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Hundreds of wildfires in Greece have forced people to evacuate as the nation struggles to regain control over the natural disaster. On the Greek island of Evia, which produces many staples, including olives, figs, and honey, wildfires have forced residents and their animals onto ferries and into temporary shelters. “These last few days have been

Chinese goods made by an organization linked to the mass detention of Muslims in Xinjiang may have made their way to US stores and consumers, according to a report released on Tuesday. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps is a vast governmental and paramilitary organization with interests in many industries, and it administers some of

David Davies – Pa Images / PA Images via Getty Images Alice Dearing, the UK’s first Black Olympic swimmer, wants organizers for the next Games to approve swim caps that better accommodate Black hair. Dearing is one of four Black people who set up the Black Swim Association in the UK, which aims to make

A new United Nations climate report released on Monday morning lays out in stark terms how climate change is already wreaking havoc on the world, warning that any additional warming will only fuel more extreme disasters. “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land,” according to a summary distilling the

Jonathan Brady – Pa Images / PA Images via Getty Images England fans line up outside a pub in London, July 11, 2021. In the past couple of weeks, the Delta coronavirus variant has dashed the hopes of many Americans looking forward to celebrating a “hot vax summer” and the end of the pandemic. As

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Simone Biles won a bronze medal on Tuesday at the gymnastics balance beam final, her first event since she withdrew from several competitions for mental health reasons. Last Tuesday Biles left in the middle of the team final after stumbling during the vault. On Wednesday, USA Gymnastics announced that Biles had also backed out of

Simone Biles will compete in Tuesday’s balance beam final, her first since pulling out of multiple competitions for mental health reasons, USA Gymnastics announced Monday morning. Last Tuesday the superstar gymnast withdrew in the middle of the team final after she stumbled upon landing during the vault. In a press conference afterwards, Biles said that

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Three fencers on the men’s US Olympic team were wearing pink masks when they arrived Friday in Tokyo for their opening match against Japan. But the coordinated masks weren’t a coincidence; they were a planned protest by the trio against a teammate who is accused of sexual assault, sources close to the team told BuzzFeed

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Simone Biles backed out of the women’s individual all-around gymnastics final at the Toyko Olympics on Wednesday, again citing her mental health. Biles, America’s most decorated gymnast, also bowed out of the team final on Tuesday due to mental health after struggling early on the vault. Biles qualified in first place for the individual all-around

Kathy Willens / AP Photo World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali has his headgear adjusted by trainer Chris Dundee, in Miami Beach on Dec. 21, 1977. When Kathy Willens graduated from college, she was mostly resigned to becoming a starving artist. Instead, she became a photographer, and worked for the Associated Press for nearly 45 years,

Amid protests, athletes testing positive for COVID-19, a scandal involving the opening ceremony director, and a coronavirus surge in Tokyo, the 2020 Olympics kicked off (one year late) on Friday with a dazzling opening ceremony. Despite the largely empty stands and curious choreography (which, to be fair, happens every year — remember the UK’s beds

The director of the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Summer Olympics has been fired after footage from a 1998 comedy sketch showed him making an antisemitic Holocaust joke. Kentaro Kobayashi was relieved of his duties just one day before the opening ceremony for the Summer Games is set to take place in Japan. The organizing

As parts of the world witness devastating drought and heat waves due to the climate crisis, China’s Henan province, which has a population of over 100 million people, has been experiencing torrential downpours and flooding. And the capital city of Zhengzhou has seen the worst of the conditions, where one local weather commentator called it