The world’s fastest man is marching on. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt returned to competition at the 2012 London Games Tuesday, fresh off his victory in Sunday’s 100-meter finals. Bolt advanced to the semifinals of the men’s 200 meter sprint, along with teammate Yohan Blake, the 100-meter silver medalist. Americans Wallace Spearmon, Maurice Mitchell and Isaiah […]
Usain Bolt Resumes Quest for Further Olympic Glory
Posted August 7th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
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Afghan President Denounces Deadly Bomb Attack
Posted August 7th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has denounced a remote-controlled bombing Tuesday that killed nine civilians and wounded five others. The blast struck a bus in Paghman, just west of Kabul. The local police chief says the person who planted the bomb has been arrested. Mr. Karzai said in a statement that terrorists who target innocent civilians […]
Russia’s Mustafina Wins Gold on Women’s Uneven Bars
Posted August 6th, 2012 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
The 2012 London Olympics saw upsets in gymnastics and track and field Monday. On the women’s uneven bars, Russia’s Aliya Mustafina won the gold medal over China’s Kexin He, who won silver, and Britain’s Beth Tweddle, who won bronze. U.S. teenage gymnast Gabby Douglas, who has emerged as a star of the Games, was competing […]
Clinton Visits Mandela During South Africa Stop
Posted August 6th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in South Africa, where she has met privately with anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Clinton traveled Monday to the former president’s village of Qunu, where they met at his home for about an hour. The 94-year-old Mr. Mandela is in frail health and rarely appears in public. After the […]
Former US Soldier Identified as Sikh Temple Gunman
Posted August 6th, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. authorities have identified the gunman who shot six worshippers to death at a Sikh temple in the northern U.S. state of Wisconsin as a former American soldier. Investigators on Monday said the shooter was Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old man who served in the U.S. Army for about six years in the 1990s before […]
Syrian Prime Minister Defects to Opposition
Posted August 6th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Syria’s prime minister has defected two months after taking the job, saying he is joining the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. In a statement read in his name on Al Jazeera television Monday, Riad Hijab said he was leaving what he called “the killing and terrorist regime.” The statement said he and his family were […]
Seven Killed in Shooting at US Sikh Temple
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Seven people have been killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple in the northern U.S. state of Wisconsin. The gunman is among the dead. Greenfield Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt says four people were found dead inside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, located outside of Milwaukee, on Sunday morning. Three others, including the gunman, were […]
Jamaica’s Bolt Wins 100M Olympic Gold for 2nd Time
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has successfully defended his Olympics 100 meter title, winning the race in 9.63 seconds – a new Olympic record. In one of the most highly anticipated races of the London Games, Bolt matched his gold-medal finish from Beijing 2008, with his fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake earning the silver and American Justin […]
Clinton Expresses Support for Malawi’s President
Posted August 5th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised Malawi President Joyce Banda for making key reforms since taking office in April. Clinton met with President Banda in the capital, Lilongwe on Sunday, as the top U.S. diplomat continued her multi-nation tour of Africa. Clinton said Ms. Banda’s reforms have helped boost the impoverished country’s economy. […]
South Africa’s Pistorius Is Another Olympics ‘First’
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
South African Oscar Pistorius sprinted into Olympic history Saturday in London, becoming the first amputee runner to compete in the Games. Pistorius, who wears special prosthetics on both legs, finished second in a preliminary heat of the men’s 400 meters. He qualified for the semi-finals. He was born without fibulas – the outer bones in […]
