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World number two Gauff, who carried the flag for the US Olympic team in Paris, had beaten her Kazakh opponent in all three previous meetings. Gauff, who won last year's US Open for her first Grand Slam title, won at Cincinnati last year, becoming the event's youngest champion at age 19.

Defending champion Gauff upset in WTA Cincinnati opener

Cycling is a phenomenal sport that pits the very best athletes against one another in some of the toughest races you can imagine. Predictably, it also has a pretty dark past that’s seen it tackle drug cheating scandals, allegations of motor-doping from some riders and now experts have warned that there may be a new way to cheat your way to a race win: hacking your rival’s fancy electronic gears.

Hackers Are Targeting Tour De France Riders’ Fancy Electric Shifters

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Demi Vollering produced an emphatic time-trial win in front of home crowds in Rotterdam to take the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes

Vollering takes Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey with time-trial win

Featured Image: Flavio Vitale competing. Credit: GEPA. In episode 27 of the Skiing is Believing Podcast summer series, Alan and Matt spoke to French alpine ski racer Flavio Vitale. The 19-year-old spoke about how he got into the sport of alpine ski racing by growing up close to Les Club...

Getting Ready to Race for the French National Team: Flavio Vitale Joins the Skiing Is Believing Podcast

The 34-year-old was part of the Dutch squad that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2014 and the quarter-finals in 2022, losing to Argentina both times. "A talented new generation is coming up and after a good chat with the national manager, it is time to fully focus on my club and my family," Blind said in a message on X.

Dutch international Blind announces retirement

The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more than 1,400 deaths have been attributed to the virus on the continent since the start of 2022.

Africa's top health body sounds alarm over mpox outbreak

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

French police shot and killed an alleged gunman in New Caledonia on Thursday, bringing the death toll from three months of unrest in the French Pacific territory to 11. Widespread protests broke out in May over plans to expand the electoral roll to include more recent arrivals from the French mainland, a move the indigenous Kanak people feared would diminish their political influence. Paris responded by deploying thousands of troops and police to the territory.

Alleged gunman killed in shootout with police in restive French territory of New Caledonia

Ceco, a 2-year-old beagle, has one mission: to keep South Korea safe from bedbugs. He has been deployed in the country's main airport to prevent the tiny insects from entering the country after the Paris Olympics.

South Korea employs sniffer dog to keep bedbugs out of country after Paris Olympics

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

France is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Allied landings in Provence on Thursday (August 15), with six African leaders taking part in the official events including Cameroonian president Paul Biya, to highlight the major role played by African troops.

Cameroonian President Paul Biya's speech on 80th anniversary of Provence landings

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In a dramatic rescue operation captured on video, the Italian Coast Guard airlifted a pregnant woman from a cruise ship in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday. According to news reports, the woman, who was experiencing complications and "at risk of miscarriage", was successfully transported to a hospital for medical care.

Pregnant Woman Evacuated from Cruise Ship "At Risk of Miscarriage"

Russia began evacuating thousands more people from its border regions on Thursday (August 15) after Ukraine said it was advancing deeper into the country in a lightning incursion. FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons gives us his analysis.

Ukraine's incursion in Kursk region: What is Kyiv's goal?

German mayors are urging the federal government to release cash to restore air-raid shelters used during the Second World War. Around 600 of the 2,000 bunkers built over the past 80 years still exist, but they've been neglected for years. The German government is currently working on a new civil protection programme. But some people are now turning to private bunker builders to protect themselves in case of war.

Germany: The rebirth of bunkers

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck areas near Las Vegas on Tuesday night, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS). The quake, which occurred at 8:06 p.m., was centered approximately 45 minutes from Las Vegas, near Indian Springs.

Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake Shakes Areas Near Las Vegas

Criminal charges have been filed against five people in connection to the death of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, a US prosecutor announced on Thursday. Two doctors and Perry’s assistant were among the defendants alleged to have participated in a “broad criminal network” distributing hefty amounts of ketamine to the actor, who died from "acute effects" of the drug last October.

Five charged over death of ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry from ketamine

What we have to talk about right now honestly makes me beyond angry. How could I not be?. But to read about how someone threw up a wire booby trap along a dirt bike and ATV trail, at a perfect height so as to tear your head clean off, it just boils my blood at the callousness that someone has for another person's life.

Someone Set Wire Traps to Decapitate Dirt Bikers and ATV Riders, Cops Ask for Help

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Indonesia is gearing up to inaugurate its new capital Nusantara later this week, on the country's Independence Day. Amid delays and slow private investment, President Joko Widodo hailed the unfinished city as a "canvas on which to draw the future". Yuka Royer takes a closer look at the 30 billion euro megaprojects and convroversies surrounding it.

Indonesian president holds first cabinet meeting in Nusantara, the nation's future capital

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Women's Tour de France: Dutch rider Charlotte Kool defends yellow jersey

Charlotte Kool beat fellow Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes on the line Tuesday to defend her...

Women's Tour de France: Dutch rider Charlotte Kool defends yellow jersey

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