Breakaway boxing body’s president backs the IOC’s handling of gender issues at the Paris Olympics

Breakaway boxing body’s president backs the IOC’s handling of gender issues at the Paris Olympics

VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The head of the governing body that hopes to run the next Olympic boxing tournament said he supports the IOC’s eligibility policies at the Paris Olympics , and he urged those without deep understandings of gender issues to entrust those determinations to medical professionals and scientists. World Boxing president Boris Van

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2 Belarusian journalists sentenced to prison in a closed-door trial, rights group says

2 Belarusian journalists sentenced to prison in a closed-door trial, rights group says

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Two Belarusian journalists working for news outlets that the government of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has declared extremist have been sentenced to prison, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. The convictions in a closed-door trial are the latest in a persistent crackdown on dissent and independent journalism. The severe

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After Olympics, Turkey’s Erdogan seeks unity with Pope Francis against acts that mock sacred values

After Olympics, Turkey’s Erdogan seeks unity with Pope Francis against acts that mock sacred values

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday about the “immoral display” at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics and called for a unified stance against acts that ridicule sacred values, according to a statement from Erdogan’s office. The Turkish leader told the pontiff in a telephone

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