ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece ordered nationwide restrictions for goat and sheep Monday to combat a deadly viral outbreak that is a fresh blow to the domestic livestock industry. Costas Tsiaras, the minister of agriculture and rural development, announced the ban on the commercial slaughter of goats and sheep as well as movement
It’s a tail as old as time. You’re in the right place at the right moment and the next thing you know, you’re living in the White House. That’s what happened to a stray, gray, green-eyed cat named Willow, who turned up at a Joe Biden rally in Pennsylvania in 2020, jumped onstage and left
PARIS (AP) — Eurosport has dropped an Olympic swimming commentator from its Paris coverage for an “inappropriate” comment about women. British journalist Bob Ballard said on air after Australia won the 4×100-meter freestyle relay on Saturday: “Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like … hanging around, doing their makeup.” Co-commentator
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Bob Bowman teared up, just as he used to do watching Michael Phelps win Olympic gold medals. This time it was Leon Marchand, Bowman’s latest pupil to shine on the world stage, who pulled off a dominant victory in the 400-meter individual medley in front of a raucous French home crowd
LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested after a reported stabbing in northwest England on Monday in which several people were hurt. Merseyside Police said officers were called at about noon on Monday to an address in Southport, near Liverpool. It said “there are a number of reported casualties” and called it a “major incident.”
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further cooperation with Italy on Monday at a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying the two countries were the ends of the historical Silk Road trade route. Meloni pulled Italy out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative — whose name refers to the ancient
ISTANBUL (AP) — A senior Turkish official on Monday accused the Israeli government of trying to “hide your war crimes” by targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he seemingly threatened to invade Israel. Fahrettin Altun, Erdogan’s head of communications, said on social media platform X that those who threaten the president “do so at their
McDonald’s posted weak sales in the second quarter as increasingly value-conscious consumers in the U.S., China and paid fewer visits to restaurants. Sales at locations open at least a year fell 1% worldwide across every company segment in the April-June period, the first decline since the final quarter of 2020 when the pandemic shuttered stores
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Ezinne Kalu made her first four 3-pointers and scored 17 of her 19 points in the first half Monday as Nigeria won its first Olympic women’s basketball game since 2004 in Athens, upsetting Australia 75-62 in their group play opener. Nigeria didn’t even qualify for the 2016 Rio Games and went
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — When Leonardo Fabbri went and analyzed what went wrong with his performance at the Tokyo Olympics — where the Italian shot putter missed qualifying for the final by 10 centimeters — he didn’t focus on his bout with COVID-19 or his various injuries that year. Or even his technique. The answer
