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With the 2024 Paris Olympics underway, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team will begin qualifying on Sunday at the AccorHotels Arena. Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Hezly Rivera will be looking to repeat their lead in Paris after winning the team silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Already the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, Biles has won four gold medals and 23 world championships, and is making her comeback in 2021 after struggling with “Twisties.”The U.S. will compete in the second division on Sunday along with China and Italy. The U.S. team will start on the…

CLEVELAND, Ohio – My mother was a lifelong Democrat. She never missed a vote and would work at the polls until the early hours of the next morning, counting and verifying every vote.When I was about seven years old, I asked my mother why she was a Democrat. She told me that her party put ordinary workers above big corporations and advocated for equality for all. This made sense, since she was born in 1919 and had witnessed decades of economic hardship and the effects of war. The Democrats stood for what she believed was best for the country.In 1909,…

Weekly Silver (XAG/USD) Economic Headwinds: The Force Behind Silver’s Fall Several factors have contributed to silver’s recent price movement. U.S. economic data released on Friday showed prices rose slightly in June, buoying optimism about a possible interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. This sentiment is reflected in lower U.S. Treasury yields, which typically support the precious metal’s prices. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, a key inflation measure, rose just 0.1% in June. This data, along with other weak economic indicators, is strengthening expectations of a rate cut by the Fed later this year. Lower interest rates generally…

KHAPULU – Two top Japanese climbers fell from Pakistan’s K2, authorities said on July 28. Rescuers in a helicopter found them motionless but were forced to turn back. Veteran climbers Kazuya Hiraide and Takeo Nakajima were attempting to summit the steep west face of the world’s second highest mountain, using a seasoned climbing style that prioritizes speed and minimal reliance on fixed ropes. But on July 27, “they fell from a height of 7,500 metres,” Khalar Haidri, secretary general of the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), said in a statement. “A helicopter rescue was attempted but the chopper was unable…

Venezuela goes to the polls on Sunday in what is expected to be the most closely watched presidential election in the country’s modern history. Opposition supporters believe they have a real chance of ousting incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third term after 11 years in power. Maduro faces a major challenge in the election against opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. His presidency is in crisis, and voters must decide whether to re-elect him or give the opposition a chance to reverse the policies of his party that have led to the collapse of the economy and the…

The whole world is watching as dueling campaign trails blaze between presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican nominee former President Donald Trump.While the fight over foreign policy has largely focused on wars raging in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, as well as an intensified global competition with China, two nuclear-armed rival powers in South Asia are also eyeing the outcome of what has emerged as a historically turbulent election season. Officials from India and Pakistan tell Newsweek they are preparing to work with either candidate in pursuit of stronger ties.For India, the relationship with the…

What time does Simone Biles compete?Caitlin LiddyCaitlin Liddy is newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.The U.S. women’s gymnastics team qualifying rounds are taking place today. As the favorite to win the team gold medal, the U.S. is hoping to qualify in first place as a team and advance two athletes to the all-around final and multiple athletes to the individual finals.The US team, led by Simone Biles, will compete in Subdivision 2, which begins at 5:40 a.m. ET, early in the morning for US viewers.China wins first gold medal of the second dayChina’s Xie Yu won the gold medal in…

Speaking at one of the biggest crypto events of the year, Donald Trump said that if he is re-elected president, he will fire the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on his first day there.Trump was delivering a keynote speech at Bitcoin 2024, a gathering of industry heavyweights in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday.Republican presidential candidates have used the event to rally support among voters and drum up money from the tech industry.Cryptocurrency has become a political battleground for the Republican Party, with President Trump claiming that Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris are “anti-crypto.”The crowd erupted in…

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine foreign ministry on Sunday accused China of “misinterpreting” an agreement between the two countries that allows unhindered resupply of Philippine troops stationed on a stranded naval vessel in the South China Sea.After repeated clashes at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, the two countries earlier this month reached a “provisional agreement” on resupply missions for troops stationed aboard Manila’s Sierra Madre, a naval vessel that was deliberately run aground in 1999 to enforce maritime interests.Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Teresita Daza said Saturday that day’s replenishment mission was completed without incident as Chinese coast guard…