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President Joe Biden speaks at the National Museum of Slavery, in the capital Luanda, Angola on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Biden says ‘Africa is the future’ as he pledges millions more on the last day of Angola visit

December 4, 2024 at 4:20 p.m.

President Joe Biden pledged another $600 million Wednesday for an ambitious multi-country rail project in Africa as one of the final foreign policy moves of his administration.

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, en route to Angola as he makes his long-promised visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Thousands cheer Biden’s arrival in Angola for his long-promised sub-Saharan Africa visit

December 2, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.

President Joe Biden arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa on Monday to the cheers of thousands in Angola.

Voters line up to cast their ballot for general elections in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election

June 1, 2024 at 5:34 p.m.

The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the...

Kelvin Kiptum celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory, 2:00:35, in Chicago’s Grant Park on Oct. 8, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Marathon winner and world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, 24, dies in a car crash in Kenya

February 12, 2024 at 10:05 a.m.

Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who won the Chicago Marathon in October, died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday. He was 24.

El capitán de la selección de Nigeria, John Obi Mikel, durante el partido ante Islandia el 22 de junio en el Mundial de Rusia.

Jugó el Mundial pese a secuestro de su padre

December 13, 2018 at 2:30 a.m.

El capitán de la selección de Nigeria, John Obi Mikel, disputó un partido crucial de la Copa del Mundo ante Argentina apenas cuatro horas después de que se le informó...

Danijel Subasic celebrates with teammates after Croatia won the penalty shoot-out at the end of the match between Croatia and Denmark in Nizhny Novgorod on July 1, 2018.

Subasic saves 3 PK’s as Croatia eliminate Denmark

December 13, 2018 at 2:22 a.m.

Danijel Subasic saved three penalties, and Croatia's World Cup hopes. In the second straight shootout of the tournament, the Croats advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 victory over Denmark...

Croatia's coach Zlatko Dalic (C) leads a training session of the Croatia national football team in Nizhniy Novgorod, on June 30, 2018 on the eve of their match against Denmark.

In-form Croatia face Denmark in a battle of Eastern European hopefuls

December 13, 2018 at 1:25 p.m.

What better time than a World Cup in Russia for the eastern side of Europe to win one? Five European countries have lifted the World Cup in the tournament's 88-year...

Gareth Southgate, his right arm in a sling after dislocating his shoulder during England's scheduled day off on Wednesday, watches his players take part in a training session

England, injured Southgate want to avoid another surprise against Panama

May 12, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

England's players have been taken by surprise once this week. They don't want a second shock on Sunday against the World Cup first-timers from Panama. The squad members were taken...

Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic smiles as he walks on the pitch during official training on the eve of the group D match between Croatia and Argentina in the Nizhny Novgorod

Croatia boss Dalic: Argentina matchup ‘the easiest game for us’

May 12, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic's analysis of the World Cup game against Argentina required a double take. He said Wednesday that Argentina would be the "easiest game" for the Croatians in...

Sweden's coach Janne Andersson attends a press conference at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod on June 17, 2018 on the eve of the match between Sweden and South Korea.

Sweden coach Andersson apologizes over ‘spying’ incident

May 12, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

Sweden coach Janne Andersson says one of his staff got into a closed South Korea training session and was asked to leave, leading to a squabble between the teams over...

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