The legislation, which covers charges used to lock up dissidents under Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez, aims to turn the page on nearly three decades of state repression. It was spearheaded by interim president Delcy Rodriguez, who replaced ...

The International Olympic Committee said he had been kicked out of the Milan-Cortina Games "after refusing to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines". Heraskevych, 27, had insisted he would continue to wear the helmet, which carries pictur...

The 2014 champions piled up 225-5, the highest total of the tournament, before restricting an outclassed Oman to 120-9. The 43-year-old Mohammad Nadeem waged a lone battle for Oman, compiling an unbeaten 53 to become the oldest player to score a fi...

Herzog's tightly policed visit to Australia this week was meant to offer consolation to the country's Jewish community following the mass shooting on Bondi Beach that killed 15 people in December. However, it sparked demonstrations in major cities,...

Duren and Stewart were both handed multi-game suspensions for their part in a mass brawl during Monday's stormy victory over the Charlotte Hornets. But the absence of the two centers had little effect on Detroit as they coasted to a wire-to-wire vi...

Another victory in rugby union's oldest international fixture may even be used as fresh evidence that while Scotland can get themselves up for the full 80 minutes against the Auld Enemy, they often struggle to do likewise against other leading teams...

An Olympic champion already at the Milan-Cortina Games, she goes for a second gold on Sunday in the 500 metres event. So is 27-year-old Leerdam a leading star of her sport or more of an influencer? She certainly doesn't go unnoticed -- just like h...

Gilles and Poirier took bronze performing to the Vincent van Gogh tribute "Vincent" at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Wednesday night. "Three years ago, when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I don't think I envisioned this moment," said 34-year-ol...

Last weekend's 48-7 thumping at historic rivals England in their tournament opener came with a backdrop of another crisis in the nation of little more than three million people. Last month the Welsh Rugby Union, founded in 1881, began the process ...

Rob Penney's Crusaders were back to their brutal best last season after an injury-blighted 2024, with their no-frills rugby carrying them to a record 15th title. They get their campaign under way at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin with David Havili...

It is a challenge that has long dogged the European Union, but has gained greater urgency because of geopolitical turbulence, intensified global competition and an economy that lags behind bigger powers. The leaders of the bloc's 27 countries will ...

The 33-year-old, who won silver at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, crashed in halfpipe qualifying on Wednesday, sending her somersaulting into the snow before she slid to a halt. Officials raced towards Liu, who lay motionless on the ground and receive...

China is the world's biggest emitter of the gases that drive climate change, and has committed to peaking emissions by 2030, though some analysts expect it will do so early. Last year, emissions fell in almost all major sectors, including power gen...

Insatiable Chinese demand for German exports, from cars to factory equipment, helped underpin a long boom in the eurozone's biggest economy, but times have changed, adding to the country's economic headwinds. As Chancellor Friedrich Merz reportedly...

Cizeron, 31, and 33-year-old Laurence Fournier Beaudry snatched gold ahead of reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States. Their mesmerising free dance to the soundtrack of the 2022 film "The Whale" capped a turbulent...