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Zirin and former Soccer Player Jules Boycoff. Plus well look at how the United Nations is coming under criticism for failing to investigate allegations of Sexual Exploitation of children by french peacekeeping troops in the Central African republic. Specifically thats strange for the u. N. Anchor and we go to texas where at least 20 people have died in record flooding. Will this force republican president ial candidates including texas senator ted cruz to rethink their Climate Change denialism ....

Specifically thats strange for the u. N. Anchor and we go to texas where at least 20 people have died in record flooding. Will this force republican president ial candidates including texas senator ted cruz to rethink their Climate Change denialism . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now the democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An explosion has struck a shiite mosque in the saudi city of dammam, killed 21 people at another shiite mosque marking one of the...

As the Olympics returns in summer 2024 in Paris, questions about the ethics, efficacy, and economics of the mega-event once again emerge.

China hopes to make a splash with the Asian Games, opening on Saturday, but nationwide excitement has been muted as the economy sputters and...

HANGZHOU, China--China hopes to make a splash with the Asian Games, opening on Saturday, but nationwide excitement has been muted as the economy sputters and some locals question the cost of the sporting extravaganza.

HANGZHOU, China — China hopes to make a splash with the Asian Games, opening on Saturday (Sept 23), but nationwide excitement has been muted as the economy sputters and some locals question the cost of the sporting extravaganza. Delayed a year by Covid-19, the quadrennial games, kicking off in the eastern city of Hangzhou, will be China's biggest sporting event...

Fighting for herfamily asylum in europe but is fighting for her family safety back home. we can now speak to the academic and former athlete jules boycoff whose research focuses on the politics of the olympic games. how significant a moment is this for athletes in belarus? extraordinarily significant. after all, athletes have been involved in opposition struggles against lukashenko in the past. a star basketball player who played in the wnba here in the united states was jailed for her efforts f...

In danger in belarus. after that she began to worry and then today she was told she would leave tokyo immediately and deported to belarus, she understood her life was in danger. last year, protests against the current belarus president, alexander lukashenko and his disputed re—election in august were brutally cracked down on. he is backed by russia and has ruled for 27 years. his son is head of the countrys olympic committee but is banned from attending the games as the ioc does not recognise ...