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Photo: Instagram/@nyjah US Olympic skateboarding medallist Nyjah Huston says his Paris medal is "not as high quality as you might think". The 29-year-old secured a bronze medal following a nailbiter final at La Concorde last Monday, which saw his US teammate Jagger Eaton claim silver and Japan's Yuto Horigome take home gold. "These Olympic medals look great when they're brand new, but after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit, and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they're apparently not as high-quality as you would think," Huston said in a video posted to his Instagram. Holding it up to the camera to display the deterioration, Huston exclaimed "look at that thing - it's looking rough". "Even the front is starting to chip off a little." "I don't know...

Photo: timhester/123RF The search for a French rugby player missing after being swept away by a wave while swimming in the sea off Cape Town has continued on Friday. Medhi Narjissi, part of the France under-18 team due to participate in a four-nation tournament in South Africa, was "swept away by a wave" on Thursday while swimming with other players in a recovery session after training, the French Rugby Federation said in a statement. Two sea rescue boats and a helicopter were involved in an immediate rescue operation but did not find him and on Thursday police divers continued the search. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesman Craig Lambinon said they suspected strong rip currents swept the 17-year-old into the surf zone and out to sea. He said that despite an extensive sea, air and sh...

US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Patrick T. Fallon / AFP By Gram Slattery, Alexandra Ulmer, Nathan Layne, Reuters Analysis - A little over two weeks ago, Donald Trump's presidential campaign had visions of an expansive national strategy that would result in a landslide victory in November. Now, as they struggle to blunt a surging Kamala Harris, who swiftly replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate last month, campaign advisers say they are recalibrating to protect states once thought of as safe and narrowing ambitions for the electoral map. While top Trump advisers once saw a chance for an electoral blowout - with Democratic-leaning states lik...

Adam Britton pictured in Bunawan town in the Philippines southern island of Mindanao in 2011. Photo: RICHARD GRANDE/AFP By Tiffanie Turnbull, BBC News, Sydney Warning: This story contains details readers might find distressing A renowned British crocodile expert has been jailed for 10 years and five months in Australia, after admitting to sexually abusing dozens of dogs, in a case which horrified the nation. Adam Britton, a leading zoologist who has worked on BBC and National Geographic productions and had been interviewed on Radio New Zealand, pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to bestiality and animal cruelty. He also admitted to four counts of accessing child abuse material. The Northern Territory (NT) Supreme Court heard the 53-year-old filmed himself torturing the animals until ...

US' Noah Lyles receives medical attention after competing in the men's 200m final. Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP By Harry Poole, BBC sport journalist at Stade de France Botswana's Letsile Tebogo claimed a surprise Olympic 200m gold medal as Noah Lyles was denied a sprint double at Paris 2024. Tebogo, 21, stormed clear of his rivals to clock an African record of 19.46 seconds and finish ahead of American Kenneth Bednarek, who crossed the line in 19.62. Lyles, crowned the world's fastest man by five-thousandths of a second in a historically quick 100m final on Sunday night, was unable to compete at the head of the race and matched his Tokyo bronze in 19.70. It emerged after the race that Lyles had tested positive for Covid and the 27-year-old had to be helped off the track in a wheelchair...

Swift's three sold-out shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium have been cancelled. Photo: JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP By Vicky Wong, BBC News Austrian security officials say a 19-year-old arrested on Wednesday was planning to kill "a large crowd of people" in a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. Officials say the teen - who had previously pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (IS) - confessed that he "intended to carry out an attack using explosives and knives". Swift's three sold-out shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium have been cancelled. More than 195,000 people had been expected to attend. Local media have also reported that the 19-year-old, the main suspect out of three, had stolen chemicals from his former workplace. The Kurier newspaper, citing sources, reported that he ...

A house is collapsed due to a massive earthquake in Osaki Town, Kagoshima Prefecture. Photo: Masato Oyamada / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP By Shaimaa Khalil, BBC News, Japan and Flora Drury, BBC News, London Japan has - for the first time - issued a warning about an increased risk of a "major earthquake" striking in the near future. The advisory was issued on Thursday night local time, telling people to be alert but not to evacuate. It also stressed that the warning did not mean a large earthquake was imminent, but that the probability was higher than usual. It came hours after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the southern island of Kyushu, which reportedly caused no major damage. But experts were put on heightened alert because of where the epicentre sat - at the edge of the Nank...

A house has reportedly collapsed in Miyazaki City due to an earthquake in southwestern Japan on 8 August, 2024. Photo: AFP/ Yomiuri Shimbun- Wataru Hatae An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, but there were no immediate signs of major damage. The quake initially triggered tsunami advisories for Japan's coastline, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, though national broadcaster NHK later said they had been lifted. There had been no reports of abnormalities at nuclear power plants following the quake, and the government is checking for damage and casualties, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. The quake occurred about 4.43pm (0743 GMT) off Miyazaki prefecture on the western major island of Kyushu, the JMA said. In Miyazaki,...

A 19-year-old Austrian terrorism suspect had taken concrete steps in planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert. Photo: AFP / DAVID GRAY A 19-year-old Austrian terrorism suspect had taken concrete steps in planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert, with chemical substances found during a search of his residence, Austria's general director for public security said. The teenager, with North Macedonian roots, is considered the main suspect, working closely with a 17-year-old Austrian, general director for public security Frankz Ruf told ORF radio. The two males are part of a small group police are looking into, said Ruf, adding that the 19-year-old had pledged allegiance to the radical Islamic State group. "We are of course investigating their wider surroundings," said Ruf, adding tha...

The red X marks where an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday. Photo: Japan Meteorological Agency An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no immediate signs of major damage. There have been no reports of abnormalities at nuclear power plants following the quake, and the government is checking for damage and casualties, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. The quake occurred about 4.43pm (0743 GMT) off Miyazaki prefecture on the western major island of Kyushu, the JMA said. In Miyazaki, waves as high as 50cm have already been observed, public broadcaster NHK said. More to come. - Reuters Source link