Seven years have passed since Catalan independence leader and former president Carles Puigdemont fled justice by taking refuge abroad to avoid jail after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northern region. Today we saw him in Barcelona. I joined him amidst the chaos and surprise of the crowd, as he walked to the stage
Thousands of Palestinians in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza were forced to flee to other areas on Thursday afternoon after the Israeli military ordered another mass evacuation. (AP video shot by Mohammad Jahjouh) Thousands of Palestinians in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza were forced to flee to other areas on Thursday afternoon after
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Coco Gauff routed Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff played her first hard-court match
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. PARIS (AP) — Hasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory on Thursday evening in Olympic boxing. The Uzbek fighter was an Olympic champion
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. PARIS (AP) — Trailing and with its streak of four consecutive Olympic gold medals in danger, the U.S. team was trying desperately to mount a semifinal comeback. There was only one problem — Serbia kept
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. Follow along for live updates from today’s events. SAINT-DENIS., France (AP) — The heated rivalry in cricket has been well documented. Now, India and Pakistan are competing against each other in the javelin throw at the Olympics , too. When Arshad Nadeem of
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone insists and insists that her biggest competition in any race are those 10 hurdles that circle the track. These days, those are no problem. The real thing she’s running against is the clock. McLaughlin-Levrone once again broke her own world record, powering over the 400-meter hurdles in 50.37 seconds
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A 73-year-old man has been charged in the strangulation deaths of three Southern California women in 1977 after cold case detectives obtained a DNA match, authorities said Thursday, adding they believe there could be more victims. Warren Luther Alexander of Diamondhead, Mississippi, made his first court appearance Thursday but arraignment on
Olympics live updates: Noah Lyles seeks another gold in men’s 200M final 1 of 5 | Noah Lyles, of the United States, competes during the men’s 200-meter semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) 2 of 5 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, of the United States, leads in a women’s
NEW YORK (AP) — After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month — just barely. The European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday that July 2024’s average heat just missed surpassing July of last year . While the slightly cooler month is good
