Alex Morgan left off the 18-player U.S. soccer roster headed to the Olympics The Olympic roster is smaller than the 23 players who are included on teams for the Women's World Cup and other competitions. 06/26/2024 - 5:29 am | View Link
Alex Morgan left off the 18-player U.S. soccer roster headed to the Olympics Veteran forward Alex Morgan won’t be going to the Paris Olympics after surprisingly being left off the roster by U.S. national team coach Emma Hayes. Morgan, a three-time Olympian and two-time ... 06/25/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
For former NBA player Chase Budinger, a second career in beach volleyball was a path to the Olympics After seven years in the NBA, Chase Budinger still had some goals left on his dream board. The former Rockets and Timberwolves forward has wanted to compete in the Olympics ever since he was a ... 06/23/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Paris Olympics Head coach Tim Cone says Gilas Pilipinas decided not to get a stand-in for injured guard Scottie Thompson as it competes in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament ... 06/23/2024 - 7:24 am | View Link
VB native advances to Olympics BMX freestyle for the second time VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach native has qualified for his second Olympics in the BMX freestyle. Justin Dowell has automatically qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After ... 06/22/2024 - 10:23 pm | View Link
Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season in the Atlantic, has already broken storm records as it ravages through the Caribbean. Power lines have been brought down, homes flattened, and streets flooded across multiple southeastern Caribbean Islands. The death toll has risen to at least seven people, according to CNN.
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This story was reported with support from the Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Network.
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Whenever the growing pile of plastic waste in front of her door takes up too much space, Asinate Lewabeka has a simple solution. She sets it on fire. She prefers to do so at dawn when the air is still so that the smoke rises in a black column.
Hurricane Beryl is shattering storm records on its path through the Caribbean, having already killed several people as it leaves tremendous destruction in its wake.
After it passed through Grenada, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said Beryl “flattened” the archipelagic nation’s small island of Carriacou and that, with communication and power lines cut and many roads made impassable, officials are having trouble reaching affected areas.
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Bangladesh is in talks with China for a loan of about $5 billion to bolster the nation’s dwindling foreign-exchange reserves, the central bank governor said, drawing the South Asian country closer to Beijing.
The funds will be denominated in yuan and give exporters access to financing they can use to pay for much-needed raw material imports from China, Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder said in an interview in Dhaka on Tuesday.
LONDON — United Kingdom elections have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as modern political slogans and spin.
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Luxury coaches rented by the main political parties to whisk politicians and journalists around the country for campaign visits during the five-week campaign.
Chinese and Philippine diplomats agreed to ease South China Sea tensions but stood firm on their nations’ claims during a meeting that followed one of their most serious maritime clashes.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong and Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro had “frank and constructive” discussions at a regular bilateral meeting on the South China Sea in Manila on Tuesday, according to the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs.