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Lindsey Vonn ready for her first Olympic downhill training run to test injured left knee
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn inspected the Olympic downhill course with other racers early Friday as she prepared to take part in the opening training session despite tearing the ACL in her left knee a week ago.The 41-year-old Vonn is planning to compete at the Milan Cortina Games with a large brace covering her injured knee.
She had a partial titanium replacement inserted in her right knee in 2024 and then returned to ski racing last season after nearly six years of retirement. She crashed during the final World Cup downhill before the Olympics in... Read More
American officials arrive in Oman as Iran and US set for talks over Tehran's nuclear program
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A convoy believed to be carrying American officials arrived Friday at the site of talks between Iran and the United States where the two countries are set to hold negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program.The talks Friday come after a chaotic week that initially saw plans for regional countries to take part in talks in Turkey.
The two countries have returned to Oman, a sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, months after rounds of meetings turned to ash following Israel’s launch of a 12-day war against Iran back in June. The U.S... Read More
The Milan Cortina Olympics will start with a four-site and two-cauldron opening ceremony
MILAN (AP) — An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture — plus American pop diva Mariah Carey — was scheduled to officially start the Milan Cortina Games on Friday as the sports spectacle returns to a nation that last hosted the event 20 years ago.This is the most spread-out Olympics — Summer or Winter — in history, with competition venues dotting an area of about 8,500 square miles (more than 22,000 square kilometers), roughly the size of the entire state of New Jersey.
The... Read More
Bad Bunny look-alike contest in San Francisco draws hundreds of fans
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Bad Bunny look-alike contest at a San Francisco restaurant snowballed into a street party after hundreds of fans of the global superstar showed up to cheer his doppelgangers and sing along to his music ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show this weekend.More than 30 contestants from across the Bay Area, including men with tight curly hair, women in wigs and fake facial hair and a kindergartener in a fedora, white tank top and bow tie, competed for a $100 prize at a packed Mexican restaurant in the Mission neighborhood.
They channeled the... Read More
Bitcoin falls 8% and Asian shares mostly slip after Wall Street is hit by tech stock losses
HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. futures and Asian shares traded mostly lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s losses as technology stocks again dragged on markets.Bitcoin sank to roughly half its record price, giving back all it gained since U.S. President Donald Trump won the White House for his second term.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was up 0.8% to 54,253.68, recovering from losses earlier this week, with technology-related stocks leading gains. SoftBank Group rose 2.2% and chipmaker Tokyo Electron rose 2.6%. Japan will also be holding its general election on Sunday, in which... Read More
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- A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow
- American officials arrive in Oman as Iran and US set for talks over Tehran's nuclear program
- Bitcoin falls 8% and Asian shares mostly slip after Wall Street is hit by tech stock losses
- Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday after national security conviction
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