Iranian leaders called for revenge on Thursday during a funeral ceremony following the assassination of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday. The killing came just hours after Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, in a strike in the south of Lebanon's capital Beirut, raising fears of a wider regional conflict as the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza grinds on.
A task force involving local San Diego police, federal officers and naval intelligence arrested 14 people who were attempting to buy sex at the giant pop culture gathering. Ten victims were rescued, nine of them adults, said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. "Unfortunately, sex traffickers capitalize on large scale events such as Comic-Con to exploit their victims for profit," said Bonta, in a statement. San Diego Comic-Con is one of the world's largest pop culture events. Some 135,000 people were expected to attend the convention... Читать дальше...
Boxer Cindy Ngamba of the Olympic Refugee Team has won her first fight at the Paris Games and is one victory from earning the team's first-ever medal. Ngamba, who was born in Cameroon and sought haven in the UK aged 11, said she hopes to "give motivation" to refugees across the world.
After cancelled training sessions and a last-minute postponement caused by unexpected storms spilling sewage into the Seine, Paris’s cherished dream of making the capital’s river clean enough to swim in came true Wednesday in the men and women’s individual triathlons.
The death occurred at a home near the town of Lyons, after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon and consumed several buildings. It remains zero percent contained, despite the efforts of over 120 firefighters. Firefighters discovered "human remains in one of the residences," Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson said. "I can confirm for you that we do have one fatality associated with this fire," he added, without providing further details. At 1,550 acres (630 hectares), the so-called "Stone Canyon... Читать дальше...
Team USA have never lost to an African side at the Olympics but they had a scare when they played South Sudan in a warm-up game in London on July 20. However there was never any threat of an upset in Lille as LeBron James got the US, seeking a fifth successive gold medal, off to a fast start in the first quarter and never looked back. Jayson Tatum began the game for the US after coach Steve Kerr kept the Boston Celtics star on the bench for the entirety of Sunday's opening win over Serbia. Instead... Читать дальше...
On an action-packed evening in a pumping La Defense Arena pool, China's Pan Zhanle smashed his own 100m freestyle world record while Swedish veteran Sarah Sjoestroem won the women's title. American great Ledecky again set new standards, cementing her reputation as the greatest distance swimmer the sport has known. She flew to the wall in a new Olympic record 15mins 30.02secs to defend her 1500 freestyle title, more than 10 seconds clear of second-placed Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France. Pan was also on fire... Читать дальше...
