U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack by rioters on Sunday targeting a hotel housing asylum seekers that saw at least 10 police officers injured, one of them seriously. It was the latest episode in a wave of far-right violence across the country, following a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index plunged 6.7% early Monday before recovering some lost ground, extending sell-offs that began last week. The Nikkei had shed more than 2,400 points to 33,488.08 about a half-hour after opening. By about an hour after trading began, the index was down 5.3%, or about 1,900 points
PARIS (AP) — Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous Olympic experience on Sunday night
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Josephine Fraser worried her young family’s next home would be a tent. Fraser and her partner, their two sons and their dog had moved nine times in as many months, from one hotel room to another, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century razed her hometown of Lahaina, on Maui.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican journalist who covered one of the country’s most dangerous crime beats was killed by gunmen Sunday, and two of his government-assigned bodyguards were wounded, authorities said. The web news page operated by reporter Alejandro Martínez confirmed his death. The page covered community news and crime in Celaya, the most
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews battling California’s largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze aided in part by cooler weather, but a return of triple-digit temperatures could allow it to grow, fire officials said Sunday. Cooler temperatures and increased humidity gave firefighters “a great opportunity to make some good advances”
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Nigeria is headed to the quarterfinals, the first African team to ever make it that far at the Olympics. The reward is a matchup with seven-time defending champion U.S. in Paris on Wednesday. The Olympic women’s basketball draw was announced late Sunday night. The other matchups were Spain against Belgium, France
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woeful Chicago White Sox lost their 20th consecutive game Sunday, the majors’ longest skid in 36 years and one short of the American League record, as Chris Flexen was chased early in a 13-7 defeat against the Minnesota Twins. Royce Lewis hit a three-run homer off Flexen in a six-run second
PARIS (AP) — The American men are finally matching the women at the Paris Olympics , where the female athletes went into the halfway mark with a 9-0 lead in individual gold medals for the United States. The men wearing red, white and blue found a groove on Sunday — Day 9 of the Games.
PARIS (AP) — Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes advanced to the beach volleyball quarterfinals on Sunday night despite losing a set for the first time at the Paris Olympics . The U.S. women won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12. They will play Switzerland’s Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner, who beat Spain earlier Sunday. In the other
