Olympics tech partner Atos posts huge loss
Debt-strapped French tech giant Atos, a key Olympics partner, on Thursday posted a 1.9-billion-euro ($2.1 billion) loss for the first half of the year due to a depreciation of assets and the end of contracts in the Americas.
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Hopes fade for more survivors in Indian landslide rescue
Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages Thursday with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people.
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How Hong Kong's stunning fencing success was 50 years in the making
Hong Kong has emerged as a fencing powerhouse at the Paris Olympics, topping the sport's medal table with two gold medals, but the seeds of success were sown half a century ago.
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Ecuador's Pintado walks to first Olympic athletics gold
Ecuador's Brian Pintado won the first athletics Olympic gold medal of the Paris Games on Thursday with victory in the men's 20-kilometre walk.
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Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania's Danube Delta
Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in a part of Romania's Danube Delta reclaimed by the great river.
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Gustavsson out as Matildas coach after Australia Olympic exit
Football Australia on Thursday parted ways with Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson, following a disastrous Olympic campaign that saw them fail to reach the quarter-finals.
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South Korea union pickets outside Samsung chairman's house
Leaders of a South Korean union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics staged a protest Thursday outside the house of the company's chairman and heir, after fresh negotiations failed.
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Crusaders stick with coach Penney after woeful Super Rugby season
Canterbury Crusaders said Thursday that Rob Penney will remain head coach for the 2025 Super Rugby season, despite overseeing the Christchurch club's worst campaign in more than 20 years.
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Weak yen helps Toyota compensate for Japan problems
Toyota reported a modest rise in first-quarter net profits on Thursday as a weak yen and cost cuts helped the Japanese auto giant overcome a drop in production and sales in its home market.
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Chinese swim fans hit back at doping claims as Pan takes gold
Chinese sports fans on Thursday hailed their country's first swimming gold of the Paris Olympics and hit back at doping allegations after Pan Zhanle roared to a record-breaking victory in the men's 100-metre freestyle.
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