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Despair after four years of pressure: how do Olympians deal with disappointment?

        By Christopher Mesagno, Victoria University and Courtney C Walton, The University of Melbourne     Australia’s soccer team entered Paris with high hopes of notching their first Olympic medal but those aspirations came crashing down with defeat to the United States. Even without star striker Sam Kerr, the Matildas – who enjoyed a famous run to finish fourth at the 2023 FIFA World Cup – were […]

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India China agree to advance border negotations

India and China say they will speed up negotiations to resolve their border dispute after the 30th round of talks on the issue. This comes just a week after foreign ministers from the two countries met in Laos. The Asian neighbors have been locked in a border standoff for over four years now. Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.  

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Pakistan’s second-largest city Lahore hit by record rain: weather agency

    Pakistan's second largest city of Lahore was deluged with record-breaking rainfall on Thursday, the national weather agency said, with hospitals flooded and power cuts reported. The eastern city of 13 million people was lashed by almost 360 millimetres of rain in three hours, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said, breaking a previous record of 332 millimetres over three hours in July 1980. kf-jts/mca AFP (NAMPA / AFP)

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How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’

      By Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania; Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University, and Carla Valerio, Southern Cross University     Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in history. She won her first world championship all-around gold medal in 2013 and has not lost an all-around competition since. She arrived in Paris with 37 medals from World Championships and Olympics, including 27 golds. She has […]

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Alleged 9/11 mastermind to accept plea deal

The Pentagon says the man accused of plotting the September 11th terror attacks has agreed to a plea deal, along with two accomplices. Khalid Sheikh Muhammad has spent nearly two decades in pretrial detention at the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Ira Spitzer reports.  

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Hopes fade for more survivors in Indian landslide rescue

      Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages Thursday with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people. Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal state of Kerala, with blocked roads into the Wayanad district disaster area complicating relief efforts since Tuesday. The number of fatal floods and landslides in India has increased in recent years and […]

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Is the shallow pool in Paris really slowing Olympic swimmers down? Here’s what the science says

        By Shane Keating, UNSW Sydney     There has been plenty of rain, sweat and tears shed at the Paris Olympics this week. But the pool at the heart of La Defénce Arena has suffered a drought of world records that has athletes and officials scratching their heads. After five days, Paris 2024 has seen only a single world record fall in a swimming event. That […]

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Fed keeps rates unchanged

The Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged at its two-day meeting, but suggested a September rate cut could be on the cards. The central bank said inflation was getting closer to its 2% target, but there's still work to do. Sally Patterson reports from New York.  

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German colonialism in Africa has a chilling history – new book explores how it lives on

      By Henning Melber, University of Pretoria     Germany was a significant – and often brutal – colonial power in Africa. But this colonial history is not told as often as that of other imperialist nations. A new book called The Long Shadow of German Colonialism: Amnesia, Denialism and Revisionism aims to bring the past into the light. It explores not just the history of German colonialism, […]

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