THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has qualified for the Paris Olympics. Steven van de Velde and partner Matthew Immers were one of two men’s teams from the Netherlands that qualified for the beach volleyball competition at the
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and five injured, officials said. More than 100 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after
A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, is an unconstitutional measure that restricts speech and makes it impossible for users to associate on the app. The legal brief, submitted late Wednesday to a federal court in Washington
NEW YORK (AP) — When Alessandra Ferri, one of the most celebrated dramatic ballerinas of this or any time, takes the stage Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House to channel Virginia Woolf, logic dictates it will be her last dance appearance. It’s not merely that she’s now 61 — albeit dancing exquisitely — and sharing
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led many people in Poland to invest in gold. While the war is hundreds of miles to the east, gold investors feel the precious metal offers them safety at a time of instability. Russia’s war against Ukraine has led many people in Poland to invest in gold. While the war
Kenyan police on Thursday clashed with protesters in Nairobi before planned protests against a contentious finance bill, despite the president’s decision not to sign it after the plans sparked deadly chaos in the capital and saw protesters storming and burning part of the parliament building. (AP video shot by Idi Ali Juma and Zelipha Kirobi)
DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany (AP) — Former Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernández has signed for Saudi Arabian team Al Qadsiah, penning the two-year contract while at the European Championship with Spain . Newly-promoted Al Qadsiah announced Nacho had joined as a free agent on Thursday — three days before Spain’s round of 16 match against surprise package
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It took 36 games in 13 days across 10 cities in Germany to play the group stage of the European Championship in men’s soccer. Eight teams have gone home and the original lineup of 24 is down to the 16 who will start the knockout rounds Saturday. There were huge surprises
IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Amid market stalls heaped with fresh foods, the shopper walked past the young candidate campaigning for votes in France’s high-stakes and torrid legislative election but then paused and doubled back to give Shannon Seban a piece of her mind. What happened next is becoming depressingly familiar for the 28-year-old candidate, who
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10:16 a.m., prison officials said. Rojem had denied responsibility for killing his former
