Top five stories of the day in Paris
Jade Jones loses in the first round of the taekwondo but Katarina Johnson-Thompson makes an excellent start to her heptathlon campaign at Paris 2024.
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GB eye cycling medals & Lyles chases 200m gold – day 13 schedule
Your day-by-day guide to what is happening when - and who to watch out for - at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Double champion Jones in another early Olympics loss
Britain's Jade Jones falls to another Olympic taekwondo defeat as she is beaten by Miljana Reljkik in the -57kg first round in Paris.
Johnson-Thompson makes superb start in heptathlon
Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads the heptathlon after making a superb start in her bid to land the Olympic medal which evades her.
This museum in Madrid lets the blind touch and experience the wonders of the world
The Madrid Typhlological Museum -- from the Greek "tuphlos" meaning blind -- houses 37 reproductions of global monuments that are listed as world heritage sites.
Italy doubles its ‘billionaires tax’ to €200,000 for super-rich expats
1,186 high-net-worth individuals have transferred their tax residency to Italy since the policy was first introduced in 2017.
July was the first month in over a year that didn’t set a heat record
It is the second-warmest July and second-warmest of any month recorded in the agency's records, behind only July 2023.
Bad news for high-performing women: You’re more likely to receive unhelpful feedback
Analysis of more than 23,000 performance reviews shows that women at the top of their game are still put down as abrasive and opinionated—and it doesn't matter if their manager is male or female.
3-in-4 Americans say democracy is on the ballot in November
The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Democrats, Republicans and independents see the election as “very important” or “extremely important” to democracy.
