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Former Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Tuesday denied allegations that he was violent towards his ex-partner and former first lady Fabiola Yanez. In a post on X, the former president and judge said he learned of the accusations from media reports and planned to prove his innocence to the court with evidence. “I will just say that it is false and what she is accusing me of never happened,” Fernandez said. “I will provide evidence and testimonies before the courts to show what really happened.” Yanez, an actress and journalist who now lives in Madrid with their two-year-old son, earlier…

What a difference a month makes. In July, stock indices in the United States hit all-time highs, led by an artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom that steered technology giants like Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia to historic levels. Investors had earlier brushed off some signs that the US economy was slowing down but did an about-face when a disappointing job markets report, released Friday, showed that US firms hired nearly a third fewer workers than expected in July — 114,000 vs. 175,000 that were forecast. US unemployment also ticked up to 4.3% from 4.1% the previous month, forewarning the heightened risk of a recession. On the other…

A whale has breached the ocean in spectacular fashion as surfers competed in the Olympic competition in Tahiti.The surprise ‘photobomb’ came as Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil and Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica took part in the semi-final. Luckily, the whale was a long way behind the pair as it launched itself into the air.It’s not unusual for seals and whales to be seen during surfing events – with a shark attack on Australian pro Mick Fanning famously caught on camera in 2015.The whale picture is also the second eye-catching image from this year’s Olympic surfing event. Last week, a photo…

Water contamination in the Seine River was a controversial topic right up to the opening ceremonies at the 2024 Paris Olympics. It was deemed safe on July 17, 2024, and opened for swimming for the first time in about a century. A women’s swimming event went ahead, but was followed by the news that a men’s event was to postponed and rescheduled. Then, Olympic swimmers started to get sick.  #JeChieDansLaSeine Pollution in the Seine is no new controversy — swimming in the river has been illegal for more than 100 years due to health concerns. The first ban came into effect in 1923,…

In one corner, you have the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the most powerful institution in world sport. In the other, you have the International Boxing Association (IBA), amateur boxing’s global governing body, which is no longer officially recognized by the IOC. The cases of two female boxers competing at the Paris Olympics have been thrust into the public spotlight in recent days, exposing a yearslong feud between the two organizations and reigniting a debate over fairness, safety and inclusion in women’s sport. Why exactly is boxing in the spotlight? Unwittingly caught in the middle of this, through no fault of their own, are…

On Monday, following massive week-long protests, Sheikh Hasina resigned from her office as Bangladesh’s prime minister and boarded a helicopter to India. It was the second time that a trip abroad altered the course of the country’s history. Hasina was the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh and the longest-serving female head of government in modern history. Her role at the helm of a 170-million-strong country had been uninterrupted for 15 years. Under her rule, the country’s economy flourished, while political opponents increasingly suffered under her strict leadership. A stroke of fate and a happy coincidence A key moment…

Many superheroes were created by Jewish cartoonists who soon used their characters to invoke the horrors of the Holocaust and the Nazi regime. In 1940, a comic titled “How Superman Would End the War” showed Superman saying to Hitler: “I’d like to land a strictly non-Aryan sock on your jaw.” According to the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda, denounced Superman as a Jew soon after. Superheros take on the Nazis Captain America was already hitting menacing Hitler-esque Nazi characters in comics from the early 1940s. Such fascist villains also featured in animated books like Dr. Seuss during the war years.…

Sometime saying “sorry” is just not enough. To mean something it should come from the heart. But what about when it comes from a company? Recently, Germany’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn felt the need to apologize to football fans for late trains and overcrowded conditions during the UEFA European Football Championship held in the country.  Michael Peterson, a Deutsche Bahn board member, said he understood the criticism. “Deutsche Bahn is not currently offering the quality that everyone deserves. But at the same time, we are doing everything possible to bring passengers reliably to their destinations.”  Deutsche Bahn is one in…

A crocodile who is believed to have fatally attacked a man while he was on holiday with his wife and children has been killed.The 40-year-old, from New South Wales, was the second person in just over a month to die of a crocodile attack in Australia. He had been fishing on Saturday while on holiday with his wife and children, travelling through Queensland with a trailer, police said.Government conservation officer Daniel Guymer said the man fell into the Annan River south of Cooktown.His body has not been recovered. Read more on Sky News:Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaineCrocodile…

Fragments of a meteorite that blazed across the skies near Berlin in January are about 4.5 billion years old, scientists wrote in an article published in the Meteoritics & Planetary Science journal. Named after the site of its discovery, researchers led by the Institute of Planetology at the University of Münster also found the Ribbeck meteorite belongs to the scarce class of aubrites. They are so rare that only 11 other aubrite falls have been recorded, while 76 finds are listed in the meteorite database. Ancient calling card from space Scientists have examined the Ribbeck meteorite fragments closely, and they estimate that…