Three weeks before Election Day, US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continued their respective media blitzes in hopes of chiseling into the fringes of each other's voter bases. Harris attempted to reach out to skeptical Republican voters with an interview on right-wing Fox News, while the same network ran a pre-recorded Trump appearance at an all-female town hall.
Japan's three-time women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto takes centre stage the following week at Skate Canada in Halifax, where Malinin will also compete. Malinin soared to his first world title last season with a gravity-defying quadruple-jumping free skate in Montreal putting him over 20 points ahead of his rivals. And the 19-year-old -- nicknamed as the "Quad God" -- is the pre-Olympic favourite after the retirement of two-time world champion and three-time Olympic medallist Uno Shoma of Japan. Читать дальше...
News broke last week that talks were underway between the club's current majority shareholder, businessman Pierre Ferracci, and the Arnault family, owners of the LVMH luxury goods conglomerate, with Red Bull expected to secure a minority stake. The takeover could completely transform the footballing landscape in France, where the domestic league has been dominated by Paris Saint-Germain since their acquisition by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011. It could also lead to Paris having two teams in... Читать дальше...
The gains followed a positive day on Wall Street, where traders took heart from healthy earnings from Morgan Stanley and United Airlines that helped claw back some of Tuesday's losses sparked by worries over this year's tech rally. Oil prices also inched back up but remained under pressure owing to questions about the demand outlook. Hong Kong and Shanghai led gains across the region as Chinese housing minister Ni Hong prepared for a news conference officials said will outline plans to support... Читать дальше...
Since Lai succeeded Tsai Ing-wen in May, China has staged two large-scale military drills around the island -- most recently on Monday -- and verbally attacked the new leader at every turn over his speeches and comments. Beijing calls Lai a "separatist" and has accused him of escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait -- the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan and China. China's ruling Communist Party has never controlled Taiwan, but it claims the island as part of its territory and has... Читать дальше...
The seven members of the world's most popular boy band have been on a self-described "hiatus" since 2022 due to their military service, which South Korea requires of all men under 30 due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North. J-hope, the main dancer of the group, emerged from the gates of his army base in South Korea's central Wonju city, and hugged fellow band member Jin -- who finished his service in June -- before saluting waiting reporters and fans. "During the past one year and six months... Читать дальше...
Ascending the Azufral volcano which rises to 4,070 meters (2.5 miles) in the western Colombian Andes is not for the faint-hearted. It's also not for the uninvited. Only those who receive the nod from the governor of the local Indigenous Pastos community may pass. "The spirits of the lake don't like to be disturbed. We have to ask their permission," Jorge Arevalo, a 41-year-old member of the lake's Indigenous guard, said. A handful of guards accompanied AFP last month on a rare visit to the lake... Читать дальше...
"I put my livelihood at risk, I put my life at risk," says the 32-year-old executive director of the Florida Access Network in an interview with AFP. "There's a lot of people who want to hurt me for believing in what I believe in and for doing the work that I'm doing." Abortion has become a core issue in this year's presidential election, with no fewer than ten states holding referendums aimed at expanding access or embedding legal protections for the procedure. In Florida, where abortion is now banned after six weeks... Читать дальше...
Hezbollah said it destroyed another Israeli tank with a "guide missile" near the Lebanese border on Thursday, amid ongoing combat with Israeli troops entering Lebanon from the South. Follow our live blog for the latest developments on the ongoing crisis in the Middle east.
The grisly shotgun slayings of wealthy music mogul Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty in their Beverly Hills home -- and their sons' subsequent, televised murder trials -- became the subject of a media frenzy. A hit Netflix series has recently sparked fresh interest in the case. The brothers, aged 21 and 18 at the time of the murders, tearfully testified they killed their parents for fear of their own lives after years of sexual abuse by their father. They were convicted of first-degree murder and... Читать дальше...
