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With no men picked for Olympics in artistic swimming, Minisini ends career

Four-time worlds gold medalist Giorgio Minisini said he is competing for the last time at age 28

Ellen van Dijk to race Olympic time trial 6 weeks after fracturing ankle

Dutch Cycling Federation announced Wednesday that van Dijk would be ready for the Summer Games in just over a week

Messi asked to apologise for Argentina players' racist chant post win

The same chants by some Argentina fans emerged before the team beat France in the World Cup final in 2022

Paris Olympics 2024: French troops secure River Seine for opening ceremony

French authorities said 45,000 police officers and gendarmes are being deployed for the occasion

Heavily armed security boats patrol Milwaukee River during GOP convention

A large section of the river has been shut down to commercial and recreational traffic this week

US military pier carrying aid to Gaza to be dismantled after facing issues

Planned as a temporary fix to get aid to starving Palestinians, the project was panned from the start by aid groups that condemned it as a waste of time and money

US elections: Biden cites four reasons that would make him drop out of race

US President Joe Biden has made it clear basically any which way you ask him: he's definitely, assuredly, one thousand per cent staying in the presidential race.

Democrats aim to nominate Biden in August; Schiff calls for his withdrawal

The move to schedule the roll call vote comes after nearly 20 Democratic members of Congress have called on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race

Judge's dismissal of Trump docs case not final as long court fight looms

Special counsel Jack Smith's appeal of US District Judge Aileen Cannon's order is expected to tee up a court fight

Russia has irrefutable evidence journalist Evan Gershkovich is spy: Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov blamed American journalists for helping delay US-Russia talks regarding a possible prisoner exchange

Trump silent on his medical care for days since assassination attempt

Trump's campaign has refused to discuss his condition, release a medical report or records, or make the doctors who treated him available

Ukraine will find war solutions no matter who wins US election: Defence min

Defence Minister Rustem Umerov reflected the diplomatic and military difficulty facing Ukraine as Trump and running mate JD Vance gain momentum in the US presidential race

TikTok owner can't avoid bloc's law crackdown on digital giants: EU court

The EU's General Court rejected ByteDance's legal challenge against being classed as an online "gatekeeper that has to comply with extra obligations under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Markets Act

UN climate talks head highlights urgency of financial help for poor nations

Simon Stiell, the United Nations' top climate official, made an emotional plea for a stepped-up fight against the growing cost of unchecked climate carnage from his hurricane-demolished hometown.

Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia, shifting US politics

The next two or three months are going to be probably the hardest this year for Ukraine

UK inflation stays at 2% target in June, leaving rate cut on 'knife edge'

The last time inflation was at 2 per cent was in July 2021 before prices started to shoot up

Islamic State attacks in Iraq, Syria set to double this year: US military

The increase in attacks indicates ISIS is attempting to reconstitute following several years of decreased capability

Trump's security upgraded after attack, agents wall him off from RNC crowds

Trump campaign officials declined to comment on the stepped-up security and how it might impact his interactions going forward

Tennis players return to the red clay of Paris after Wimbledon's grass

The terre battue at Roland Garros used for the French Open hosts Olympic matches starting on July 27 two weeks after Wimbledon wrapped up with singles titles

Breakers weigh pressure, excitement as they make their Olympic debut

In the US, breaking is often considered to have died out in the 80s, but globally, the culture is thriving