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Caitlin Clark invited to play with US national team during training camp at Final Four in Cleveland

Mar. 28, 2024 14:00 PM EDT

Caitlin Clark has been invited to participate in the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa's season being over. The NCAA's Division I all-time scoring leader has earned three gold medals with USA Basketball junior teams,...

Fugitive Catalan chief Puigdemont pledges he will return to Spain if he can be restored to power

Mar. 21, 2024 16:50 PM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of the Spanish region of Catalonia who fled the country after a failed secession attempt six years ago, said Thursday that he will return to Spain if he has a viable chance to be restored as regional president following upcoming...

Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew

Mar. 21, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the emeritus bishop of Brugge, long ago became a symbol of the Catholic Church’s...

Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten is stepping down as creative director at the end of June

Mar. 19, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, who for almost four decades dazzled the fashion world with his luscious use of colors and fabrics, said Tuesday that he will step down as creative director of his namesake brand at the end of June. Van Noten, 65, a master of...

Blue jersey, brown shorts, white socks: Belgium's new kit a tribute to comic book legend Tintin

Mar. 14, 2024 10:23 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — If Kevin De Bruyne goes back to his old haircut, he will make a perfect Tintin at the soccer European Championship this summer. The Belgium Football Association unveiled the new home and away kits for its male and female internationals on Thursday. The home kit...

Belgian defense minister says a platoon will be dismantled because of serious violence, harassment

Mar. 14, 2024 07:38 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A platoon of about 30 soldiers belonging to Belgium's armed forces will be dismantled because of serious cases of violence and harassment, the minister of defense said Thursday. Ludivine Dedonder said several people were already placed under protection, while...

A Belgian court sentences a prominent far-right activist to 1 year in prison for spreading hate

Mar. 12, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — A court in Belgium sentenced prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in prison on Tuesday for running an organization that a judge said spread “racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech,” in a major ruling on how the nation deals with extremism. ...

Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is leaked. Is it a tribute to comic-strip hero Tintin?

Mar. 11, 2024 13:33 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Some Belgium soccer players in the European Championship this summer could resemble a world famous reporter. Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is a tribute to Tintin, the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend, according to leaks on specialized websites....

France's Macron announces legislation allowing 'aid in dying' under strict conditions

Mar. 11, 2024 05:41 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country. The move follows last year’s report indicating that most French citizens...

Teamsters vote to ratify a 5-year labor agreement with Anheuser-Busch, avoiding strike

Mar. 05, 2024 21:27 PM EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company, the union said. The five-year contract was ratified with 86% support, the Teamsters said. The deal covers 5,000 unionized employees...