GENEVA – On this first World Drowning Prevention Day, the World Health Organization offers life-saving solutions to prevent most of the 236,000 estimated deaths from drowning every year. The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in April…
TOKYO – Chase Kalisz got things rolling, claiming the first U.S. gold at the Olympic pool.By the time the morning was done, the powerhouse team had a whole bunch of medals.Six of them in all, quite a start Sunday for
PARIS – French anti-riot police fired tear gas Saturday as clashes erupted during protests in central Paris against COVID-19 restrictions and a vaccination campaign, television reported.Police sought to push back demonstrators near the capital’s Gare S…
Forty-five percent of the Americans who have not been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines say they definitely do not have any plans to get the shots, according to a new poll.Another 35% are a little less sure and say they will
After a yearlong delay, the Olympics began Friday with a scaled-back but still celebratory opening ceremony. Themed “United by Emotion,” the event featured fireworks, musical performances and a cauldron-lighting ceremony executed by Japanese tennis pla…
NEW YORK – Stocks rallied to records Friday on Wall Street, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 35,000 level for the first time, as the market continued to roar back from its short-lived swoon at the start
GENEVA – The World Health Organization is urging African countries to ramp up preparations for COVID-19 vaccination rollouts in anticipation of the imminent arrival of millions of vaccine doses on the continent. WHO reports more than 6.2 million peop…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – After a one-year pandemic delay, the Tokyo Olympics will formally get under way Friday, with an opening ceremony that will be scaled back but still celebratory.The event will be held amid tens of thousands of empty
