China took the first gold of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, as the rain that dampened the opening ceremony took its toll on the first full day of sporting action. In a closely fought final of the mixed-team 10-metre air rifle, teenage duo Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting outscored Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun from South Korea 16-12, Kazakhstan grabbing the bronze. FRANCE 24's Leo Mcguinn reports.
Watch as Australia's Matthew Ebden jokingly offers a spectator a chance to take over during his 6-0 6-1 thrashing against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the first round of the men's singles of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district, seven individuals, including five women and a child, have passed away due to diarrhoea and water-borne diseases. About 150 others have fallen ill over the last ten days. Official reports indicate contamination of food and water as the primary cause, prompting health teams to take action and raise awareness. Similar cases in Umaria district led to disciplinary actions against health officials.
Under a law signed by President Joe Biden in April, the company could face a ban in a few months if it doesn't break ties with ByteDance.
Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has described the former spokesman to the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign organisation, Daniel Bwala, as a failed lawyer and politician. Bwala had, in an X post on Friday, alleged that Ndume was planning to mobilise youths in his (Bwala’s) local government area of Borno
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New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her microphone was muted while speaking at the NITI Aayog meeting. He clarified that each Chief Minister was given a designated speaking time, which was displayed on screens at their tables, and that the time allotted to the West Bengal CM had ended. Addressing a p
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Corporate Affairs Harsh Malhotra on Saturday lauded the Union budget 2024-25 and said that due to the visionary policies initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has achieved significant economic growth. "The significant growth of the Indian economy has reached 8.2 per cent over the past ten years due to Prime Mi
Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil (SPD) has called for the country's minimum wage to increase to at least 14 euros from 12.41 euros currently, according to media reports on Saturday.
Quetta [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): The authorities have banned all kinds of public meetings, processions and rallies under section 144 in Pakistan's Quetta, ARY News reported. The district administration has announced the decision through a notification. The district administration also placed containers for an indefinite period on the roads entering and leaving the city of Quetta, including Maghrib Bypass, Hazar Ganji, La
Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River.
Several individuals were arrested by police on Friday evening on suspicion of committing a burglary in the eastern part of the country.
The 22-year-old is one of France's big hopes for gold as he takes on the twin challenge of the 200 metres and 400m medley -- and potentially both 200m butterfly and breaststroke. There will be no shortage of support for a young man who used to cycle the few hundred metres between his family's home in Toulouse in southwest France to the local swimming pool. It was hardly a surprise to see the little blonde six-year-old pedalling to the Art Deco building that housed TOEC (Toulouse Olympic Employees Club): he was effectively born to water. Читать дальше...
100 percent coverage of villages in telecom connectivity in the country is targeted to be achieved in the next 12 months adding that in the budget 2024-25 Rs 11,000 crore is allocated for flood management in Assam and Sikkim- Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia
A Utah-based mechanic (@davesautocenter) explains how to avoid low speed pre-ignition (LSPI) with a gasoline direct injection engines, or GDI, in a viral TikTok. If you own a car made after 2016, there's a strong chance this applies to you.
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It would be impossible for President Nicolas Maduro to remain in office for a third 6-year term if Sunday’s presidential election in which he is running is “free and fair”, FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Rob Parsons said in an analysis. “All the polls have been showing that the unified opposition ... has a lead about 20 percent. So given that, you’d have to assume that they would sweep the election,” Parsons added.
The 31-year-old was part of the side that clinched the team gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 and 2022.
Grace Brown takes in her moment after winning gold in the time trial. © International Olympic Committee
One-time passwords have become a common method to restore consumer access to apps, but they are vulnerable to hacks.
ExWest Bengal Minister Biswanath Chowdhury dies at
A WOMAN who insists she always gets mistaken for a high-schooler has found herself brutally humbled.
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