BBC The Olympic Games are well under way – and this time the world’s foremost sports competition is taking place only hours away from the UK. Millions are journeying to Paris and other French cities to watch competitions from skateboarding to swimming and revel in the heroism and heartbreak of world-class sport at dozens of […]
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A spectre is haunting Rachel Reeves. It has the tonsure of an abbot and a jawline kept taut by intermittent fasting, but any trace of asceticism is dispelled by its perma-smirk: a half-smile, half-jeer that taunts “I’ve got one over you!” It is the spectre of George Osborne. I am not the only one to […]
Getty Images Tang Muhan is on China’s 31-member swim team at the Paris Olympics The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is “unfairly caught” in a row between the US and China, with their geopolitcal tensions spilling onto the Olympic stage. China’s top swimmers have been in the spotlight after a slew of doping allegations, […]
Olympic medalists from North Korea, South Korea and China posed for a selfie following the table tennis mixed doubles medal’s ceremony. China’s Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin beat North Korea’s Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong in the final to win gold, as South Korea won bronze with pair Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin defeating Hong […]
Qatar, Egypt and the US have been key mediators in talks between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. Qatar and Egypt, key players in the ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, have questioned the future of negotiations following the Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination. Haniyeh was killed in Tehran in what […]
Jul 31, 2024, 12:26 PM ET The group stage of the 2024 Olympic Games women’s soccer tournament draws to a close on Wednesday, with Canada’s women looking to overcome the odds and qualify despite having six points deducted over a drone-spying scandal. Here’s what Canada needs to do to get through to the quarterfinals, and […]
Family Sudiksha Thirumalesh, who died aged 19, had a rare mitochondrial disorder and wanted to undergo an experimental treatment in Canada The parents of a young woman who died during a legal battle with the NHS have won their appeal over a ruling their daughter could not make decisions over her care. Sudiksha Thirumalesh, who […]
A group of scientists say they have found new evidence to back up their theory that complex life on Earth may have begun 1.5 billion years earlier than thought. The team, working in Gabon, say they discovered evidence deep within rocks showing environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago. But they say the […]
SAINT-ETIENNE, France — As it turned out, the U.S. Olympic men’s soccer team did not need to win its Group A finale Tuesday. Already in grand position to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years, the Americans nonetheless didn’t let the favorable circumstances affect their mentality and plans. For the second […]