From the beginning of the men’s skeet semi-final on Saturday, there was something about Abdullah Al-Rashidi that grabbed the Brazilian fans. Maybe it was his age, the oldest of the competitors at 52. Maybe it was the fact that the Kuwaiti was competing under the Olympic flag, his country having ... Read More »
Thousands of Venezuelans were welcomed to Colombia by a military band early on Saturday morning as the two countries’ borders were officially reopened after being closed by Venezuela a year ago. Some people had traveled across Venezuela to queue overnight hoping to cross to buy food and other basics that ... Read More »
Thousands of Venezuelans were welcomed to Colombia by a military band early on Saturday morning as the two countries’ borders were officially reopened after being closed by Venezuela a year ago. Some people had traveled across Venezuela to queue overnight hoping to cross to buy food and other basics that ... Read More »
U.S. Republican Donald Trump on Saturday repeated his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped “found” Islamic State and railed against media reports that his campaign is failing, at a campaign rally in Connecticut, a state where he has a long-shot of being victorious. Speaking for more than an ... Read More »
The United States won its 1,000th Olympic gold medal on Saturday when the American women’s 4×100 meter medley relay team clinched victory at the Rio Games. The honor of reaching the milestone was shared by Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel, who got to the wall first ... Read More »
Fighting flared in South Sudan late on Saturday southwest of the capital between forces loyal to the president and those backing the opposition, after clashes last month raised fears of a slide back into civil war. Steven Lodu Onseimo, the information minister for Yei region where Saturday’s clashes took place, ... Read More »
Russian track and field suffered a final humiliation at the Rio Games on Saturday when the sport’s governing body suspended long jumper Darya Klishina, removing from competition the nation’s only athlete to have so far survived a blanket ban for doping. The suspension, announced three days before she was due ... Read More »
Six people were injured in an attack aboard a Swiss train on Saturday by a man armed with a knife and flammable fluid, St Gallen cantonal police said. Three adults, two teenagers and a child aged six were hurt, according to a police statement. Five were stabbed or burned. A ... Read More »
Thai police over the weekend found and defused five explosive devices that had failed to detonate when an as yet unidentified group carried out a series of deadly bomb attacks on popular tourist spots late last week. Police said they had arrested one suspect following the bomb and arson attacks ... Read More »
Imagine a play in four acts: the first one describes a revolution underway in the business world; in the second act religion leaves the public square, paving the way for the ascent of money; the third showcases social movements, long ignored or forgotten; the fourth sounds like a dream, awaiting ... Read More »
I’ve been obsessed with William Gibson’s last novel, “The Peripheral,” since it came out in 2014. It touches on many widely discussed themes in 2016, including growing economic inequality, rule by technology, and the catastrophic effects of climate change. Gibson is most famous for inventing the term “cyberspace,” which he coined in his 1982 short story, “Burning ... Read More »
