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She sealed her legacy with four medals at the Paris Games. She created it by being herself and going at her own pace.

The dissident Ilya Yashin calls his release in a prisoner swap last week an ‘illegal expulsion’ by Russia that damages his ability to be heard at home.

A couple planted as sleeper spies in Slovenia posed as an Argentine art dealer and an entrepreneur. They were caught in December 2022 and sent to Moscow in a sweeping prisoner exchange last week.

The military has a history of coups and counter coups. But in this showdown, it has seemed uncomfortable with the police crackdown on protesters.

A case that had mostly drifted from public consciousness in 12 years of proceedings is back in the spotlight and no closer to trial.

The rapper has become a self-appointed hype man and benefactor to the U.S. women’s team in Paris. He plans to keep the poolside party going into 2028.

With money from an oil boom, Norway, a force at the Winter Olympics for generations, is now churning out elite performers in track, soccer and other sports, too.

With money from an oil boom, Norway, a force at the Winter Olympics for generations, is now churning out elite performers in track, soccer and other sports, too.

After another dubious election victory, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, appears firmly in power. The only real potential threat, history shows, may come if his own security forces betray him.

The assassinations of two Hamas leaders may be a short-term setback, analysts say, not enough to prevent the group from re-emerging intact — and possibly more radicalized.