GENEVA -- Chinese swimmers going to the Paris Olympics are undergoing increased drug testing of at least eight times this year before the Games, World Aquatics said on Monday. The Chinese swim team in Paris is set to have 11 athletes who tested positive for a banned heart medication in 2021, six months before the Tokyo Olympics. They avoided being suspended. In Tokyo, the swimmers won three gold medals.

World swimming body promises more anti-doping tests of Chinese team before Paris Olympics

Great Britain's Beth Potter won bronze in the women's race at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg. Potter crossed the line in 55 minutes 31 seconds, just 12 seconds behind gold medallist Cassandre Beaugrand of France. Fellow Briton Kate Waugh, who will join world champion Potter as part of...

GB's Potter wins World Triathlon bronze in Germany

Chinese athletes will be tested twice as much as some other nations before the Paris Games.

Chinese swimmers face increased testing before Paris

India’s star shuttler. PV Sindhu will be leading the Indian contingent at the prestigious Paris Olympics 2024. However, Sindhu has been granted an easy group and is expected to reach the knockout stages of the competition fairly easily. Sindhu previously represented India in the Olympics in Rio in 2016...

PV Sindhu draw at 2024 Paris Olympics - Indian star handed favourable group as she eyes third Olympic medal

The Olympic swimming champion took a break from sports after suffering a foot injury in 2022 and citing mental health issues last year.

Adam Peaty: Mum urges son to quit after Olympics

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Watch: 2024 Olympics: Gymnast Hezly Rivera Details Her Journey to Team USA (Exclusive) According to Hezly Rivera, every one of her teammates on the U.S. women's gymnastics squad is the biggest hype artist. "They're very uplifting and supportive, and they'll always cheer you on, no matter what," the 16-year-old, who'll...

2024 Olympics: Gymnast Hezly Rivera Shares What It's Really Like to Be the New Girl on the Women's Team

The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. State voter records show that Crooks was a registered Republican. The upcoming Nov. 5 election would have been the first time Crooks had been old enough to vote in a presidential race. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle brings you this analysis.

Trump shooter a ‘supporter of Republican Party’

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CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Continuing their investigation into Sunday's assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, authorities search for answers as to why Thomas Crooks, 20, the main suspect, carried out the attack.

No motive for Trump assassination identified

The men’s basketball competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics is set to take place from July 27 to August 11. Team Canada, drawn into Group A, has a challenging yet exciting schedule ahead as they aim for glory on the international stage. Canada will kick off their campaign on...

Team Canada Basketball: A Complete Schedule of Games at Paris Olympics 2024

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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that in a significant move to alleviate the financial burden on residents, the state has cleared water and wastewater utility bills for 4 million Californians.

California forgives water utility bills for 4 million residents

US District Judge Aileen Cannon presiding over the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday on a technicality, the Guardian's David Smith tells FRANCE 24.

Federal judge dismisses classified documents case against Trump on technicality

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Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the NCMEC, 15 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Not included in that number are those who have been missing in Missouri since June 2024.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has become nationally known for moving more than 1,600 homeless people indoors since he has become mayor. Now he wants to place 200 people struggling with mental illness and/or addiction into treatment, according to an upcoming City Council committee agenda.

Denver mayor to send 200 people experiencing homeless to treatment

Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a collaborative effort with the state legislature to restrict students’ use of smartphones during school hours. This initiative follows a warning issued on Monday from Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy about the detrimental effects of social media on children’s mental health.

California governor moves to ban smartphone use in schools

Trump had been wounded by a gunman at a campaign rally in Philadelphia. But Fredericks, who spent a week preparing for the convention, remained confident that Trump would still come to Milwaukee, despite having come so close to death. "He isn't going to hover in a corner," Fredericks said, who...

Shock in Milwaukee after Trump shooting

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Former US president Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The suspected gunman and a bystander were killed and two bystanders were seriously injured in the attack. A bullet pierced Trump's right ear and his campaign team on Sunday said the Republican presidential hopeful was "fine". Here's a look back in images of an attack that is likely to enter the annals of US history.

In pictures: Gunshots, screams, shock as Trump escapes attempted assassination at rally

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World Aquatics to strengthen testing of Chinese swimmers at Olympics

In April, the New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) at a domestic competition in 2021...

World Aquatics to strengthen testing of Chinese swimmers at Olympics

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