Military and defense

FILE - South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea basked in the global limelight during the last Winter Games in South Korea, with hundreds of athletes, cheerleaders and officials pushing hard to woo their South Korean and U.S. rivals in a now-stalled bid for diplomacy. Four years later, as the 2022 Winter Olympics come to its main ally and neighbor China, North Korea isn't sending any athletes and officials because of coronavirus fears. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP, File)

'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Kim Tong-Hyung Feb. 04, 2022 11:29 PM EST

FILE-In this photograph provided by the Indian Army, army officers of India and China hold a meeting at Pangong lake region in Ladakh on the India-China border on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. India will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after one of the torchbearers reportedly chosen by Chinese authorities riled up New Delhi's anger. India's foreign affairs spokesman Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said it was "regrettable that the Chinese side has chosen to politicize an event like the Olympics." (Indian Army via AP, File)

EXPLAINER: Why India won't send diplomat to China Olympics

By Sheikh Saaliq Feb. 04, 2022 02:13 AM EST

FILE- Indian traders reacting to the killing of Indian troops in a clash with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh burn Chinese products and a poster president Xi Jinping during a protest in New Delhi, India, June 22, 2020. India will stay away from the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics with an Indian official accusing China of politicizing the event. India objected to China using a soldier involved in fighting with Indian forces in Eastern Ladakh as a torchbearer for the Olympics ceremony. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Riled up by torchbearer, India skips China Olympics opening

By Ashok Sharma Feb. 03, 2022 08:22 AM EST

Hidilyn Diaz of Philippines competes in the women's 55kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Euphoric Philippines, rewards greet Olympic gold winner home

Jul. 28, 2021 09:41 AM EDT

Sungja Im of South Korea watches his drive off the fourth tee during the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament, Saturday, July 3, 2021, at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

For South Koreans, Olympic medal is only way out of military

By Doug Ferguson Jul. 28, 2021 04:23 AM EDT

Ireland's athletes for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games arrive at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Thursday, July 1, 2021. The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan. The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, even if stadiums and arenas reduce the number of spectators.(Kyodo News via AP)

As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 06, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

South Korean qualifiers choose Olympics over British Open

Jul. 02, 2021 02:08 PM EDT
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Sungjae Im and Siwoo Kim have withdrawn from the British Open so they can focus on preparations for the Tokyo Olympics at the end...

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk through an underpass in Tokyo, Monday, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan ups health controls as Olympic athlete tests positive

By Mari Yamaguchi Jun. 28, 2021 05:09 AM EDT

Members of Uganda’s Olympic team arrive at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo Saturday, June 19, 2021. A member of the team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among arriving athletes for the Tokyo Games opening in five weeks. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

Uganda Olympic team member tests positive for coronavirus

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 19, 2021 09:07 PM EDT

Swedish sports body hacked by Russians, officials say

Apr. 13, 2021 07:38 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — The organization that oversees Sweden's national sports federations was hacked by Russian military intelligence in 2017-18, officials...

Paralympian Melissa Stockwell named to Olympic panel

Dec. 29, 2020 07:15 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Paralympian Melissa Stockwell and University of Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens are among the picks for a Congressional committee tasked...

FILE - in this July 28, 2009, file photo, Norm Bellingham, an Olympic gold medalist in kayaking and chief operating officer of the USOC, speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Gold medalist and former Olympic executive Bellingham and Olympian Eli Bremer have been named to a congressional committee to study possible reforms in America’s Olympic system. (AP Photo/File)

Olympian Bellingham recommended for congressional panel

By Eddie Pells Dec. 18, 2020 04:13 PM EST

Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)

6 Russian officers charged in 'destructive' hacking campaign

By Eric Tucker Oct. 20, 2020 09:00 AM EDT

A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed as Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers, left, takes the podium to speak at a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Washington. Also pictured is US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott Brady, center. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)

6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign

By Eric Tucker Oct. 19, 2020 01:01 PM EDT

City workers fumigate a street to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Virus deaths, unemployment accelerating across Europe, US

By Michael R. Sisak, Lori Hinnant And Mark Sherman Apr. 03, 2020 01:41 AM EDT

FILE - This file aerial photo, date not known, shows Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The U.S. government's efforts to clean up decades worth of Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has chugged along, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and the environment. Now, fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic is resulting in more challenges as the nation's only underground repository for nuclear waste, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, finished ramping down operations Wednesday, April 1, 2020, to keep workers safe. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Cleanup of US nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreads

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 03, 2020 01:02 AM EDT

State copes with jobless surge, more prison workers infected

By Susan Haigh And Dave Collins Apr. 02, 2020 06:13 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials are struggling to handle an overwhelming number of unemployment claims stemming from the coronavirus outbreak that...