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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — American powerhouse Caeleb Dressel admitted he was hurting after smashing his own world record to win the men’s Olympic 100m butterfly title Saturday for his third gold medal of the Tokyo Games. The two-time world champion touched in 49.45 seconds to better his own world best 49.50 set at the 2019 world championships. Hungarian 200m fly champion Kristof Milak was second in 49.68 — only the fourth man ever to […]
by Inès BEL AIBA Agence France Presse MISSION, United States (AFP) — In Mission, Texas, the construction of part of a long-promised wall on the border with Mexico to stem the tide of undocumented migrants is already in progress. Among the many who will be affected? Butterflies. Mission, located in the lower Rio Grande Valley, is home to the National Butterfly Center, a private non-profit 100-acre (40-hectare) preserve dedicated to conservation of the insects in […]
OCAMPO, Mexico (AFP) — Every year, millions of North America’s endangered migratory monarch butterflies embark on a 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) journey from Canada to Mexico’s wintering grounds, in order to hibernate in the pine trees of Mexico’s western mountains. https://youtu.be/6J6ezRA1kEg
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s sports minister has urged fans not to boo Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling at the Southeast Asian Games, after the Singaporean sparked a furor by vowing to “teach (Malaysians) a thing or two.” Schooling, who won Singapore’s first gold medal at last year’s Rio Olympics, caused controversy with his remarks last week, before insisting he meant no offense and that his comments were taken out of context. Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin […]
Photos of a small brown butterfly and a red ant was captured in a garden. (Eagle News MRFaithBonalos)
