What it feels like when Earth's temperatures soar to record highs | AP News
The warming Earth sizzled through the week with four of the hottest days ever measured.
Zhang Yufei hopes Chinese swimmers will be accepted as clean after dozens of tests ahead of Paris | AP News
Zhang Yufei hopes her international rivals will believe she is competing clean. The Chinese swimming star estimates she took between 20 and 30 drug tests monthly in the lead up to the Paris Olympics.
After years lost in the wilderness, American mountain biking on the rise entering the Paris Olympics | AP News
Mountain biking was largely born in the United States, when its pioneers would go on long, meandering treks through the high Colorado mountains.
75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts | AP News
Three-quarters of the nearly 600 American athletes lining up for action at the Paris Olympics got their training in college sports in the United States.
Kevin Durant 'hopefully' will play for the US in its Olympic opener against Serbia | AP News
There is hope that Kevin Durant plays for the U.S. in its Olympic opener against Serbia on Sunday, which means the men’s national team may have 12 players available for the first time this summer.
Hungary’s nationalist leader warns of EU's demise and backs Trump in anti-Western speech | AP News
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says the European Union is sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented “world order.”
Why these Apache Catholics felt faced with a 'false choice' after priest removed church's icons | AP News
The congregation at St. Joseph Apache Mission in the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico, is struggling to deal with the hurt caused by their priest removing a cherished painting called the Apache Chr
Chinese police say 8 people died after a vehicle hit pedestrians in the city of Changsha | AP News
Eight people died after a vehicle hit pedestrians in the central Chinese city of Changsha. A statement from the Kaifu branch of the Changsha Public Security Bureau did not give a cause or any more det
Heat wave forces Iran to shutter government offices and banks. Electricity consumption soars | AP News
A heat wave blanketing Iran has forced authorities to cut operating hours at various facilities Saturday and order all government and commercial institutions to shutter on Sunday.
Spain's Rudy Fernandez 1st basketball player to appear in 6 Olympics | AP News
Spain’s Rudy Fernandez has become the first male basketball player to compete in six Olympics. The 39-year-old achieved the milestone Saturday when he checked in at the 5:18 mark of the first quarter
One down, seven to go: China wins first diving gold as it pursues unprecedented sweep of all eight | AP News
China won its first gold medal in diving on the first full day of competiton in the Paris Olympics, a perfect start for the team of Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen.
Olympics Swimming: Katie Ledecky has fastest time in 400 free prelims | AP News
Katie Ledecky has fired the first salvo in her duel with Ariarne Titmus, posting the fastest time the preliminaries of the women’s 400-meter freestyle as the swimming competition began at the Paris Olympics.
Olympic cyclists criticize the streets of Paris, man-made mountain bike venue as competition begins | AP News
Olympic cyclists have been unimpressed with some of the surfaces they are racing on at the Paris Games.
French train networks partially restored after sabotage | AP News
French railway company said it made progress in partially restoring high-speed train services after acts of sabotage disrupted three major lines ahead of Olympic Games opening ceremony on the Seine River.
Japan's Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history | AP News
The UNESCO World Heritage committee has decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit about its dark history of abusing wartime Korean laborers.
The Philippines says a cargo of oil has started to leak from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay | AP News
Philippine authorities say the cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts.
Olympic organizers apologize for introducing South Korean athletes as North Korea | AP News
Olympic organizers said they “deeply apologize” for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony of the games in Paris.
Israel orders evacuation of area designated as a humanitarian zone in Gaza | AP News
After the evacuation order, multiple Israeli airstrikes hit around Khan Younis, killing at least 70 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry,
Olympics 2024 swimming: Cowbells are part of US and Australia rivalry | AP News
Before Tokyo, the U.S. Olympic swim coaches pondered how to best support their athletes and help fire them up before a race. They turned to clanging cowbells.
Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power | AP News
A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers.
Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control | AP News
In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on v
The Philippines says its forces sailed to hotly disputed shoal guarded by China without any clashes | AP News
Philippine government personnel have transported food and other supplies to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent without any clashes with China.
AP PHOTOS: Venezuelans rally ahead of election many see as biggest threat yet for President Maduro | AP News
Flags, motorcycles, electronic merengue and all sorts of T-shirts — including one styled as a photo collage of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour — have all been part of the monthslong campaigns leading into Sunday’s heated presidential election in Venezuela.
California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West | AP News
California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scramble to meet the danger.
A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody | AP News
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has eluded the reach of U.S. enforcement for decades as the top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel.