SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — With Tom Daley out of the way, China is another step closer to an unprecedented sweep at the Olympic diving pool. Lian Junjie and Yang Hao breezed to gold in the 10-meter synchronized platform Monday to give the Big Red Machine its second straight gold medal of the Paris Games. The
PARIS (AP) — The French government says multiple telecommunications lines have been hit by acts of vandalism, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines as cities around France are hosting events for the 2024 Paris Olympics . The scale of the impact is unclear, as is whether it has affected any Olympic activities.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person died and some 200,000 households were left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the Baltic nations overnight. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by a falling tree on Monday, authorities said. Fire and rescue officials in
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses thwarted a nighttime barrage of 39 Ukrainian drones over five of the country’s regions, Russian authorities said Monday, while Kyiv officials said the Kremlin’s forces made a new push to overwhelm battlefield defenses on the front line in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the drones were “intercepted
Israeli strikes killed two people and injured three others in southern Lebanon early Monday, Lebanon’s state-run news agency said. The report came as Israel mulls its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 children and teenagers in a town in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. Monday’s strikes did not appear
LONDON (AP) — Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party , ahead of a Monday deadline, in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center ground. Contenders include former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and lawmaker Tom Tugendhat
Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner in Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday, even as his opponents were preparing to dispute the results, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will determine whether the South American nation transitions away from one-party rule. (AP video/Juan Arraez, Andry Rincon and Lucas Dumphreys) Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner in
Top diplomats from Japan, the US, Australia and India met Monday in Tokyo to discuss security concerns and joint support to reinforce maritime safety and cybersecurity in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing tensions with China. Top diplomats from Japan, the US, Australia and India met Monday in Tokyo to discuss security concerns and joint support
Soldiers joined people in Kyiv’s Independence Square on Sunday to remember the Ukrainians killed by an explosion while being held by Russia in the Olenivka prison barracks. (AP video/Vasilisa Stepanenko) Soldiers joined people in Kyiv’s Independence Square on Sunday to remember the Ukrainians killed by an explosion while being held by Russia in the Olenivka
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Sixteen-year-old South Korean shooter Ban Hyojin found out just how fine the winning margin in her sport can be as she won a gold medal by one-tenth of a point on Monday. Ban beat China’s Huang Yuting, who’s only one year older, to the gold medal by 0.1 in a shoot-off
