Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Venezuela on Monday to protest the victory of Nicolás Maduro in the country’s presidential election. (AP video shot by Juan Arraez, Randolfo Blanco and Lucas Dumphreys) Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Venezuela on Monday to protest the victory of Nicolás Maduro in the country’s
Israeli strikes hit villages in southern Lebanon on Monday. In the town of Chebaa, an artillery strike hit a home without causing injuries or deaths while earlier in the day another strike in the town of Shaqra killed two and injured three others, officials said. The attacks come as Israel mulls its response to a
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s government announced Monday that it has given temporary residency to 207 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds, after they fled across the border last week to escape drug violence. National Immigration Institute Director Danilo Rivera said they will have 30 days of legal status after which they could request asylum
PARIS (AP) — Christophe Ena takes a closer look at his AP photo of fencing joy at the spectacular Grand Palais. Why this photo? In this photo, France’s Manon Apithy Brunet celebrates after winning the women’s individual Sabre quarterfinal match against Greece’s Theodora Gkountoura. How I made this photo I made this photo with a
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — With the ceremonial blow of a conch shell and blare of the judges horn, the third day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti began on Monday, with the men’s surfers going head-to-head, some reaching the end of the road on their quest for gold. Stunning waves and steady swells
PARIS (AP) — Before they stood with their arms wrapped around each other in a brotherhood forever etched into U.S. Olympic lore, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Asher Hong, Paul Juda and Stephen Nedoroscik were collegians. Yes, the dreams the members of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team had fostered since childhood began in small gyms scattered
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Ilona Maher created a try and almost scored another as the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team reached the Olympic semifinals for the first time with a 17-7 win over Britain on Monday. Now for the tougher part: a semifinal against defending champion New Zealand. The New Zealanders trounced China 55-5 in
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela faced a political standstill Monday after both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election . Maduro considers the results of the election a settled matter. But the campaign of opposition candidate Edmundo González has disputed the results released by the ruling
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Monday pardoned three journalists who were charged with sex crimes and espionage in prosecutions widely condemned by press freedom advocates as retaliation for critical reporting. Omar Radi, Taoufik Bouachrine and Soulaimane Raissouni were among 2,278 people who received pardons this week, according to Morocco’s Ministry of
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ last-minute campaign for president has meant an instant spurt of increased travel , intensified fundraising , a flurry of filming new content for ads and a quick search for a running mate . Add to that list a series of hastily organized Zoom calls to raise money and
