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Taiwan’s first gold medal Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics promptly reignited the geopolitical fervor over Taiwanese identity and self-determination, even down to the way excited fans were allowed to celebrate. On Sunday, Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin from Taiwan won first place in badminton men’s doubles, defeating China’s Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. It was a particularly sensitive victory since China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, even though the Communist Party has never ruled it and many Taiwanese citizens reject the assertion that the island is subject to Chinese control. “Winning the championship feels great, and beating China feels even better,”…

 A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that school officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him for refusing to change his hairstyle. The ruling was another victory in the case for the Barbers Hill school district near Houston, which has said its policy restricting hair length for male students instills discipline while teaching grooming and respect for authority. But in his order, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown questioned whether the school district’s rule causes more harm than good. “Not everything that is undesirable, annoying, or even…

 Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said Tuesday that he will boycott the Paris Olympics ’ closing ceremony due to a “scandalous situation” that cost a Romanian gymnast a bronze medal. Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for the floor event Monday when coaches for American Jordan Chiles entered an appeal to judges over Chiles’ score. The inquiry result in a 0.1 boost for Chiles, enough to overtake Barbosu for the last spot on the Olympic podium. “I decided not to attend the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, following the scandalous situation in the gymnastics, where our athletes were treated in an absolutely dishonorable manner,” Ciolacu said…

At a time when there are more than seven million patients on the NHS waiting list in England and around 100,000 staff vacancies, artificial intelligence could revolutionise the health service by improving patient care and freeing up staff time. Its uses are varied – from spotting risk factors in a bid to help prevent chronic conditions such as heart attacks, strokes and diabetes – to assisting clinicians by analysing scans and x-rays to speed up diagnosis. The technology is also maximising productivity by carrying out routine administrative tasks from automated voice assistants to scheduling appointments and capturing doctors’ consultation notes.…

As they walked out for the first time as presidential running mates on Tuesday night, Tim Walz turned to Kamala Harris and mouthed one word: “wow”. It spoke to the enthusiastic response from the Philadelphia crowd, but also reflected the unlikely journey that the Minnesota governor has been on over the past week. Few people had Mr. Walz on their early lists of possible vice-presidential choices. But on Tuesday, the dark horse won the race. In a year when “vibes” have been everything in politics – on the economy, on the campaign trail – that is exactly what Kamala Harris…

Tim Walz touted his rural roots and said Donald Trump would take the US “backwards” as he appeared for the first time as Kamala Harris’s running mate at a raucous Democratic Party rally. At the event in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the party’s new nominee for vice-president said their Republican rivals in November’s election were “weird as hell”. The Minnesota governor spoke in front of thousands of supporters just hours after he was announced as Ms. Harris’s pick for the role. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, was quick to attack Mr. Walz as a “dangerously liberal extremist”. The 60-year-old is billed…

As the only athlete sent by his country to the Olympics in Paris, sprinter Shaun Gill has been revelling in his temporary status as “the most famous man” in Belize. He is one of four athletes sent to the 2024 Games as their nations’ sole representative. It is a responsibility that brings pride – and some extra anxiety. Solo competitors told the BBC their jobs could be lonely, but being their nation’s default flagbearer during the opening ceremony had been exhilarating. As a result of Gill’s sudden celebrity, others in the athletes’ village have been chasing his autograph, the 31-year-old…

Asian markets made solid gains on Wednesday, with Japanese shares reversing early losses after a central bank official played down the prospect of an immediate hike in interest rates. The benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 3%, bouncing back from losses of 2.5% earlier in the session, following fresh comments from Shinichi Uchida, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea’s Kospi gained 2.4%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was 1.3% higher. Taiwan’s Taiex was up 3.8%. The gains follow days of volatility, which saw the Nikkei suffering on Monday its biggest daily loss since 1987. According…

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.” In a speech on Monday at the Katif Conference for National Responsibility in the town of Yad Binyamin, the far-right minister said Israel should take control of distributing aid inside Gaza and claimed that Hamas was in control of distribution channels within the strip. “It is impossible in today’s global reality to wage war – no one in the world would let us starve and thirst two million citizens, even though…

Social media has played a big role in fueling the anti-immigration riots engulfing towns and cities in the United Kingdom. And agitator-in-chief Elon Musk is not sitting on the sidelines. The Tesla chief executive and owner of X posted to the platform Sunday that “civil war is inevitable” in response to a post blaming the violent demonstrations on the effects of “mass migration and open borders.” On Monday, a spokesperson for the UK prime minister addressed Musk’s comment, telling reporters “there’s no justification for that.” Musk’s decision to amplify the anti-immigrant rhetoric highlights the role that false information spread online is playing in fomenting real-world violence — an…