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An Olympic skateboarder has criticised the quality of the Paris 2024 medals after his has started to visibly deteriorate. US athlete Nyjah Huston revealed that a week after placing third in the men’s street skateboarding final on 29 July, his bronze medal has appeared to chip and lose its colour. “These Olympic medals look great

Halfway through Donald Trump’s news conference, one of his aides posted on X a montage of TV screens broadcasting it live. “Wall to wall. Kamala Harris can’t do this,” he wrote. Once, it was a boast that Team Trump didn’t have to make, but the visibility contest has changed. As the new Democratic ticket enjoys

A CrossFit Games competitor has died while taking part in a swimming event. Lazar Dukic was competing at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday morning when he disappeared beneath the water. Emergency services were called at around 8am local time to reports there “was a participant in the water that was down

Two NASA astronauts stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than two months could be forced to stay until February 2025 because of concerns over the safety of the spacecraft that brought them into orbit. Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams arrived at the ISS in June as the first

A teenager accused of plotting a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Austria had carried out “concrete preparatory actions”, according to officials. Chemicals and “technical devices” were also found during a search of the home of the 19-year-old suspect, who had posted an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic

Three Taylor Swift concerts have been cancelled after two men were arrested linked to an alleged terror plot said to be targeting the events. Swift was due to play at the Austrian capital’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. But event organiser Barracuda Music said in a post on its Instagram late on

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her vice presidential candidate choice Tim Walz have made their first public appearance together. The Minnesota governor was confirmed as Ms Harris’ pick on Tuesday and just hours later the pair appeared together at a rally in Philadelphia. Since the announcement, Team Harris-Walz said it has raised more than

Democrat US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her 2024 vice presidential running mate. She had been due to make an announcement later today. Walz is a former teacher and member of the US Army National Guard and in chosing him, she is turning to a Midwestern governor, military veteran

Children are among at least six people who have died after Tropical Storm Debby caused catastrophic flooding in parts of the US. Debby made landfall along the Gulf Coast of Florida as a category 1 hurricane early on Monday before weakening to a tropical storm in the afternoon. Flood warnings were issued in coastal areas

Google illegally maintained an online search monopoly, a US court has said, in one of the biggest rulings against the company’s market dominance. The tech giant has been successfully sued in federal court by the US Justice Department and states which argued it remained the most used internet search engine by paying smartphone makers billions

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the independent presidential candidate and nephew of President John F Kennedy, has said he abandoned a young dead bear in Central Park.  Kennedy, 70, posted a three-minute video on X, in which he described the incident to actress and comedian Roseanne Barr. He also said The New Yorker magazine had found

Simone Biles has asked people to stop asking athletes “what’s next?” after they win a medal at the Olympics. The seven-time Olympic gold medallist wrote in a post on the X social media platform: “Let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for.” One of her followers jokingly replied: “What is your

A five-year-old boy has died after a wind gust blew a bouncy castle into the air while children were inside it at a baseball stadium. Emergency services were called to the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, in the US state of Maryland, on Friday after the bounce house was lifted “approximately 15 to 20 feet

Donald Trump’s son has told Sky News that any momentum Kamala Harris has in the campaign is because the media has “put her on a fake pedestal”. In a wide-ranging interview at the Trump International Scotland golf course outside Aberdeen, Eric Trump also spoke in detail about the assassination attempt against his father three weeks

The US defence secretary has revoked a plea deal which would have seen the men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks avoid death sentences. On Wednesday, it was announced that prosecutors had reached a deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi to plead guilty to conspiracy charges. Just two days later,

Kamala Harris has won the delegate votes needed to become the Democrats’ presidential nominee – which will make her the first woman of colour to top a major US party’s election ticket. The current vice president has been the frontrunner to stand against Republican Donald Trump since incumbent Joe Biden dropped out of the race

Three Americans freed from Russian prisons under a landmark exchange deal have landed back in the US. Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan were part of a deal which saw 24 people released in the biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. They are being welcomed on the tarmac

High-profile people held prisoner in Russia – including British citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza and US reporter Evan Gershkovich – have been freed as part of a massive prisoner swap. In the biggest such exchange since the Cold War, a number of individuals have been freed. They include Mr Kara-Murza, dual UK-Russian citizen, Wall Street Journal reporter

The man accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and his two co-defendants have agreed to plead guilty, say US officials. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi are expected to enter the pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay as soon as next week. According to prosecutors quoted by

A former ballerina has been found guilty of killing her estranged husband – in a case dubbed the “Black Swan” trial. Ashley Benefield was convicted of manslaughter at a Florida court on Tuesday over the fatal shooting of Doug Benefield in September 2020, Sky’s US partner NBC News reported. The 33-year-old had been charged with