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A major French Jewish group on Sunday slammed a hard-left MP for saying Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics from next week because of the war in Gaza, calling the comments...

India is hosting the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee for the first time from July 21 to July 3

A groundbreaking initiative, and one of the most constructive moves to materially recognise and reward the vital role played by Grooms in horseracing

PARIS, July 21 (Xinhua) -- With just five days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, organizers have said they are "ready" for the Games and have promised a clean Seine River.

MADRID, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Real Sociedad has signed left-back Javi Lopez from Alaves for 6.5 million euros (7.1 million dollars) on a contract until June 2030.

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Go Reds!

Today we find out whether the Cincinnati Reds, who still fashion themselves as in the hunt this year, can avoid being swept by a Washington Nationals club that’s going to be a seller at this month’s trade deadline.

That’d be quite the reckoning as the Reds begin their second-half push.

Andrew Abbott toes the rubber for Cincinnati to begin, with first pitch at Nationals Stadium set for 1:35 PM ET.

It would behoove the Reds, even with whatever the hell this lineup is... Читать дальше...

Global outage has lessons for the future

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The significant changes to volleyball's competition format at the Paris Olympics may lead to heightened intensity and drama. With the group stage reduced from five matches to three and modifications in the knockout stage matching mechanism, all teams are bracing for unprecedented competition.

PARIS, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The sailing events of the Paris Olympics, scheduled from July 28 to August 8, promise to be thrilling with perfect weather conditions and new competitions debuting. European and Oceanian athletes are expected to maintain their traditional dominance at Marseille Marina.

SYDNEY -- A toddler girl and a man died after a pram fell onto tracks at a train station in the southern part of Sydney on Sunday, said local police.

The world court went further: Israel must pay full reparations for the 57 years of occupation. The ICJ’s ruling follows the request by the United Nations General Assembly in 2022 for an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Of the 193 members of the UN, 52 states presented their arguments to the court.

1. Small businesses grapple with global tech outages created by CrowdStrike  The Associated Press
2. More than 1,000 US flights canceled for the third day straight as airlines slowly recover from global tech outage  CNN
3. Travelers still experiencing delays, cancellations after global technology outage  WIVB.com - News 4
4. Remediation and Guidance Hub: Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts  CrowdStrike
5. Microsoft releases recovery tool to help repair Windows machines... Читать дальше...

Watch as England's Shoaib Bashir removes Kavem Hodge for a duck as West Indies lose four wickets in four overs, on the fourth day of the second Test at Trent Bridge.

A BARGAIN retailer is selling a cheap range of pyjamas that’ll take you back to the 90s – and it’s not where you’d expect to find them.

Niagara officials say the pilot who died after a group of skydivers she was flying jumped near the falls was 26-year-old Melanie Georger of Towanda, New York. She was the sole occupant of the plane when it crashed Saturday. In a statement on Facebook, Georger's father said “She was doing what she loved, flying for a local skydiving company” and working toward becoming a commercial pilot. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of the single-engine Cessna. It plunged to the ground near Youngstown... Читать дальше...

Opposition has delayed the project, but recent approval by Iowa officials has breathed new life into the undertaking.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with civil rights leaders and consumer protection experts to discuss the societal impact of Artificial intelligence, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, in Washington, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Weakness in demand evident, discretionary spends similar: IT majors

Corporate leaders unhappy over tardy progress in improving Bengaluru-Mangaluru road connectivity

Christine Stegling, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director said: "We need to empower communities to advocate for prevention at both national and global levels. This is crucial for realizing human rights.

As the calls for Joe Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race continue, so to have the scenarios for what happens after that. Aaron Sorkin, the creator of The West Wing, offered what would be a West Wing-esque path for the party. In an op ed in The New York Times on Sunday, Sorkin wrote […]

Pakistani officials have reported the ninth case of polio in Balochistan province since March 2024. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad, Prime Minister of Pakistan’s Coordinator for Health Services, announced on Sunday, July 21, that a new polio case was identified in an 18-month-old child in the Zhob district of Balochistan. He described the identification of this seventh […]