By Agence France-Presse When the Paris Olympics open in six months’ time on July 26, these five stars will be expected to light up the venues, delighting spectators and a TV audience of billions: SIMONE BILES (USA, gymnastics) After a two-year hiatus US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles vaults into Paris as potentially the biggest headline […]
By Agence France-Presse Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the opening of a temple Monday heralded a “new era” for India, in a ceremony that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics and is seen as an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year. “January 22, 2024 is not merely a date in […]
By Agence France-Presse Mexican marines detained one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two of them in March 2023. The public safety department of the border state of Tamaulipas said the suspect was arrested in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon, and identified him […]