Olympic water polo star Ashleigh Johnson makes a splash as a role model for Black children
Growing up in Miami, Ashleigh Johnson and her four siblings took swimming lessons as kids,…
Olympic water polo star Ashleigh Johnson makes a splash as a role model for Black children
Growing up in Miami, Ashleigh Johnson and her four siblings took swimming lessons as kids, primarily to ease the mind of their mother, who feared they could drown in the family pool while she was at work. Those lessons led to falling in love with swimming, which led to joining the local Riptides swim team…
Maradona’s World Cup Golden Ball trophy had mysteriously disappeared. It will now be auctioned in Paris.
Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup has resurfaced. The award, which had been missing for decades, will be auctioned in Paris next month, the Aguttes house said Tuesday. Maradona, who died in 2020 at age 60, was awarded the trophy for his scintillating play at the tournament, where he captained Argentina in its…
Shooting outside Drake’s Toronto mansion injures security guard
A shooting outside Drake’s Toronto mansion early Tuesday seriously injured a security guard, police said. The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. at a residence on Park Lane Circle, police said in a post on X. A representative for Drake, the Toronto-born rapper who has made headlines recently over a rap beef with Kendrick Lamar,…
The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94
SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Ki Nam, a North Korean propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94, the North’s state media said. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said the country’s current leader, Kim Jong Un, visited the body of Kim Ki Nam at…
Prince Harry celebrates Invictus Games in London but won’t see his father King Charles III
Prince Harry arrived in London on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games but won’t see his father during the visit, a spokesperson said. King Charles III, who returned to his official duties last week after being sidelined for three months with cancer, is too busy to meet up with his youngest…
India’s Modi casts his vote as giant election reaches half-way mark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted early on Tuesday as India held the third phase of a massive general election, when seats in his home state of Gujarat and 10 other regions will be decided. The world’s most populous nation began voting on April 19 in a seven-phase election in which nearly one billion people are eligible…
Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine’s power grid
Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in a major airstrike early on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants, Kyiv officials said. The air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 out of 21 attack drones used in the attack, which…
Protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ banned in city after court overturns ruling
HONG KONG — An appeals court on Wednesday granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub. “Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during the huge anti-government protests in 2019. The song was…
U.S. pauses Israel weapons shipment over Rafah assault concerns
The U.S. began reviewing future transfers of military assistance to Israel in April, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government appeared to move closer to a Rafah operation despite the urging of Biden, other world leaders and humanitarian officials, the official said. No final decision had been made on whether to proceed with the weapons…
North Korea bolsters leader Kim Jong Un with birthday loyalty oaths
SEOUL — For the first time since leader Kim Jong Un took power in 2011, North Koreans were asked to take loyalty oaths on his birthday, a South Korean research institute said, amid other steps the country is taking to solidify his rule. The loyalty oaths, which Reuters could not independently verify, were administered on…
