VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Jordi Fernandez was born in Spain, raised in Spain, learned basketball in Spain, even started his coaching career as a teenager in Spain. And on Friday, he could eliminate Spain from the men’s tournament at the Paris Olympics . For a few weeks this summer, Fernandez — the coach of the
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years. Home for Yaroslava Mahuchikh is Dnipro, a city of 1 million located only about 100 kilometers from the front lines of the war with Russia that shows no signs of ending.
Ferdinand Omanyala’s status as Africa’s fastest man has many people believing Kenya’s push for Olympic gold medals isn’t entirely a long-distance objective. The Commonwealth Games 100-meter champion doesn’t want to get ahead of himself, though, despite posting the second-fastest time this season of 9.79 seconds to qualify for Paris at the national Olympic trials. “I
GARHMUKTESHWAR, India (AP) — They were found in gutters, on streets, in bushes. They were boarded on trains, deserted in hospitals, dumped at temples. They were sent away for being sick or outliving paychecks or simply growing too old. By the time they reached this home for the aged and unwanted, many were too numb
The children they raised do not come here. The grandchildren who brought a sparkle to their eyes no longer climb into their laps. No siblings or in-laws or nephews or neighbors arrive either. This is not a place accustomed to visitors. The Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society is a refuge for those who
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police have arrested 18 political activists and hauled some of them off a plane, their lawyers said Thursday, in the latest clampdown by the government after warning it would crush opposition protests ahead of its hosting of a meeting of the southern African heads of state this month. The Zimbabwe
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the sixth time in a row as inflation falls and the economy recovers more slowly than expected. The cut, which had been predicted by analysts, brought the interest rate down by a quarter of a percentage point, to 4.50%.
Politika | 01.08.2024 | access_time 11:40 Zamenik predsednika Stranke slobode i pravde (SSP) Borko Stefanović izjavio je danas da ta stranka traži vanredne parlamentarne izbore sa promenjenim izbornim uslovima, a da je “suštinski razlog” za to projekat Jadar, odnosno najava rudarenja litijuma. Kako je saopšteno iz SSP, Stefanović je za televiziju Nova S rekao da
Zelena Srbija | Izvor: Beta | 31.07.2024 | access_time 20:40 Pripadnici Sektora Ministarstva unutrašnjih poslova Srbije za vanredne situacije i Helikopterske jedinice gase požare kod Raške, Bujanovca i u istočnom delu Severne Makedonije. Ministarstvo je saopštilo da vatrogasci-spasioci gase šumski požara u mestu Gradac, u opštini Raška gde gori oko osam hektara borove šume i 20
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Mohammed Deif , Hamas’ longtime shadowy military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, is said to be dead following an Israeli airstrike last month. The Israeli military said it killed Deif in a massive strike in
