International News (Page 1,219)

PARIS (AP) — France is hosting a summit on Wednesday devoted to the fight against Islamic extremists in West Africa as Paris considers withdrawing its troops from Mali while maintaining military operations in the broader Sahel region, the French presidency said.The move comes amid growing tensions between Mali, its African neighbors and European partners. The…Continue Reading

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the 27-nation bloc can suspend support payments to member states if they breach rule of law principles, and dismissed a challenge by Hungary and Poland.The right-wing governments of both nations had argued that such action lacked a proper legal basis. Both nations, large…Continue Reading

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is conferring with Germany’s 16 state governors Wednesday to map a way out of coronavirus restrictions as official figures show new infections beginning to drift downward.Germany saw infections caused by the omicron variant, which is highly contagious but generally causes milder illness than previous variants, surge later than in…Continue Reading

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Before even thinking about going big on the slopestyle course, freestyle skier Nick Goepper had to work on something more important — himself.The newly minted Olympic silver medalist cheerfully announced he’s “doing good” these days from a mental health perspective. That’s notable given some of the dark days he encountered after…Continue Reading

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When the Super Bowl was on the line, the Los Angeles Rams knew who they trusted to win it.Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp led the way on the game-winning drive that delivered the Rams the 23-20 win over Cincinnati on Sunday for their first championship in Los Angeles since the 1951…Continue Reading

BEIJING (AP) — The doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has led to many more questions than answers.Some skaters think it’s time to ask another: Should a 15-year-old be in the Olympics at all?“You want these athletes to have an opportunity to have this be a profession, not a one-year run at it,”…Continue Reading

BEIJING (AP) — Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea’s sole Winter Olympian — one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games in China — was achieved even before his feat of surviving two runs in blizzard conditions down a hazardous course aptly named The Ice River.Before flying to China for his Olympic…Continue Reading

BEIJING (AP) — Ryan Shimabukuro still has that deep passion for speedskating.In a way, he remains the starry eyed kid who watched Eric Heiden beat the world at a strange sport in a glorious golden suit, setting the course for a quixotic journey that took Shimabukuro from the surf and sun of his native Hawaii…Continue Reading

The International Olympic Committee has dismissed claims that a double standard was applied to US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson compared to Russian skater Kamila Valieva after both tested positive for a banned drug.Richardson missed last year’s summer Games in Tokyo after receiving a 30-day ban for smoking cannabis, a drug few believe is performance enhancing, saying…Continue Reading