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Bulgarian Athlete Wins Paralympic Gold in Shot Put

Sofia News Agency 

Ruzhdi Ruzhdi secured the gold medal for Bulgaria in the shot put, F55 category (for athletes paralyzed from the waist down and using a wheelchair) at the Paris Paralympics. The Bulgarian athlete's third attempt reached a distance of 12.40 meters, marking his best performance of the season and securing first place. ...

Man sentenced for attempting to steal from Buffalo construction site

Wivb.com 

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced Friday morning for attempting to steal from a construction site on Best Street in February 2023, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. According to officials, around 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 16 of that year, Sergio Brooks knowingly and unlawfully entered a construction site on Best [...]

Trump wants to make the GOP a 'leader' on IVF. Republicans' actions make that a tough sell

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for IVF treatments, a proposal at odds with the actions of much of his own party. It reveals the former president’s realization that abortion and reproductive rights are major liabilities for his chances of returning to the White House. Even before his surprising announcement Thursday on treatments for in vitro fertilization, Trump had been promoting the idea that the Republican Party was a “leader” on IVF. Читать дальше...

Eurovision Host City Has Been Revealed

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Basel has been selected to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025, winning out over Geneva for the honor of staging the 69th edition of the event, according to AFP. The choice follows Swiss singer Nemo's victory in 2024, which granted Switzerland the right to host the next contest on May 17.

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Germany repatriates first group of Afghan refugees since Taliban takeover

Voice of America 

islamabad — A group of 28 asylum-seekers were repatriated to Afghanistan from Germany on Friday after being deported for criminal convictions. The deportees, on board a chartered flight, arrived in the capital of Kabul, where Taliban authorities promptly detained them for investigation and blocked journalists’ access to the airport, according to witnesses. The Taliban did not immediately issue a statement regarding the fate of the Afghan returnees or whether the repatriation resulted from mutual understanding between Kabul and Berlin. Читать дальше...