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Talk of Olympic fashion — and the Paris rain — at starry Ralph Lauren fashion event

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Fashion. Sports. And of course, the rain. Those were the topics — separately, and together — on everyone’s lips as a gaggle of luminaries from sports, entertainment and media packed into designer Ralph Lauren’s Paris eatery Saturday evening in yet another high-wattage celebrity Olympic gathering in the French capital.

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The US says it has successfully practiced using a low-cost bomb to sink a major surface ship. China is taking note

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A very specialized part of the world’s largest naval drills off the northern Hawaiian island of Kauai is gaining attention on both sides of the Pacific. Earlier this month, the US and allies practiced taking out a large surface ship with long-range weapons, including, for the first

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US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores threat from China

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as “the greatest strategic challenge”. Secretary of State Antony

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Trump calls for US to be ‘crypto capital of the planet’ in appeal to Nashville bitcoin conference

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has laid out his plans to wholeheartedly embrace cryptocurrency if elected for a second term. In his keynote address Saturday at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, the Republican presidential nominee promised to make the United States the “crypto capital of the planet” and create

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Polish journalist suspended for calling ‘Imagine’ a ‘vision of communism’ during Olympic opening

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish state broadcaster has suspended a television journalist who, during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, reacted to a performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” by saying it was a “vision of communism.” TVP, the broadcaster, issued a statement Saturday saying that the sports commentator would not be

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