The first groups of athletes have arrived at the Athletes' Village, which officially opens its doors a week before the start of the Paralympic Games in Paris. A total of 4,400 athletes will be taking part in the competitions scheduled from August 28 to September 8
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday at least three people were killed and 10 children injured in the latest Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter, while the Israeli military reported it hit a Hamas command centre.
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night, vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in November's U.S. election. France 24's Fraser Jackson has the latest.
Italian rescue divers recovered a fifth body on Thursday from the wreckage of British tech magnate Mike Lynch's family yacht, which sank earlier in the week during a severe storm off the coast of Sicily. The search for the sixth and final victim continued on Thursday, with divers scouring the superyacht's hull on the seabed nearly 50 meters underwater.
The Gaza Strip has reported its first polio case in 25 years, prompting urgent efforts by health workers and aid agencies to launch a mass vaccination campaign despite ongoing airstrikes and aid restrictions. With the campaign slated to begin on August 31, UN agencies aim to vaccinate 640,000 children, but the conflict continues to pose significant challenges to delivering life-saving care in the besieged territory.
Close allies of Donald Trump have called on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse Trump if the former Democrat withdraws from the race, as speculation grows that Kennedy may announce his resignation during a speech on Friday. Trump, who has been in regular contact with Kennedy, has expressed interest in an endorsement and hinted at a potential role for Kennedy in his administration.
According to Ireland's meteorological service, typically rainy Irish summers are getting warmer and drier on average. And at Ireland's largest vineyard, owner Esperanza Hernandez says "better weather makes it more possible than before to make high-quality wine" even on the sun-starved island. Commercial vineyards, mostly dotted around the southern and eastern coasts and producing mainly white wines, are rare in Ireland. Hernandez's 10-acre (4-hectare) vineyard lies near the village of Wellingtonbridge... Читать дальше...
Hoecke was greeted with rapturous applause as he appeared at a rally to drum up support for the far-right AfD in the town this month ahead of a key regional election. Hoecke, 52, a former history teacher, is the head of the AfD in Thuringia, one of three former East German states going to the polls in September. The location of the rally was calculated -- the AfD caused a sensation in Sonneberg last year when it secured its first district administrator position there in all of Germany. Now, the... Читать дальше...
An icy breeze in the lobby and a polar bear at the entrance plunge these summer visitors into another world at the Xanadu shopping centre 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Madrid. Opened in 2003, Snozone has a 250-metre long ski slope covered in artificial snow, open 365 days a year. Outside it is 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit), but inside it is -3C (26F), and between a chairlift and a ski drag, about 30 skiers race down the slope watched by spectators. Two hours of skiing costs about 40 euros ($44). Читать дальше...
As soon as she slips into the hotseat, the human resources developer becomes "Dankie Darlie", impassioned enthusiast of South Africa's increasingly popular daredevil motorsport of spinning. In a tank top and braids, Jivhuho uses her tattooed left arm to spin the steering wheel as she forces the car into high-speed skids and stunts like the circular manoeuvre called a doughnut. "If you are able to make a tyre pop, then you are pretty special," says Jivhuho, mother of an admiring teenaged son. "When you hear a pop... Читать дальше...
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for vice president. Walz spoke to an energetic crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, following speeches by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, TV host Oprah Winfrey and former president Bill Clinton.
The new restrictions, which will come into effect on 26 August, will affect migrants who require a visa to stay in Brazil. Citizens from those countries, who sometimes land in Brazil but forego their connecting flight, will either have to continue their journey by plane or return to their country of origin.
More than 4,500 pounds (2,000 kilograms) of the addictive drug were wrapped in paper packages painted to look like the juicy fruit and hidden amongst other cargo. Border agents pulled over the produce-laden tractor-trailer at Otay Mesa in California on Friday and got in amongst the cargo for a closer look. There they discovered more than 1,200 watermelons were actually bundles of the synthetic drug wrapped in colored paper, US Customs and Border Protection said this week. The load was seized and... Читать дальше...
On the convention floor, sessions start and end with interfaith prayer, but in the "DemPalooza" expo across town, things are more competitive, with numerous faith groups jostling for attention. Most aren't proselytizing -- the goal tends to be getting religious people to vote, rather than getting voters to be religious. "We're trying to convince Catholic voters that they're not going to go to Hell if they vote for a Democrat," said Patrick Carolan, the founder of Catholics Vote for Common Good. Читать дальше...
