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Tunisia's president replaces prime minister in the latest shakeup ahead of presidential election 08/08/2024 01:35pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ��� Tunisia's president has sacked the country's prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election. President Kais Saied announced late Wednesday in a brief press release that h China wins 6th diving event at Paris Olympics but there are tears in chase to sweep all 8 gold 08/08/2024 01:34pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Chinese diver Wang Zongyuan was reduced to tears on the pool deck, disappointed with a second straight Olympic silver medal after going unbeaten in the 3-meter springboard over the last three years. Wang hadn���t lost a major diving competition in the event since the Tok A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways 08/08/2024 01:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month ��� just barely. The European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday that July 2024���s average heat just missed surpassing July of last year. While the slightly cooler mont An aid worker's airport disappearance stirs fear of repression following disputed Venezuela election 08/08/2024 01:13pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� The last time anyone heard from Edni L��pez was Sunday. The 33-year-old political science professor and award-winning poet was preparing to board a flight to Argentina to visit a friend when she texted from the airport that something was wrong with her passport. ���Migrat Facing budget crunches, Chinese tax collectors descend on companies 08/08/2024 01:08pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese authorities are chasing unpaid taxes from companies and individuals dating back decades, as the government moves to plug massive budget shortfalls and address a mounting debt crisis. More than a dozen listed Chinese companies say they were slapped with millions of dollars in Police in Kenya fire tear gas at protesters as new Cabinet ministers are sworn in 08/08/2024 01:01pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Kenyan police on Thursday fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi calling for the president's resignation as a new Cabinet was being sworn in, the latest in the deadly turmoil that has gripped the East African nation over the summer. Protests in Kenya first erupted in June, July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief 08/08/2024 11:48am • Earth���s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Thursday. But July 2024 ���s average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago, and scientists Death toll rises to 156 as weeks of heavy monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pakistan 08/08/2024 11:32am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some villages and causing landslides. More than 1,800 homes have been damaged since July 1, w Montgomery Co. schools set to achieve hiring goals for new year, superintendent says 08/08/2024 11:20am • Montgomery County's recently appointed school Superintendent Thomas Taylor is excited about the coming school year. At the weekly briefing held by Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, Taylor declared, "This is going to be a great school year!" Taylor said the school system's goal has been Takeaways from AP report on fear of repression in post-election Venezuela 08/08/2024 11:14am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� The last time anyone heard from Edni L��pez was Sunday. The 33-year-old political science professor was preparing to board a flight to Argentina to visit a friend when she texted from the airport just before 10 a.m. that something was wrong with her passport. What happene With a new life and fresh ideas, Sandra Lee makes a TV comeback with a Netflix food competition show 08/08/2024 10:52am • Corn dogs, funnel cakes and fried Oreos may come to mind when you think of state fair food, but fairgrounds are also the place where bakers test out their creations by entering competitions. The sense of community and creativity found at state and county fairs is especially meaningful to Sandra Lee, American sport climber Sam Watson leaves Paris Olympics with world record but without gold medal 08/08/2024 10:38am • LE BOURGET, France (AP) ��� Sam Watson leaves the Paris Games with another world record in speed sport climbing but without the Olympic gold medal. The American broke the speed world record on Thursday for the second time at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the feat came in the fight for the bronze afte Olympic Diving Results 08/08/2024 10:29am • Thursday Men 3m Springboard Final 1. Xie Siyi, China, 543.60. 2. Wang Zongyuan, China, 530.20. 3. Osmar Olvera Ibarra, Mexico, 500.40. 4. Carson Tyler, United States, 429.25. 5. Jordan Christopher Houlden, Britain, 427.75. 6. Luis Felipe Uribe Bermudez, Colombia, 421.85. 7. Jack Laugher, Britain, 41 For Haiti, the Paris Olympics is about more than just winning gold 08/08/2024 10:25am • PARIS (AP) ��� As he coasted along Paris��� Seine River during the Olympic opening ceremony, one word came to Haitian swimmer Alexandre Grand���Pierre���s mind. ���Iconic.��� For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Games has always been about more than just winning gol Rider safety in equestrian an ongoing discussion with focus on helmets and protective airbags 08/08/2024 10:20am • VERSAILLES, France (AP) ��� When Laura Kraut competed in equestrian at the Paris Olympics she was one of the few showjumpers wearing a protective airbag vest. That's likely to change. Along with horse welfare, rider safety is an ongoing issue for the sport's international governing body, the FEI, wh