PARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain repeatedly whipped a horse while coaching another rider in a video that was published by multiple media outlets Wednesday. The video is part of an official complaint filed against Dujardin with the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, or FEI. It shows Dujardin repeatedly striking
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low. Births in Japan hit a record low of 730,000 last year. The 1.58 million deaths last year were also a record
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with providing material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — France’s air force made a stopover in Indonesia’s capital on Wednesday, part of a visit to Southeast Asia that’s meant to display French commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing Chinese maritime activity there. The French mission, named Pegase, visited Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma air force base on a weeks-long
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PARIS (AP) — French authorities have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics, officials said Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris. France has been on high alert over the past few weeks as preparations to host the Olympics hit the final stretch. The Games officially kick off
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Winter Olympics will make its grand return to Salt Lake City in 2034, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday, marking the success of Utah’s decadeslong effort to preserve Olympic venues and retain public enthusiasm . Local leaders have had their sights set on hosting again — and becoming part
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers hired Stan Bowman as general manager and executive vice president of hockey operations on Wednesday, making him the first former Chicago Blackhawks executive re-hired by an NHL team since the team’s 2010 sexual assault scandal came to light in recent years. The league reinstated Bowman, coach Joel Quenneville
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago, the desert nation has issued a multitude of warnings about dengue which, activists say, has surged and struck hardest among the vast populations of laborers. The tropical disease, spread by mosquitos, has witnessed a worldwide
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday he is confident of turning around his struggling center-left party’s fortunes and will run for a second term as Germany’s leader in an election expected next year, dismissing a suggestion that he could emulate U.S. President Joe Biden and make way for someone else. Scholz’s governing coalition
