"I was not in the hearing but her argument was this contamination which happened with a product her grandfather was taking." Denis Oswald told reporters after an IOC media briefing in Beijing. Russian media said Valieva allegedly drank from the sam...

Jimi 'Slice' Sandhu -- whose nickname comes from a distinctive scar on his face -- was gunned down on February 5 after having flown in on a private jet from Malaysia last month, according to Thai police and local media reports. Following a Thai pol...

The travel advisory, issued Monday, came the same day that Washington announced it was closing its Kyiv embassy and relocating staff to the Ukrainian city of Lviv 335 miles (540 kilometers) away due to a "dramatic acceleration" in the buildup of Rus...

A video link showed Navalny in a prison uniform at the hearing, an AFP journalist reported. It showed him embracing his wife, Yuliya Navalnaya, while guards stood on either side of them. She had demanded access to the close-door proceedings a day ...

The country last week reopened to foreign tourists for the first time in two years, though some health restrictions remain as campaigning for the May 9 elections starts, with political rallies seen as potential superspreader events. "The National C...

Police special forces were seen encircling Hernandez's residence in the capital Tegucigalpa on Monday evening, while the official, who declined to be named, said the former president is currently in Honduras. Hernandez, a former US ally who left of...

The 15-year-old joined other boys from disadvantaged families digging trenches for soldiers serving on his country's eastern front and facing off with Russian-backed separatists. "When our father, the pastor, said there might be shelling, that Puti...

The Serbian was deported in extraordinary circumstances on the eve of last month's Australian Open where Rafael Nadal won a record 21st Grand Slam trophy to move ahead of Djokovic and Roger Federer on the all-time men's list. Djokovic was asked in ...

Valieva was favourite for gold going into the Beijing Games, but a week into them it emerged she had tested positive in December for the banned substance trimetazidine, which boosts endurance. "These last few days have been very difficult for me," ...

The 2018 Olympic champion looked to be out of the Winter Games after being left on crutches with a knee injury after crashing at a World Cup race on home snow in Cortina d'Ampezzo in late January. Yet the 29-year-old produced a commanding display o...

The country's pandemic controller David Manning said on Tuesday that he had revoked rules requiring approval to enter the country and mandatory quarantine. The rules had hampered production at some of the country's largest copper and gold mines and...

Bennett was welcomed by Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani at Manama airport, which was decorated with the flags of both countries, late on Monday. He will meet King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman, who is also prime minister, ...

The teenager scorched to the Big Air title with a runaway score of 182.50 to win his second medal at the Games, having been unlucky to have only come away with silver in last week's slopestyle competition. Su took a dominant gold ahead of Norway's ...

She always picks the same checkout counter, the one where patrons are encouraged to linger and shoot the breeze as they settle up. Here at the "Hyper U" store in Nantes, western France, they have an official name for the designated checkout: "Bl...

Italians knock back some 30 million espressos a day, from Venice to Sicily, in porcelain cups or little glasses, with or without a splash of milk -- and see each one as a gesture of friendship. "The espresso is an excuse to tell a friend you care,"...