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Memorable Paris Olympics: From Seine opening to final-second decider

By Ivan Stewart Saldajeno | Philippine News Agency From cruising the Seine River to start the Games to a wild overall championship race that literally boiled down to the final second, the...

Ping pong diplomacy? North, South Korean athletes share rare Olympic selfie

By VOA News Inter-Korean relations may be at their worst point in years, but that did not stop athletes from North and South Korea from congratulating each other on their medal wins,...

New information emerges on Trump shooting suspect

By VOA News As federal investigators try to piece together a motive for 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man identified as the would-be assassin of former president Donald Trump, they are finding...

Death toll in stampede at northern India rises to 121

By VOA News The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state Tuesday has risen to 121 people. District Magistrate Ashish Kumar told reporters the...

NASA: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ nova eruption could happen any day

By VOA News A nova eruption predicted to occur by September is being described by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event that will be visible to the...

Nepalese court sentences ‘Buddha Boy’ in sexual assault case

By VOA News The "Buddha Boy”, thought by some to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, was sentenced by a Nepalese court to 10 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting an...

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