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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has approved an exemption for humanitarian aid to Sudan from President Donald Trump's order freezing foreign assistance, U.S. Deputy Ambassador Dorothy Shea told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. Shea...
Sudan has announced a ban on all imports from Kenya, effective immediately and until further notice. This decision comes as a response to Kenya's hosting of meetings with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its...

Japan overpowers US in rough-and-tumble wheelchair rugby final to win historic gold

From our Olympics correspondent in Paris – Japan won its first-ever gold medal in wheelchair rugby at Paris's Champs-de-Mars Arena Monday night, surging ahead of...

Swimmer Ugo Didier collects France’s first gold medal at Paris Paralympics

On the first day of the Paris Paralympic Games, the French delegation won three medals, including a gold for Ugo Didier in para-swimming. France...

Athletes parade through Paris in spectacular Paralympics opening ceremony

An hours-long opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games lit up the French capital on Wednesday as athletes paraded along the iconic Champs-Elysées...

First medals up for grabs as action begins at Paris Paralympics

Paris (AFP) – Medals are up for grabs in track cycling, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo when the action begins on Thursday at the Paris...

Western media hail Olympics while Russia scorns ‘shameful’ Games

Paris (AFP) – The Paris Olympics won mostly rave reviews from western media after they closed on Sunday, while media in Russia, whose team were...

Paris bids triumphant ‘au revoir’ to Olympics in closing ceremony

Paris bid a triumphant "au revoir" to the Olympics on Sunday as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global...

Griner overcome with emotion after gaining Olympic gold

Paris (AFP) – Brittney Griner didn't try to hold back the tears as she stood with her USA teammates and the "Star Spangled Banner" played,...

Paris’s Closing Ceremony pits Old World splendour against Hollywood spectacle

From our Olympics correspondent in Paris – Paris passed the Olympic torch to Los Angeles in a cryptic and sometimes chaotic Closing Ceremony in the...

Kenya’s Chebet wins Olympic 10,000m for second gold of Games

Paris (AFP) – Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won Olympic women's 10,000m gold in Paris on Friday, adding to her 5,000m crown to again scupper the hopes...

Benjamin trumps Warholm for Olympic 400m hurdles gold

Paris (AFP) – American Rai Benjamin outstripped Norwegian arch-rival Karsten Warholm to win Olympic 400m hurdles gold in Paris on Friday. Benjamin timed 46.46 seconds as...

Brazil wrestle to women’s gold in Olympic beach volleyball

Paris (AFP) – Top-seeded Brazilian pair Ana Patricia Silva and Eduarda Santos won Olympic gold in the women's beach volleyball on Friday, finally nailing down...

Spain’s Jordan Diaz wins men’s triple jump gold in ‘Cuban sweep’

Paris (AFP) – Spain's Jordan Diaz won gold in the men's triple jump at the Paris Olympics on Friday with a jump of 17.86m, leading...

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