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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:48:17 GMT
German Wellbrock wins world 10km swim after water quality delay
Wellbrock, the gold medallist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, won his third open water world title in a time of 1hr 59min 55.50sec at the Sentosa Island course after the race finally began at 1:00 pm (0500 GMT). Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri took sil...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:44:12 GMT
Wallabies get Valetini fitness boost ahead of Lions Test
The ACT Brumbies stalwart -- arguably Australia's best player -- has been battling a hamstring issue and missed their warm-up clash against Fiji this month. But Englishman Parling -- who played for the Lions on their last tour of Australia in 2013 ...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:44:13 GMT
Thai ex-PM Thaksin appears on stand in royal defamation case
Thaksin faces up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted in the closed-door trial in Bangkok, where he stands accused of breaching strict lese majeste laws that shield Thailand's royal family from abuse and criticism. For the past quarter-century,...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:18:12 GMT
Silver says NBA to study possible expansion beyond 30 teams
The NBA Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday marked the first time team owners officially discussed expanding the league beyond 30 teams, but Silver said they went no deeper than requesting more research into the possibility. "There i...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:50:24 GMT
Schwarber's homer hat-trick lifts NL over AL in MLB All-Star Game
The first such decider used at the All-Star Game was baseball's version of a football penalty shootout, coming after the teams were deadlocked 6-6 through nine innings in Atlanta. Three alternating batters for each team would take three swings each...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:22:24 GMT
British Open: Five contenders to watch
Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five of the main contenders to win the 153rd edition of golf's oldest major: Scottie Scheffler (USA) World ranking: 1 British Open best: Tied seventh (2024) -- The world number one is the pre-tournament favourite ...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:20:20 GMT
McIlroy returns to Portrush as Schauffele defends British Open crown
McIlroy will be heralded by an expected crowd of 200,000 across the four days after ending his 11-year wait to complete the career Grand Slam at the Masters in April. But a long list of contenders, including world number one Scottie Scheffler and r...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:02:18 GMT
UN expert on Palestinians says US sanctions are a 'violation' of immunity
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories made the comments while visiting Bogota, nearly a week after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions, calling her work "biased and malicious." "It's a ...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:34:12 GMT
Thai ex-PM Thaksin due in dock for royal defamation case
Thaksin faces up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted in the closed-door trial in Bangkok, where he stands accused of breaching strict lese majeste laws shielding Thailand's royal family from abuse and criticism. For the past quarter-century, t...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:32:18 GMT
EU sets stage for big battle over long-term budget
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has to balance a growing list of priorities including bolstering the bloc's security, ramping up Europe's competitiveness to keep up with US and Chinese companies, countering climate change and paying debts due from 202...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:04:15 GMT
'Epstein files' explained: Why Trump is under pressure
As Trump struggles to quell his supporters' obsessions with the case -- one long surrounded by conspiracy theories -- AFP outlines its history and why it has caused so much outrage. Origins of the Epstein case Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy American fin...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:26:11 GMT
Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
Captured by the Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to our star starting on December 24, 2024, the images were recently released by NASA and are expected to deepen our understanding of space weather and help guard against solar threats to...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:24:12 GMT
David vs Goliath: Inside the legal battle to help Trump's deportees in El Salvador
In a half-empty old schoolhouse outside San Salvador, lawyer Rene Valiente is trying to determine the fate of 252 Venezuelan migrants expelled from the United States in March without any kind of court hearing. He is the investigations coordinator f...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:40:23 GMT
Ryder Cup places up for grabs at British Open
Europe will defend the trophy at Bethpage, New York, from September 26-28 as they seek a first victory on US soil since 2012. AFP Sports looks at the state of play ahead of the final major of the year. How does qualifying work? Each team is made ...

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:32:25 GMT
Cuban minister resigns after downplaying poverty
Such scenes of acute need are common in Cuba, especially in Havana, as people in the communist run country grapple with runaway inflation, meager wages and food shortages, causing some to resort to panhandling or eating out of the trash. The labor ...

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