With the ultimate fate of Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran hanging in the balance, radio host Rush Limbaugh is suggesting four Americans held in the Islamic Republic will be released as part of a secret agreement.
“What is important is that we’ll have good conditions for the athletes where the competition is taking place”, Bach said in Rio de Janeiro, where he is marking the 12-month countdown to the world’s biggest sporting event.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces an agreement to transfer ownership of the LA/Ontario global Airport to a local authority during a press conference, Thursday, August 6, 2015, at the LA/Ontario worldwide Airport in Ontario, Calif. The tentative deal disclosed by the...
In spite of this, Bach was optimistic that the Olympic process will create a new Rio de Janeiro. “City hall has prepared to host the Games from an economic and fiscal point of view”.
It was announced on July 29 that the Russian president had signed a decree on destroying from August 6 the imported foodstuffs covered by Russia’s embargo imposed as a countermeasure to western sanctions against Moscow over its stance on developments in neighboring Ukraine.
Several hundred migrants were escorted away from the terminal by French police on Wednesday night – the third night of large-scale attempts to storm the terminal.
Emergency workers continue to look for survivors, as 300 passengers have been rescued, but it is not clear how many people were on board. A former railway minister said if the tracks had been maintained, the latest accident could have been avoided.
On Thursday, The Associated Press released the results of a five-month investigation that showed that Olympic venues are rife with disease-causing viruses and bacteria. This revelation alarmed global experts and anxious competitors already training in Rio, some of who have...
Evidence indicated that each of the victims was bound and tortured before being shot in the head, authorities said, adding that the wounds they sustained suggested they had resisted their attackers.
A company paid about $440 million a year to run the Manus Island detention centre is allowing drunken staff to misbehave, the Papua New Guinea government says, ordering its own officials to intervene after Australian workers allegedly sexually assaulted a local female employee.