RFI – Basketball star Brittney Griner blazed a trail as a US Olympic champion and LGBTQ pioneer before her career was abruptly disrupted by her arrest and imprisonment in Moscow in a Cold War-style standoff between the United States and Russia. The 32-year-old’s nine-month ordeal — which unfolded against the backdrop of soaring tensions over […]readmore
RFI – Washington (AFP) – La estrella del baloncesto estadounidense Brittney Griner, que permaneció detenida en Rusia durante nueve meses, fue liberada el jueves en el marco de un intercambio de prisioneros con el traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout, encarcelado durante diez años en Estados Unidos. El intercambio tuvo lugar el jueves en el aeropuerto […]readmore
RFI – María Carolina Piña El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden confirmó que la basquetbolista “está a salvo” y en camino de regreso a su país. Estados Unidos y Rusia intercambiaron prisioneros este jueves 8 de diciembre, entre ellos la estrella del baloncesto estadounidense Brittney Griner y el traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout, según anunciaron respectivamente […]readmore
CNN – (CNN Español) — Brittney Griner, quien fue liberada este jueves tras su detención en Rusia en febrero de este año, es una de las grandes estrellas del baloncesto femenino de Estados Unidos y es, además, una figura que se ha abierto camino en escenarios tan dispares como los murales callejeros de Phoenix y la Casa Blanca. […]readmore
Associated Press/VOA NEWS TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brief but showstopping gig at the Olympics closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo’s plans for the 2020 games. The organizers for the Tokyo games crammed the works into a brief two-minute film montage before Abe’s appearance: athletes […]readmore
U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats are calling on Republicans to hold an emergency session of Congress to address the Zika virus and other pressing issues. Pelosi told reporters at a Thursday news conference on Capitol Hill that the administration of President Barack Obama may shift more money to […]readmore
VOA NEWS A Canadian man previously held on suspicion of terrorist ties was killed in a taxicab in Ontario while on his way to detonate an explosive in a public place, police said Thursday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commander Jennifer Strachan told reporters that Aaron Driver, 24, set off the device in the taxicab Wednesday […]readmore
VOA NEWS American Simone Biles is now officially the best gymnast in the world. Biles on Thursday won the women’s individual all-around contest, while her teammate Aly Raisman took the silver medal. Russian Aliya Mustafina took the bronze. The 19-year-old Biles is now the fourth-straight American woman to win the all-around title and fifth overall, […]readmore
VOA NEWS Wednesday marked the fifth day of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and with medal rounds in several high-profile sports, it proved to be an eventful one. Led by Olympic veteran Michael Phelps and rising star Katie Ledecky, Team USA continued its dominance in swim events Wednesday with Ledecky winning another gold medal and Phelps […]readmore
RIO DE JANEIRO — Still visibly shaken by an attack that took place against the Rio Olympics media bus she was riding Tuesday night, American Lee Michaelson said, “What I saw and what I heard were gunshots.” The retired U.S. Air Force captain, now a journalist covering women’s basketball, said she’s not only had firearms training […]readmore