Caslick to lead Australia’s charge for rugby sevens gold at Paris Games on July 4, 2024Charlotte Caslick will lead Australia´s world series champion squad to the Paris Olympics, where she´s aiming to win her second gold medal after taking the honors when rugby sevens made its debut at the Summer Games in 2016. The women´s and men´s Australian squads for Paris were confirmed Wednesday, with Caslick and Sharni Smale on […]
Rishi Sunak battles to the end as Labour’s Starmer eyes victory on July 4, 2024Rishi Sunak has covered thousands of miles in the past few weeks, but he hasn´t outrun the expectation that his time as Britain´s prime minister is in its final hours. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak´s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime […]
An Afghan woman who wanted to be a doctor now makes pickles under Taliban on July 4, 2024Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban´s permission to work. She should have graduated from university this year in pursuit of her dream of becoming a doctor, but the Taliban have barred women from higher education and excluded them from many jobs. Now, instead of suturing, she sews in a […]
Democrats in Congress grapple with Biden debate aftermath on July 4, 2024President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the course of American history. The Democratic president has signaled he has no intention of dropping out of the race against Donald Trump despite the halting and uneven […]
Leaders of Russia and China to meet in Central Asian summit on July 4, 2024Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday for the second time in as many months as they travel to Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances. Putin and Xi last got together in May when the Kremlin leader visited Beijing to underscore their close […]
As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away on July 3, 2024Over 20 years ago, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate. “It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens in some of the nations that you see having presidential elections,” Khamenei said […]
UN adopts resolution on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence on July 3, 2024The United Nations General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution with U.S. support urging wealthy developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure that they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence. The resolution approved Monday follows the March 21 adoption of the first U.N. resolution on artificial […]
Venezuela’s Maduro accepts proposal to restart direct US talks on July 3, 2024Venezuela´s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolás Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated election in which he and his party are facing their toughest challenge in decades. Maduro, who is seeking a third term, wants the U.S. government to lift crippling economic sanctions […]
‘What is the golden generation?’ asks De Bruyne after Belgium slumps again on July 3, 2024Kevin De Bruyne stood, hands on hips, and tried to take it all in. Belgium has flunked another major international tournament after a losing to France 1-0 in the round of 16 at the European Championship on Monday. It was an all-too familiar feeling for one of the remaining members of his country’s so-called golden […]
Court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims on July 2, 2024A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday. In August 2023, groups of Muslim men burned dozens of homes and […]