Defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah led home a Jamaican clean sweep in the Olympic women's 100 metres final on Saturday, posting an amazing 10.61 seconds to become the second-fastest woman in history.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who had been (...)
Caeleb Dressel won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday.
Dressel led right from the start and held off Hungary's Kristof Milak to touch in 49.45 seconds, breaking the mark of 49.50 that (...)
A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory.
Tong Ying-kit, 24, was (...)
French heavyweight Teddy Riner's quest for a record-tying third consecutive gold medal in judo has ended with a strange loss to Russian athlete Tamerlan Bashaev in the quarterfinals.
The 6-foot-8 Riner lost 29 seconds into golden score when he (...)
Egypt's fencing team recorded the country's best ever result at the Olympics' Sabre event after beating Iran 45-24 on to finish fifth on Wednesday.
The team kicked off its campaign by defeating Japan 45-32 in the round of 16 before losing 45-37 to (...)
President Joe Biden is making his first visit to an agency of the U.S. intelligence community, looking to emphasize his confidence in national security leaders after his predecessor's incendiary battles against what he often derided as the "deep (...)
Entering day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Egypt's athletes were dropping out of contention at an alarming rate, causing much consternation among the public who set social media platforms afire with stinging rebukes.
But just 15 minutes apart, (...)
A top Chinese diplomat took a confrontational tone on Monday in rare high-level talks with the United States, accusing it of creating an "imaginary enemy" to divert attention from domestic problems and suppress China.
Amid worsening relations (...)
It will take something much more nuanced than those basic notions to assess the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks. The response will be twisted by dozens of parties with their own interests.
There's the International (...)
Chase Kalisz got things started, claiming the first American gold at the Olympic pool.
By the time the morning was done, the powerhouse team had a whole bunch of medals.
Six of them in all, quite a start Sunday for the U.S. in the post-Michael (...)
A new study suggests that a Sinopharm vaccine offers poor protection from COVID-19 among the elderly, raising questions for dozens of countries that have given the Chinese company's shots to their most vulnerable populations.
A survey of blood (...)
Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with a dazzling display of fireworks and soaring, made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a strangely subdued ceremony that set a (...)
Not just to creating history and becoming the first man to achieve a Golden Slam by winning all four major tennis tournaments and an Olympic singles gold medal in the same year.
Sure, that's on Djokovic's mind as he enters the Olympic tournament (...)
Franck Kessie scored the go-ahead goal in the 66th minute and Ivory Coast beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 Thursday in its opening match in the men's Olympic soccer tournament.
Ivory Coast was making its first Olympic appearance since the 2008 Beijing Games, (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi affirmed on Sunday Egypt's keenness to enhance the comprehensive strategic partnership that links Cairo and Beijing, especially since this year coincides with the 65th anniversary of the establishment of (...)
The United States rejects China's "unlawful" maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian countries facing Chinese "coercion", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
China rejected Blinken's comments, which he (...)
Everyone these days is talking about 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, the latest work of fiction by the well known writer Elliot Ackerman and retired Admiral James Stavridis. It imagines a military confrontation between the US and China that (...)
China had never been remote from the history of our generation. Our political conscience opened with recent memories of the liberal phase in modern Arab history, with its blend of monarchy, the British occupation and the independence struggle. It (...)
Egypt is sending to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics the largest contingent it has had in any Games - 134 athletes from 23 sports federations.
In the two-week-long tournament, which starts 23 July, Egypt will be participating in the modern pentathlon, (...)
Roger Federer will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, writing on social media Tuesday that he "experienced a setback" with his knee during the grass-court season.
Federer had said before Wimbledon that he would make a decision about going to the (...)
Argentina finally made Lionel Messi cry with joy.
After losing four times in finals, early exits in major tournaments and even a decision to retire from the national team, the superstar celebrated a much-awaited title with Argentina at Saturday's (...)
The leaders of North Korea and China traded messages vowing to strengthen cooperation on the anniversary of their treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the two countries, North Korea's KCNA news agency reported on (...)
مغتصب الشيء: هو الآخذ لذلك الشيء عنوة وبغير وجه الحق، ومغتصب مال الناس: هو الذي أخذ هذا المال قهرًا وظلمًا وبدون وجه حق.
وفي حال الكلام عن زوج وزوجة أخذا بعضهما بالميثاق الغليظ والإيجاب والقبول، فإن مصطلح (الاغتصاب الزوجي) غير صحيح لا شرعًا ولا (...)
A US diplomat focusing on disarmament said Thursday that China is ``looking at`` developing naval and aerial autonomous nuclear weapons systems, warning any such development could disrupt strategic stability.
Ambassador Robert Wood, the US envoy to (...)
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, on Tuesday said the judgment on whether a country is democratic or not should be made by their people, not by the handful of others.
Xi made (...)
