MILAN — Millions of people will watch Alysa Liu when the 20-year-old U.S. figure skater competes for a medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Can that be any more unnerving than being watched by Chinese spies? In 2022, the U.S. Justice Department charged five men with acting on behalf of the Chinese government and targeting Chinese dissidents in the United ...
Last year when President Donald Trump helped broker a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, he took a victory lap. ‘Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone call and stop a war between two very powerful countries, Thailand and Cambodia?” he said. Now, that agreement appears under strain, as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told Fox News ...
Iran has a short window to agree to a deal with the U.S., President Donald Trump said Thursday, before warning that the situation could soon shift if negotiations fail. The talks focus largely on curbing Tehran’s advancing nuclear program, which U.S. officials say has moved closer to weapons-grade enrichment. The U.S. and Israel also want Iran to give up its ...
The United Kingdom is blocking the Trump administration from using its military air bases for a possible attack on Iran over concerns that a strike could violate international law. A report by The Times said the U.S. was drawing up a report to use Royal Air Force base Fairford in England, which is home to America’s fleet of heavy bombers ...
Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin was doing everything in her power not to curse during a Today Show appearance, but it happened anyway. On Wednesday, Shiffrin won gold in the slalom. It was her first medal since winning a silver in the combined at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. The win ended an 0-for-8 skid during the Winter Games, which included DNFs ...
FIFA has announced that it will invest more than $70 million in Gaza to help rebuild the war-torn region. The announcement came during the first meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington, D.C., which FIFA president Gianni Infantino attended. The project is a joint venture between FIFA and the Board of Peace that will see a number of soccer-related investments ...
Editor’s Note: The women’s hockey gold medal game between Team USA and Canada is underway. Click here for updates on the game. MILAN — It’s Thursday, Feb. 19 at the 2026 Winter Olympics and we’re underway with another day of competition at the Milano Cortina Games. Team USA women’s hockey faced a 1-0 deficit to Canada in the gold medal ...
The NBA is set to return today from an all-star break that provided reporters an opportunity to hear Adam Silver’s thoughts on some of the egregious tanking that took place the first half of the season. Fresh off the league doling out fines to the Jazz and Pacers, it was the first topic Silver was asked about during his annual ...
Amber Glenn left everything out there on the ice Thursday in the women’s free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics. In the Kiss-and-Cry section inside the arena while awaiting her scores, NBC’s broadcast caught Glenn saying, ‘I’m at the Olympics. I didn’t fall. I didn’t fall at the Olympics.’ Glenn’s performance and response had her receiving extra flowers and applause ...
MILAN, Italy — Jordan Stolz isn’t anywhere close to being done. Stolz said Thursday, Feb. 19, that he can see himself skating through the 2034 Olympics in Utah. He would only be 28 then, eight years younger than Kjeld Nuis, the Dutch superstar that he shared the podium with in the 1,500 meters. Stolz won the silver medal, finishing 0.77 ...