Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles wrapped up her final day of the Paris Olympic s with more hardware for the greatest gymnast of her generation. The woman who didn’t think she’d even be here a couple years ago will leave Paris — and
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition leaders are calling on the country’s armed forces to abandon their support of President Nicolás Maduro and stop repressing demonstrators who have come out in force to dispute the leader’s claim he prevailed in last Sunday’s election. The armed forces are traditionally the arbiter of political disputes in Venezuela
A gallery of highlights on Day 10 of the Olympics captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games. Canada’s Linda Morais and Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu, right, compete in the round of 16 of the women’s freestyle 68kg category, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene
People in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka were celebrating on Monday after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence. (AP video/Al Emrun Garjon) People in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka were celebrating on Monday after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. NANTERRE, France (AP) — The U.S. men’s water polo team has been overshadowed by the country’s dominant women’s program for more than a decade. The men are looking to make their own noise at the Paris Olympics . Hannes Daube and Max Irving
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the Ukrainian world-record high jumper, may have just won Olympic gold , but she and other winning athletes from Ukraine are not resting in Paris — they’re trying to shine the spotlight on the war tearing apart their
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China’s Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi were the highest-scoring diving qualifiers in both the preliminaries and semifinals of women’s 10-meter platform at the Paris Olympics on Monday, setting them up as overwhelming favorites heading to the finals. In the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the justices granted
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A landslide triggered by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Wolaita area killed at least 13 people and the number of fatalities is expected to rise, a local official said Monday. Samuel Fola, zone chief administrator of Wolaita, said more than 300 people have been evacuated from the area in Kindo
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — The British trio of Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane shattered the world record in the women’s team sprint while beating New Zealand in a head-to-head showdown for the gold medal Monday night to open the track cycling
