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The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the United Nations climate damage fund that was established in 2023 at COP28 to help developing countries most vulnerable to climate change when natural disasters strike. Establishment of the fund was a victory for climate change activists from developing nations, with nearly 200 countries signing onto the agreement. At the 2023 climate conference, the U.S. pledged $17.5 million to the fund, while the EU contributed $245 million, including $100 million from Germany. “Both the United States Board Member and United States Alternate Board Member will be stepping down, not to be…

In Russia, the Olympics aren’t being shown on TV and some politicians and media figures have even described those willing to compete in Paris as traitors. Rarely on the podium and banned from the Olympic opening ceremony, 15 Russian athletes competing at this year’s Games have an uneasy status as “Individual Neutral Athletes” following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some in the Olympic Village opposed them taking part, and Russian opinion is divided.  In Russia, the Olympics aren’t being shown on TV and some politicians and media figures have even described those competing in Paris as traitors.  “We’re here to fight for ourselves,”…

“After emergency services arrived at the scene, they launched another strike, deliberately targeting rescuers,” he said. “It is a vile and inhumane intimidation tactic to which the Russians often resort.” Eight apartment buildings, an administrative facility and a fire truck were damaged, Zelenskyy said. Moscow’s latest airstrikes came after Russian forces launched 67 missiles and 194 drones against Ukraine on Friday, bombing mostly energy and civilian infrastructure, in the Kremlin’s first large bombardment since Washington halted aid and intel-sharing to Kyiv. The United States stopped sharing military aid and intelligence with Ukraine following a public clash between President Donald Trump…

A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event on Thursday in a Texas lake. A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event Thursday morning at Marine Creek Lake in Texas. A police spokesperson said that they would not currently be releasing the athlete’s name.However the name currently circulating is Lazar Ðukić, a Serbian athlete that’s been regularly taking part in CrossFit competitions since 2017.CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a news conference that they were “deeply saddened” by the death of one of their athletes, and they were…

“Tension is a good thing. … It makes it much more exciting,” Trump said. Gianni Infantino, the president of World Cup organizer FIFA, was in the White House on Friday while Trump signed an executive order establishing a 2026 World Cup task force that he will chair to oversee preparations for the tournament. “Thank you, Mr. President, for setting up this task force, because it is important that everyone that comes to America feels safe, feels welcome, and that’s why it’s important that the government puts together this White House task force,” Infantino said. The U.S. is home to 11…

As breakdancing, or breaking, is about to make its Olympic debut, the sport did not make it to the Paralympics. Some call out its exclusion, contrasting with the sport’s egalitarian beginnings. Paralympic athletes will not be able to compete in breakdancing as the sport was excluded from this year’s event — unlike in the Olympic Games, where it is set to kick off on Friday.The newest sport in the Paris 2024 Olympics is a combination of dance and martial arts that has its roots in the working-class and underprivileged communities of New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s.While…

Rider safety is an ongoing issue for the sport’s international governing body. The world’s equestrian governing body is developing helmets and airbag vests to keep competitors safe, and while not many riders wear them, that’s likely to change.Mark Hart, who chairs the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI)’s medical committee, says a working group made up of scientists, doctors, and a rider, focuses on improvements to helmets to reduce head injuries, for instance.Awareness around the symptoms and effects of concussion is improving, he said, but more needs to be done to highlight the issue for athletes in sports that involve contact, collisions…

France leads the way in swimming, with Germany coming out on top in equestrian after 16 eventful days. The Summer 2024 Olympics has delivered winners and losers across the sporting world. The US led the way on top of the medal table, with China and Japan in second and third place overall.European countries also had their fair share of gold medals, with France coming out on top, taking home 16 gold medals. Where did Europe win its gold?Out of its 16 medals, France took home four in swimming. Rowing was also a successful sport for Europe, with the UK and…

Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s announcement comes after a poor display by Poland at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where the country won only one gold. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that his country will strive to host the Summer Olympics for the first time, with a particular eye on the games in 2040 and 2044.Tusk was speaking at a sports field in Karczew, a town south of Warsaw, on Friday, where boys were doing football training behind him.”Life will show whether this is a realistic goal,” he said. “Taking into account the initial decisions, commitments, declarations of the…

Despite progress for women’s and girls’ rights around the world, these gains are fragile. In 2024, one in four countries in the world reported a setback in women’s rights, according to a new report by UN Women. The world is more gender-equal today than at any point in history, but progress is not guaranteed and could even be reversed without sustained action, Belén Sanz, regional director of UN Women Europe and Central Asia, told Euronews in an interview. “Women have made a real shift in the world, but we are seeing that there is an alarming rollback, that discrimination is deepening, that…