Getty ImagesThomas Matthew Crooks walked into Donald Trump's election rally in Pennsylvania, unopposed with a gun, explosives and a rangefinder to measure distance to his target. More »
Celine Dion has returned to the stage for the first time since revealing a serious health condition, delivering a typical powerhouse performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. More »
Getty ImagesSonia OxleyBBC Sport in Paris26 July 2024, 22:40 BSTCommentsUpdated 4 minutes agoThe 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the River Seine past lively performers on bridges, banks and rooftops i... More »
The casual sports fans of the world endured four hours of rambling, chaotic, rainy pomp and circumstance along the Seine on Friday evening for one reason: to possibly see Céline Dion return to the stage. The 56-year-old French Canadian singer has not performed... More »
François-Xavier Marit/AFPThe Olympic opening ceremony presents the host country with the opportunity to wow the world with a uniquely spectacular show. More »
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is one of most notorious names in drug war history, synonymous with the fearsome power and corrosive influence of the most important drug cartel in the world. More »
The Paris Olympic Games opened on Friday night with a high-kitsch, riverside spectacle, as an armada of boats carried athletes along the Seine, dancers dangled from high poles, drag queens paraded on bridges and the Olympic rings lit up the Eiffel Tower – all ... More »
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games – the first ever to be organised outside a stadium – has unfurled on the Seine River against a spectacular backdrop of the capital’s most celebrated monuments. Here are some takeaways:1. It rained … a lot“Jeux pl... More »
Céline Dion made a triumphant return to the stage at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.The star, who has been diagnosed with the neurological disorder stiff person syndrome, sang Edith Piaf’s Hymne A L’Amour at the Eiffel Tower for a global audience o... More »
The former president met with the Israeli leader in Florida, a day after his main opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and he both criticized Israel’s conduct of the war.Former President Donald J. Trump, who for months has urged Israel to end the war in the... More »
Most soccer fans long ago internalized the idea that truth is a slippery concept.Somewhere amid the controversy and the chaos, there is the germ of a paradox. Every philosophical quandary requires a scenario, and this is a good one: On Wednesday, the opening d... More »
“C’est Zizou!” went the cry as one of France’s most beloved sons appeared on the screen next to the Seine – and with a blaze of red white and blue, they were off.As a procession of boats carrying more than 8,000 of the world’s top athletes in a sporting armada... More »