The Paris Paralympics begin on Wednesday with a spectacular opening ceremony in the centre of the French capital, firing the starting gun on 11 days of intense competition. Just as for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on the River Seine in July, the ceremony will take place away from the main stadium for the first time at a Paralympics. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.

Paris gears up for 2024 Paralympics opening ceremony, athletes to parade down Champs Elysées

Japan's Osaka missed last year's US Open after giving birth to her daughter Shai, and the former world number one is still trying to kick her return to the sport into top gear. But she was dialed in against 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko, firing 19 winners to wrap up...

Tearful Osaka triumphs in US Open return

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                    Next steps are being taken following the yacht sinking in Sicily.
The captain of the Bayesian superyacht James Cutfield is under investigation after seven of the 22 people aboard—including six...

Sicily Yacht Tragedy: Boat Captain Part of Manslaughter Investigation

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Herbie J Pilato

Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

Nita Flores’ journey began in Haiti and led her to a fulfilling life in the United States. At the age of 20 she immigrated to the U.S and quickly learned English and adapted to American culture. Just two years later she joined the United States Navy as an Airman Recruit and climbed the ranks, retiring after 23 years of honorable service. Alongside her military career, Nita advanced her education, earning a bachelor’s in nursing and later a master’s degree while raising two daughters as a single mother. Today, she serves as a professor at a local nursing school.

From Haiti to the world of fashion

Watch: Tech Magnate Mike Lynch and Daughter Among 6 People Missing After Yacht Sinks Off Sicily Coast. One British woman is recounting a harrowing experience. Charlotte Golunski is shedding light on how she, her 1-year-old daughter Sophie and her partner James Emsley survived after the super yacht they were passengers on sank during a freak storm off the coast of Sicily early Aug. 19.

Sicily Yacht Survivor Details "End of the World" Experience While Saving Her Baby Girl in Freak Storm

It is the second environmental catastrophe to hit the port of Volos, a three-and-a-half-hour drive north of Athens, after catastrophic floods hit the Thessaly region last year. Those floods refilled a nearby lake that had been drained in 1962 in a bid to fight malaria, swelling it to three times...

Greek port grapples with flood of dead fish

La Grande-Motte (France) (AFP) – A friend of French rapper SCH was shot dead early Monday after leaving a club in the south of the country where the musician had just performed, a source close to the case told AFP. Another person was wounded in the shooting outside La...

Friend of French rapper SCH shot dead after concert

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ROME (AP) — Italian rescuers on Friday brought ashore the last of seven bodies from a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily, the Coast Guard said. It is believed to be that of the daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who also perished when the boat sank earlier this week. Hannah Lynch, 18, was the last person unaccounted for aboard The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht that went down in a storm early Monday. Mike Lynch’s body was recovered Thursday. He had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with his family and the people who had defended him at trial in the United States. His wife, Angela Bacares, was among the 15 survivors. “The Lynch family is devastated, in shock and is being comforted and supported by family and friends. Their thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedy,” a spokesperson for the family said in a statement issued Friday. 

A seventh body is recovered from sunken superyacht off Sicily, believed to be Mike Lynch's daughter

Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily have found the bodies of two of the six passengers who were missing, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.

Divers recover 2 bodies following sinking of luxury yacht off Sicily

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Public prosecutor launches inquiry into deaths of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and six others people in sinking off coast of Italian island

Sicily yacht sinking: trapped passengers ‘may have died on Bayesian because they were asleep’ – as it happened

Greece is located in southeastern Europe, making up part of the Mediterranean alongside countries like Italy, Spain, France, Egypt, and Morocco. Greece is one of the most visited and best-rated thanks to its rich history, beautiful islands, safety, food, and weather. Of course, this popularity comes with a price — crowds and crowds of tourists.

The Underrated European Country Offering A Mediterranean Vacation Like Greece Without Crowds

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Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Jack Jewel, a teeny tiny Miniature Poodle mix boy who is ready to completely take over every aspect of your life. For unspecified reasons, this 4-and-a-half-month-old puppy was placed in Great Dog Rescue New England's care. He is now living safely with a foster family where he is being spoiled. While he is okay with waiting in foster care for the time being, he hopes you will come bring him to YOUR house soon!

Tiny 4-Pound Miniature Poodle Is Searching For A Home

Eight boats arrived in the UK on Tuesday, as the figure for the year approaches 20,000.

More than 500 migrants cross Channel in one day

The Independent

 Investigators examining the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily face a number of key questions.In a press conference at Termini Imerese’s court on Saturday, Italian prosecutors announced a manslaughter and negligent shipwreck investigation over the deaths of seven people in the Bayesian superyacht disaster.Officials were unable to answer a number of queries from the media, saying they needed time to establish the facts, and here the PA news agency identifies the key issues that the inquiry will look into.– Why weren’t passengers who remained on board the vessel warned about escaping from the yacht?The prosecutor...

Key questions for investigators of the Bayesian yacht tragedy in Sicily

Bodies of missing people recovered as experts and witnesses ponder fate of vessel struck by localised storm off Sicily

Italian investigators trying to establish why Bayesian superyacht sank so quickly

BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A boat carrying migrants from the Middle East overturned while crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia, drowning at least 10 people, officials in the two Balkan countries said Thursday. Serbian police received a call around 5 a.m. from their counterparts in Bosnia and a citizen who reported the accident, said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. Dacic initially said 18 migrants, including three children, managed to cross into Bosnia, out of 25 people who were in the boat when it overturned. But he later said the number of victims had reached 10, suggesting there might have been more migrants in the boat when it capsized.  “The lifeless body of a baby that is about nine months old has been found,” said Dacic. “The baby was with its mother whose body was pulled out of the river earlier today.” 

Baby among at least 10 people who drowned after migrant boat overturned on Serbia-Bosnia border

An ancient Roman relic from the almost 2,300-year-old naval battle in which Rome defeated its archenemy Carthage has been recovered from waters off western Sicily, regional authorities said on Friday. The 3rd-century B.C. bronze ram, which was put on the bow of warships to attack enemy vessels, was found at...

Relic from Third-century Naval Battle Found Off Sicily

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Divers in Italy have recovered the last missing body, believe to be that of Hannah Lynch, from the superyacht that sunk off the Sicilian coast, ABC News has learned.

Last missing body from sunken superyacht near Sicily recovered

The sanctions were announced on the same day that Israel launched a wide-scale attack on the West Bank that it said killed nine Palestinian fighters, despite warnings by President Joe Biden's administration against expanding the war in Gaza. "Extremist settler violence in the West Bank causes intense human suffering, harms...

US slaps new sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

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Afghan paralympic athlete Zakia Khudadadi to compete for the Refugee Team (4/4)

It is the final stretch for Afghan Paralympic athlete Zakia Khudadadi. After more than a year of preparation and three years...

Afghan paralympic athlete Zakia Khudadadi to compete for the Refugee Team (4/4)

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