Romanian leader to skip closing ceremony after gymnastics dispute
The prime minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, said he plans to boycott the Olympic closing ceremony after two gymnasts from his country controversially missed medals in the women’s floor exercise final. “I decided not to attend the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, following the scandalous situation in the gymnastics, where our athletes More...
Paris Olympics benefit from being first global event to fully emerge from pandemic’s shadow
PARIS — Lighting the Olympic cauldron symbolically opened these Games — and, as much as possible, might have also taken a torch to some awful pandemic memories. “It has been one of the biggest global events More...
Bangladesh protesters call on Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead
Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin said Tuesday that Hasina’s archrival, Begum Khaleda Zia, 78, of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had been released from house arrest after being convicted More...
North Korea’s Kim oversees delivery of tactical ballistic missile launchers
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the delivery of 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to front-line troops, state media KCNA reported on Monday, which Seoul said could be More...
Japan stocks rebound as much as 10% after historic losses; other Asia markets also recover
Japan stocks rebounded sharply on Tuesday after the Nikkei 225 and the Topix dropped over 12% in the previous session. Other Asia-Pacific markets also opened higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 — which saw its More...
Oropouche virus outbreak puts Latin America under alert
The Pan American Health Organization has issued an epidemiological alert as Latin America experiences a rise in cases of the Oropouche virus, a little-known disease spread by midges and mosquitoes. The alert More...
South Florida’s Venezuelan community gathers to protest election
MIAMI — Calls for freedom echoed Saturday at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami, as the local Venezuelan community stood in solidarity with their brothers and sisters taking to the streets back in their home More...
U.K. minister condemns far-right violence
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. UP NEXT Far-right protesters clash with police in English town where three children were stabbed to death 01:04 Stabbing More...
Nikkei sees worst day since 1987 with Japan stocks in bear market; South Korea’s Kospi halts trading
Japan stocks confirmed a bear market on Monday as Asia-Pacific markets continued the sell-off from last week, with the Nikkei 225 and Topix dropping over 12%. The benchmark indexes have fallen more than 20% More...
Far-right riots erupt in U.K. in the wake of child murders
Starmer denounced the violence Saturday, saying that the right to freedom of expression and violent disorder were “two very different things,” adding that “there is no excuse for violence of any kind.” Some More...
