NEW YORK: The US has the opportunity to promote its values at home and abroad over the next 10 years as it hosts a slew of major international sporting events, Olympic and government officials said on Monday (Apr 15). The US will host Copa America this year, the World Cup with Canada and Mexico in 2026, the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 and possibly the Winter Olympics in Utah in 2034, among other competitions. “This…

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SINGAPORE: Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira has suffered an injury, several months before the Paris Olympics.  Singapore Athletics (SA) confirmed the “injury blow” in a statement on its website late on Monday (Apr 15).  “Shanti has been ruled out of action with a leg injury ahead of the 84th Singapore…

SANTA FE: A New Mexico judge sentenced the “Rust” movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez to 18 months in prison on Monday (Apr 15) for the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin in 2021. In March, Gutierrez, 27, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for mistakenly loading a live…

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The yen weakened on Monday, pushing the dollar to its highest against the Japanese currency since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up the yen.The decline in the yen comes amid a broadly stronger dollar underpinned by economic data that…

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