali da Beogradski vodovod i kanalizacija “ne prima naloge za rad jer se radi
