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Mongolia's circus performers fight to preserve their craft
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» ULAANBAATAR: Mongolian circus performers fly through a cavernous hall inspectors have warned could collapse any time, one of the few places left to train if they hope to travel the world with their country's spectacular big top shows.
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Nassar stabbed in prison: union official
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» MIAMI - Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of athletes, was in stable condition Monday after being stabbed multiple times by another inmate, a prison union official said.
Erdogan rival faces uphill struggle in runoff
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkey's secular opposition leader may have succeeded in forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into his first ever runoff, but his chances of winning on May 28 are remote.
Chinese students leap 'Great Firewall' for ChatGPT homework help
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» BEIJING: Chinese schoolchildren are turning to AI bot ChatGPT to slash their homework time — vaulting the country's "Great Firewall" to write book reports and bone up on their language skills.
Ethiopia's celebrated circus offers youth discipline and hope
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» DIRE DAWA (ETHIOPIA) - In a faded hall with tattered carpets, young acrobats launch off their partners' feet high into the air with a spin, as others perform juggling feats, somersaults or twist into contortions.
Biles, Raisman, other top US gymnasts file $1 bn claim against FBI
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other star US gymnasts filed a $1 billion claim against the FBI on Wednesday for mishandling of the investigation into sexual abuse by predatory former team doctor Larry Nassar.
Claims stemming from Australia football probe referred to police
AFP, Published on 27/05/2022
» SYDNEY - An independent inquiry into an alleged toxic culture within Australian football has referred three separate complaints to police, with two further claims being probed in house.
Canada gymnasts break silence on abuses and sport's 'toxic culture'
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» MONTREAL - They excelled in the athletic spotlight, but their feats on the beam and bars masked a darker reality: Canadian gymnasts are taking legal action to denounce a "toxic" culture of physical, sexual and psychological abuse by the sport's top brass.
Gymnasts abused by team doctor Nassar reach $380 mln settlement
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Victims of jailed former US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar are to receive $380 million after reaching a settlement with USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and their insurers, attorneys said on Monday.
Olympic hero Biles says everything came to a head in Tokyo, report
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» LOS ANGELES - US gymnastics icon Simone Biles said on Monday she should have quit "way before Tokyo" but held onto her Olympic dream even though it took a heavy emotional toll on her well-being.