Swimmers Get U.S. Off the Blocks With Six Medals
After an opening day without a medal, the United States swim team got two in the first event of the day Sunday. By lunchtime, Americans...
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Trash Parrots Invent New Skill in Australian Suburbs
You have heard of trash pandas: Raccoons raiding the garbage. How about trash parrots?...
As Haitian Leader’s Funeral Nears, Anger Burns in the Streets
Hours before mourners were due to pay tribute to assassinated President Jovenel Moïse at a state funeral on Friday — a moment many hoped would...
When Gender Equality at the Olympics Is Not So Equal
For the first time since the founding of the modern Olympics 125 years ago, the Games have nearly reached gender parity....
Olympics Virus Cases Raise Tricky Questions About Testing
On Sunday, officials announced that two players on South Africa’s soccer team had become the first athletes to test positive for the coronavirus inside Tokyo’s...
Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen?
As reports of anti-Asian hate crimes spread in the United States earlier this year, David Kim, a violist in the San Francisco Symphony, found himself...
Brisbane Is Awarded the 2032 Summer Games
As the Summer Olympics stumbled to an unsteady start on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee took a big step toward crystallizing its long-term future by...
Five years of waiting, only to end up right back in the same place
The United States opened the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday exactly where it ended the Rio Games five years earlier: reeling from a humbling, embarrassing defeat...
China Breached Dozens of Pipeline Companies in Past Decade, U.S. Says
The Biden administration disclosed previously classified details on Tuesday about the breadth of state-sponsored cyberattacks on American oil and gas pipelines over the past decade,...
Study Says India’s COVID Toll Is At Least 3 Million
The number of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic in India is likely to exceed 3 million — nearly 10 times the official...