MUMBAI, India (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday despite some “no” votes from her new colleagues.<a ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The battle for the throne of South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation has reached the courts as a faction of the royal family seeks to dethrone the king after less than a year.The North Gauteng High Court in the capital Pretoria is hearing legal arguments this week in the royal ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Seven of the activists who repeatedly have demonstrated against a wind farm in central Norway that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer met with the Norwegian king on Monday and his son who is heir to the throne.”It was a ...
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Fiji's players were strewn across the field, some with their heads in their hands and others in tears. One player had his face buried in a seat in the dugout.Soon they were in a huddle and listening to their coach, Simon Raiwalui, deliver some parting words in a ...
Today in HistoryToday is Sunday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2023. There are 77 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On this date:In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed French emperor, arrived on the British-ruled South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he spent the last 5 ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even getting wet during a tense few seconds caught on camera by friends and family as the giant creature surfaced right in front of him then glided under his board.“It’s just so ...
