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PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics. One day after welterweight Imane Khelif of Algeria reached the women’s welterweight final with a third straight Continue reading

The benchmark S & P/ASX 200 Index slipped 0.2 per cent, or by 17.8 points, to 7682 at the closing bell, as five of the 11 sectors finished in the red. BHP Group declined 2 per cent to $40.21, Rio Tinto lost 2.1 per cent to $114.16 and Fortescue Metals dropped 1.8 per cent to Continue reading

A former Seattle police officer who was fired after making insensitive comments on camera about a woman who was fatally struck by a police car said in a $20 million claim against the city that he was wrongfully terminated. Daniel Auderer said in the claim that the Seattle Police Department leaked false information about his Continue reading

Members of the main U.S. transportation regulator grilled Boeing executives Wednesday over the company’s workplace safety culture and allegations of retaliation linked to two employees who were sidelined over a January mishap involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 in which a door plug detached mid-flight. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, or Continue reading

A former Seattle police officer who was fired after making insensitive comments on camera about a woman who was fatally struck by a police car said in a $20 million claim against the city that he was wrongfully terminated. Daniel Auderer said in the claim that the Seattle Police Department leaked false information about his Continue reading

LOADING ERROR LOADING For the last four years, conservative and right-wing activists and pundits have been engaged in a culture war that demonizes racial justice, the LGBTQ community and progressive ideals. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate on Tuesday, the culture warriors immediately dusted off their old playbook to attack Walz. Walz, a veteran Continue reading

Data vs cremations Counting struggles Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across India are sparking concerns that the death toll from a ferocious new Covid-19 wave may be much higher than official records, underplaying the scale of a resurgence that is overwhelming the country’s medical system.Several cities across the South Asian nation have Continue reading

Show Caption Hide Caption JD Vance speaks at RNC: Our duty to ‘preserve the American experiment’ Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, introduced himself at the Republican National Convention. Senator JD Vance reportedly exchanged encrypted messages on Jeffrey Epstein, UFOs, Ukraine, and more with Charles Johnson, a fringe political actor who has Continue reading

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Tesla is finally being forced to reckon with a slowdown in electric-vehicle demand, and CEO Elon Musk’s tactics are likely to look different than his peers’ in the automotive industry. Continue reading

The estate of a Titanic researcher who was among the five people killed when the Titan submersible catastrophically imploded while on a deep-dive voyage to the site of the famous shipwreck last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $50 million in damages. The lawsuit, filed by the estate of French explorer Continue reading