Category: Sports

EUGENE, Ore. — In an interview four years ago, 16-year-old Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh was asked to name her sporting hero. “I like watching Maria Lasitskene,” she replied. Lasitskene is the Russian high jump queen, who at the time had won back-to-back outdoor world championships and was in the midst of a 45-meet win streak. She’s since added another world title and an Olympic gold medal, and she’s one of nine women in history to clear 6-foot-9 — or jumping over LeBron James. The women’s high jump final at the World Athletics Championships is Tuesday night at Oregon’s Hayward Fie…

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Survivors of torture at the hands of UAE security forces gave gut-wrenching and chilling personal accounts at a press conference in Geneva on Monday, ahead of the latest session for the UN Committee Against Torture. The press conference, held online and at the Geneva Press Club, followed a report jointly authored by MENA Rights Group and the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center (EDAC), published late last month and submitted to the UN committee, which found that “torture is widespread in the country and often goes unpunished”. At its session in Geneva taking place from 12-29 July, the UN Committ…

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