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Rafael Nadal’s career timeline is filled with titles, rivalries and injuries

Oct. 10, 2024 08:35 AM EDT

Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from tennis on Thursday, signaling the end to a career that spanned two decades and 22 Grand Slam titles, including 14 on his favorite clay at Roland Garros, and 92 singles titles overall. Here is a look at the victories, losses, rivalries and...

IOC sets January date for seven presidential candidates to woo Olympic voters

Oct. 10, 2024 05:06 AM EDT

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has set a Jan. 30 date for the key presidential election meeting where seven candidates will meet with voters ahead of their ballot in March. The closed-doors meeting at IOC headquarters is the only set-piece campaign...

AP PHOTOS: Human towers rise skyward in Spain's Catalonia as part of cultural pride

Oct. 10, 2024 01:09 AM EDT

TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of people squeeze together, pressing as tight as they can get. The stronger the foundation they build, the less likely their human tower will collapse. As children and others climb, they create eight, nine, even 10 dizzying stories. They tug on sashes...

PHOTO COLLECTION: Spain Catalonia Human Tower

Oct. 06, 2024 20:58 PM EDT
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

This German church is the tallest in the world. Until Spain's La Sagrada Familia is done, anyway

Oct. 03, 2024 23:09 PM EDT

ULM, Germany (AP) — The Ulmer Münster in southern Germany is the world's tallest church. For now, anyway. The Gothic-style Lutheran church's reign — begun in May 31, 1890 — could end in 2025, when La Sagrada Familia Basilica's “Tower of Jesus Christ” in Spain is set to be...

US opts out of running for reelection on UN Human Rights Council

Sep. 30, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has decided not to seek a second consecutive term on the much-maligned U.N. Human Rights Council, the State Department said Monday. The administration had made U.S. membership on the Geneva-based council a priority when it took office in...

Book Review: 'The Last Dream,' short stories scattered with the seeds of Pedro Almodovar films

Sep. 30, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

The seeds of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar's later cinematic work are scattered throughout the pages of “The Last Dream,” his newly published collection of short writings. The stories and essays were gathered together by Almodóvar's longtime assistant, including many...

Awareness of 'Latinx' increases among US Latinos, and 'Latine' emerges as an alternative

Sep. 29, 2024 13:38 PM EDT

“Latino” and “Hispanic” have long been the most prominent terms used to describe people in the U.S. with roots in Latin America and Spain. But over the last several years, “Latinx” has become a de-facto gender neutral alternative to Latino and Hispanic, according to a new study by race...

IOC candidate Samaranch urges European lawmakers to invest in sport as a public health policy

Sep. 24, 2024 08:39 AM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — IOC presidential candidate Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. has urged European lawmakers to regard investing in sport as a public health policy in his first keynote speech of a six-month Olympic leadership campaign. “Let’s make this simple: Sport saves lives...

Spain arrests suspect in February speedboat crash that killed 2 police officers

Sep. 19, 2024 04:29 AM EDT

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities arrested a 32-year-old man for the death of two police officers in February when a speedboat suspected to belong to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft, Spain’s Civil Guard said Thursday. The incident occurred on Feb 9, when the Civil...