The doping case involving U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton’s claims of eating contaminated meat is being appealed and will be sent to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which polices anti-doping on a global level for track and field, announced Wednesday it was appealing the “no-fault” finding issued by the U.S. Anti-Doping
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A top Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group is losing faith in the United States’ ability to mediate a cease-fire in Gaza ahead of a new round of talks scheduled for this week amid mounting pressure to bring an end to the 10-month-old war with Israel . Osama Hamdan told
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For more than a week, Ukrainian troops have pushed into the Kursk region of Russia, just north of their border, in the most extensive incursion by Kyiv’s forces in the 2½-year-old war. The advance has showed significant weaknesses in Russia’s border defense and embarrassed the Kremlin. What we know about the
Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic. (AP video shot by Al Emrun Garlon and Shonal Ganguly) Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic. (AP video shot by Al
ZURICH (AP) — The greatest pole vaulter is set to race the fastest ever 400-meter hurdler. In the 100-meter sprint. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, who broke his own world record in the pole vault at the Paris Olympics, will race Karsten Warholm, who set his 400-meter hurdles world record at the previous Olympics in Tokyo. The
ROME (AP) — Rome’s mayor and a chorus of others have denounced the defacing of a street-art celebration of Paola Egonu, who helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s volleyball and who has faced years of racist abuse at home. Egonu, who was born in Italy to parents of Nigerian origin
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top diplomat on Wednesday visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit came after Myanmar’s army has suffered unprecedented battlefield defeats from powerful ethnic militias, especially in the northeast along
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Santos’ spiritual journey has left a mark on her skin. Soon after the 50-year-old embraced her pre-Hispanic heritage and pledged to speak for her ancestors’ worldview in Mexico City, she tattooed the symbol “Ollin” — which translates from the Nahuatl language as “movement” — on her wrist. “It’s an imprint
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption nonprofit group Wednesday, and said he will send a diplomatic note to the U.S. government in protest . President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed the group is part of the conservative opposition, and shouldn’t receive foreign funding or tax deductible
The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of their return to power at a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, but there was no mention of the country’s hardships or promises of hope for the struggling population. (AP video shot by: Mohammad Habib Rahmani; Production by: Fazel Rahman Faizi) The Taliban celebrated the third
