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IOC approves French Alps' bid backed by President Macron to host the 2030 Winter Olympics 07/24/2024 10:08am • PARIS (AP) ��� The French Alps were named as the 2030 Winter Games host by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, though with conditions attached and signoff required from whoever is the next prime minister of France. French President Emmanuel Macron helped present the bid to IOC members Sports on TV for July 29 - Aug. 4 07/24/2024 10:00am • Adv20 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 29 THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 7 p.m. FS1 ��� TBT Quarterfinal: TBD 9 p.m. FS1 ��� TBT Quarterfinal: TBD _____ Tuesday, July 30 MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. TBS ��� N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia SOCCER (MEN'S) 7 p.m. ESPN ��� What you need to know about Netanyahu's DC visit 07/24/2024 09:30am • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit D.C. on Wednesday to address Congress and discuss a hostage and cease-fire deal with U.S. officials as the Israel-Hamas war continues into its ninth month. Netanyahu's three-day visit will lead to some changes to everyday traffic routines i Venezuelans turn to odd jobs and gambling to stretch meager wages they hope will grow after election 07/24/2024 09:28am • MATURIN, Venezuela (AP) ��� A municipal market in eastern Venezuela is teeming with weekend customers hoping to score a deal among the stalls of produce, meat, cheese and shelf-stable products. Some carry plantains, cassava crackers, corn flour or half a carton of eggs as they walk home. Middle scho Kenyan president appoints opposition ministers to his Cabinet amid political unrest 07/24/2024 08:05am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Kenya���s president on Wednesday incorporated the opposition in his new Cabinet, appointing four ministers from the main opposition party in a bid to form a broad-based government that would address governance issues raised in deadly protests. President William Ruto on Wednes Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets 07/24/2024 07:23am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Vietnam will let electricity-guzzling factories buy electricity from wind and solar power producers, helping big companies like Samsung Electronics meet their climate targets and relieving pressure on the country's overstrained grid. The government decree allowing Direct Powe As Olympic hosts, 'Les Fran��ais' are in the spotlight. Here's why the French can't be pigeon-holed 07/24/2024 06:17am • PARIS (AP) ��� They���re often thought to have practically cornered the market on romance, with Edith Piaf seemingly speaking for a nation of amorous souls when she sang: ���It���s crazy how much I love you.��� Yet they also can bicker and squabble as though they were Olympic sports. They practicall Women's boxing fights its way to parity with the men's game, just 12 years after its Olympic debut 07/24/2024 06:00am • PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) ��� Charley Davison's husband and their three young children were already in bed back home on the east coast of England before she pulled on her headgear and stepped into the World Boxing ring in southern Colorado earlier this year. The 30-year-old Davison was able to pursue her O Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame 07/24/2024 05:46am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30. He says his once fertile soil has become a nearly lifeless field that no longer earns Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull's-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections 07/24/2024 04:56am • PARIS (AP) ��� Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000. All are part of disinformatio Surfers, staff and locals make final preparations in Tahiti before the Paris Olympics begin 07/24/2024 04:11am • TEAHUPO���O, Tahiti (AP) ��� From wiping out on waves to building homemade speed bumps on local dirt roads, surfers, residents and Olympic workers across Tahiti, French Polynesia, are using the final days before the start of the Paris Olympics to brace themselves��� and the island��� for the upcomin Trash dropped by a North Korean balloon falls on South Korea���s presidential compound 07/24/2024 03:55am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Trash carried by at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound on Wednesday, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities during North Korean provocations. The rubbish that landed on the presidential compound in cent Harris tells roaring Wisconsin crowd November election is 'a choice between freedom and chaos' 07/24/2024 02:01am • WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (AP) ��� A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by declaring November's election will be "a choice between freedom and chaos.��� ���In this campa Under President Milei, the worst economic crisis in decades puts Argentine ingenuity to the test 07/24/2024 01:33am • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� In the crush of anti-government protests paralyzing downtown Buenos Aires in the last months, some Argentines saw a traffic-induced headache. Others saw a reaction to President Javier Milei's brutal austerity measures. Alejandra, a street vendor, saw people with nowh Defending national champ Michigan, Ohio State dominate Big Ten's top preseason position honors 07/24/2024 12:45am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Players from defending national champion Michigan and Ohio State claimed seven of the Big Ten's 12 positional honors on Tuesday. They were selected by a media panel on the first of three conference media days in Indianapolis. The Buckeyes had four selections ��� safety Caleb Do