SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No.2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland last November, he finished all necessary prep work alone. About a week later, one night, he told his family that they should leave Cuba in
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Carlotta formed over the Pacific Ocean on Friday and continues to strengthen as it moves away from Mexico, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Carlotta’s top sustained winds reached 80 mph (130 kmh) as it moved farther away from any coast. The center said ocean swells generated by
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police on Mexico’s Caribbean coast said Friday they have found the bodies of four men, including a policeman, shot to death near a resort just south of Cancun. The victims all had apparently been shot in the head and were found dumped near the highway leading out of Cancun, said Luis
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half-dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election. The raid occurred at around 3 a.m., Machado’s party said, adding that the assailants broke down doors and
PARIS (AP) — Nauris Miezis made a 2-pointer with 41 seconds left to help defending champion Latvia remain perfect in pool play with a 22-20 victory over France on Friday in men’s 3×3 basketball at the Paris Olympics . The big shot by Miezis, who had 10 points, improved Latvia to 5-0 in pool play.
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. Outcry has come from conservatives like former U.S. President Donald Trump and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. Khelif was disqualified
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won her opening Olympic boxing bout on Friday, beating Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan 5:0 in the women’s 57-kilogram division. Lin and fellow women’s boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria were disqualified from the world championships held last year by the International Boxing Association for supposedly failing gender eligibility
PARIS (AP) — Dearica Hamby made a layup with four seconds remaining to lift the defending champion U.S. women to a 14-13 win over France on Friday in 3×3 basketball at the Paris Olympics . The U.S. has won two in a row since it dropped its first three games in pool play. “We needed
Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ campaign announced Friday that it raised $310 million last month , an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2. The haul by Harris, the Democratic National
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — New details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services. Families of freed dissidents, meanwhile, expressed their joy at the surprise release. While journalists Evan Gershkovich
