Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif will press her fight for an Olympic gold medal Tuesday night amid the intense scrutiny over misconceptions about her gender . Khelif takes on Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand in boxing semifinals at the Paris Olympics at
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. WASHINGTON (AP) — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, however, were dreamed up by artificial intelligence. Portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Shane Lowry was among 21 players at the Paris Olympics who headed across the Atlantic Ocean for the PGA Tour’s final tournament of the regular season that determines the top 70 who advance to the FedEx Cup postseason.
TOKYO (AP) — More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in July, when the nation’s average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect much of the month, Japanese authorities said Tuesday. According to the Tokyo Medical Examiner’s Office, many of the 123 people who died were elderly.
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles . The longtime friends and U.S. gymnastics teammates knew they needed to find a way to honor Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade . They just weren’t sure how.
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. LE BOURGET, France (AP) — American Sam Watson broke his own world record for speed sport climbing at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Watson set the time of 4.75 seconds in an elimination heat to improve his mark of 4.79 from the Wujiang
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — After making it to the Paris Olympics, 100-meter hurdler Masai Russell treated herself to a new black Mercedes. Imagine the reward should the American star bring home gold. Imagine the social media content, too. When she’s not leaping over
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for the government to develop a program for overseas promotion of “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values,” a theme that the Kremlin has increasingly sounded in recent years. In an order published on the Kremlin website, Putin instructed officials responsible for national projects to allot
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. NANTERRE, France (AP) — The French put on an incredible show at the Olympic swimming pool, packing the place with screaming, flag-waving fans waving larger-than-life cutout faces and wearing The Tricolore on their cheeks. Raucous and patriotic, the fans pushed beloved countryman Léon
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Christian Kukuk had a faultless round to win the individual jumping title at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and increase Germany’s equestrian medal haul. It was the first Olympic medal of the 34-year-old Kukuk’s career. He was the first
