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PARIS | Xinhua |  Breaking through the waves reveals true gold. At the moment Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle touched the wall and broke the record, all doubts, grievances, and frustrations vanished. “Awesome! It feels incredible!” exclaimed Pan after roaring to China’s first swimming gold in Paris with a world record …

NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | US billionaire and celebrity entrepreneur Elon Musk said that he is ready to interview not only Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but also his Democrat rival, Kamala Harris. “I’m open to it,” he wrote on his X page, commenting on a suggestion …

GAZA | Xinhua | Hamas announced on Tuesday the selection of Yahya Sinwar as its political bureau chief, replacing late chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week. “We announce the selection of leader Yahya Sinwar as head of the movement’s political bureau, succeeding leader Ismail Haniyeh,” Hamas …

  DHAKA | Xinhua |  Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will serve as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, local media reported early Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of President Mohammed Shahabuddin with chiefs of the three services and the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement to …

  Washington, US | BBC |  With one viral line on cable TV – “these guys are just weird” – Tim Walz vaulted into contention for the job of Kamala Harris’s running mate in the US Presidential election. The 60-year-old brings with him a folksy, plain-spoken and sharp-tongued approach to …

The 2024 Paris Olympics marks a historic milestone for the women’s marathon, as it will close the Summer Games for the first time. This represents a major shift from past Olympics, where the spotlight was primarily on the men’s race. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | The women’s marathon will, …

  PARIS | Xinhua |  In a world sometimes divided by boundaries and differences, sports have a unique power to bring people together. This phenomenon is vividly displayed at the ongoing Paris Olympics, where athletes not only compete fiercely but also showcase deep mutual respect. The table tennis mixed doubles …

KIEV | Xinhua |  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday confirmed that long-awaited F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Ukraine. “F-16s in Ukraine. We ensured this,” Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. The Ukrainian pilots have already started using the F-16 aircraft, he said, not specifying how many jets …

TEHRAN, IRAN | Xinhua | Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that Hamas Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by a “short-range projectile loaded with an almost 7-kg warhead.” “In view of the conducted investigations, the terrorist operation has been carried out through firing from outside the …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA  | TASS | Russian forces hit two S-125 missile launchers and a temporary base of foreign mercenaries in the past day, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. “Russian tactical aircraft, drone teams, missile forces and artillery units hit two launchers of the S-125 missile system, a P-18 …