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28 Sep

Venezuelans crossing the Darien Gap say they lost hope after July’s election

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LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama -- Venezuelans trekking across the Darien Gap – a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama – say they're making the perilous journey because they lost hope for change after a contentious presidential election handed victory to President Nicolás Maduro despite vote tallies released by the opposition showing that his competitor won by a landslide.“We stayed waiting for the election (results) because if Maduro left (power) then we would stay. But nothing happened,” said Enrique Dordis, 46, a former cab driver from the central state of Carabobo, who left Venezuela last week with his wife, an 8-year-old…
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10 Sep

Man accused of setting on fire a Ugandan Olympic athlete dies of burns

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A Kenyan hospital says a man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack NAIROBI, Kenya -- A man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack, according to the Kenyan hospital where he was treated.Dickson Ndiema was admitted at the Moi Referral Hospital in the western Eldoret city for burns covering 30% of his body. Ndiema is alleged to have sustained the injuries after setting on fire Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei,…
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30 Aug

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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Aug. 2 -29, 2024Nearly 3,000 Indigenous people protest in the streets of Bogotá, demanding that the government take action against the growing violence generated by illegal armed groups.Soccer fans mourned the death of Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo who died in a São Paulo hospital days after collapsing on the pitch during a game in Brazil.Protesters marched across Mexico against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the ruling party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week…
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19 Aug

2 Russians rescued, 1 missing after ice hits climbing team on a Pakistan peak

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ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani army helicopter rescued two Russians while one is missing after their team was hit by a pile of ice on a treacherous peak in the country’s north, an official said Monday.Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said a rescue mission was underway to safely bring down two more climbers who were part of the five-member Russian team stranded on Gasherbrum peak in the Karakoram range after the ice formation hit their team.“Unfortunately, the expedition encountered a devastating disaster. As the team ascended the mountain, an ice formation, possibly a serac, collapsed, unleashing…
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17 Aug

Nascar Pit Crews Are Using AI for the Perfect Pit Stop

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Formula One’s paymaster, Liberty Media, may have thrust the sport deep into its American heartland—there are now three grand prix in the US—but it’s Nascar that continues to build its TV audience there against a slight decline for the “open wheel” F1 and IndyCar championships.European race fans are famously sniffy about stock car racing, but there’s something about an ostensibly low-tech, normally-aspirated pushrod V8—with a capacity of 358 cubic inches (5.8 liters) and a 670-hp output—charging round an oval that reaches the parts other race series don’t. Or have perhaps given up on.Not that the Nascar grid isn’t trying to…
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09 Aug

Public Health Experts Want Coca-Cola and the Olympics to Break Up

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Since then, every Summer and Winter Olympics has adopted a strict smoke-free policy and, since 2010, a complete tobacco-free policy. Smoking is not permitted at any Paris 2024 venues except in designated areas—a rule that extends to vaping.Alcoholic beverage companies are another category of controversial Olympic sponsors, from Molson Brewery at the 1976 Montreal Olympics to Heineken at the 2004 Athens games.Though the IOC is partnered with AB InBev, the world’s leading brewer, Corona Cero—a zero-alcohol drink—is the global beer sponsor of the Paris Olympics. The Olympic Committee says this highlights both organizations' “commitment to responsible consumption and a better…
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08 Aug

2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech

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The Swiss company CompPair focuses on composites with the goal of making products more repairable. Its hallmark composites rely on what CompPair calls HealTech technology to create a healable surface. The way it works is that when something gets scratched or dinged, heating up the resins that hold fibers together could soften them and let them slowly seep back into shape.CompPair says its compound can be fully healed within 10 minutes of heating. And if the actual fibers aren't broken, the compound matrix should be reset to as good as new. To be clear, this process has never been used…
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06 Aug

Tuariki Delamere’s Somersault Could Have Launched a New Era in the Olympic Long Jump

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However, since this force is applied at the feet, far from the center of mass (r > 0), it's going to produce a torque. In this case, the torque would cause a forward angular acceleration, tending to deposit the jumper face down in the sand.So athletes use a few different techniques to counter this rotation. The first is to lean back in the jump—this moves the center of mass closer to the contact point of the foot, thus reducing torque. But it also slows you down. Another is the hang technique, where the jumper extends their arms and legs like…
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Celebrating the big 3-7 with the ‘Hitman’ himself—Happy Birthday, Rohit Sharma!
30 Apr

Celebrating the big 3-7 with the ‘Hitman’ himself—Happy Birthday, Rohit Sharma!

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Celebrating Rohit Sharma : A Journey of Cricketing ExcellenceRohit Sharma : A Journey of Early Triumphs and Strategic EvolutionRohit Sharma : a Leader On and Off The FieldRohit Sharma: Leading The Charge Towards Cricketing Greatness Celebrating Rohit Sharma : A Journey of Cricketing Excellence Today marks Rohit Sharma's 37th birthday in the cricket world. As a smart captain and a prolific batter, Rohit's name connotes class, strength, and leadership. Rohit, who is largely seen as one of the best of his generation, really shows off his skills in white-ball cricket. He has unparalleled composure under duress and displays amazing strokeplay…
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