Yahya Sinwar’s appointment as the top leader of Hamas formalizes a role he assumed in the early hours of Oct. 7, when the surprise attack into Israel that he helped mastermind ushered in the bloodiest chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is seen as a hard-liner with closer ties to Hamas’ armed wing than his
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn’t a motivational tactic — she’s plenty good at getting herself fired up. No, the American setter was making sure blood kept flowing
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — The International Olympic Committee expects to add an Indian sponsor soon in a sign of the country’s growing influence over the Olympics during a bid to host the 2036 Summer Games. The IOC currently has 15 top-tier partners, which collectively
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Pushing and shoving in one race on the track. A cameraman walking into the action in another. Leg cramps and untimely misses in the field. The often-routine qualifying rounds at Olympic track and field took some strange turns Wednesday with a four-man pileup in one men’s 5,000-meter heat, a cameraman who
AIN MESBAH, Algeria (AP) — Relatives and neighbors erupted in cheers on Tuesday when Algeria’s Imane Khelif advanced to the Olympic final in women’s boxing, winning a clear unanimous decision over Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand. In Ain Mesbah, the rural cinderblock-built town where the boxer was raised, legions of supporters convened on her uncle’s home
Politika | 06.08.2024 | access_time 19:50 prt.scr instagram/buducnostsrbije Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić najavio je danas da će u Beogradu “uskoro” početi gradnja muzeja posvećenog teniseru Novaku Đokoviću. Vučić je kazao da bi taj objekat trebalo da predstavlja “još jednu atrakciju” glavnog grada Srbije. “Rafael Nadal ima muzej na Palma de Majorci a Đoković je
The Palestinian militant group Hamas chose Yahya Sinwar , its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The group’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed July 31 in Iran by a presumed Israeli strike. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to the decision by saying
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s exports rose 7% in July from a year earlier, below economists’ forecasts for growth closer to 10% as trade tensions and weakening growth in the United States and other major markets weighed on demand. Chinese leaders have ramped up investment in manufacturing to rev up an economy that stalled during the
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Australia, Canada and the Philippines held air and naval maneuvers Wednesday in what they said was a show of force to promote the rule of law in the disputed South China Sea, where China has increasingly asserted its territorial claims. In an apparent response, China said it conducted
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens returned from Paris full of pride in what his wife, Simone Biles, accomplished and showing off her Olympic pin. Owens is back practicing at Bears training camp this week after getting time away
