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Soros rebukes 'bad' Hungary PM Orban

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US billionaire George Soros launched a fresh broadside Friday at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, accusing him of taking an anti-democratic turn and of creating a "mafia regime". As a young leader of Hungary's democratic movement before the fall of communism, Orban received a grant from the Hungarian-born Soros's Open Society Foundation (OSF) to study at Oxford University. "OurRead more

Chinese premier offers billions more to EEurope

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made clear Monday that China would keep pouring billions of euros into central and eastern Europe despite EU concerns, as he attended a regional summit in Hungary. Li said that China's Development Bank would make available the equivalent of two billion euros ($2.4 billion) to a new interbank association between the region and China to beRead more

Dressel, Ledecky scoop top USA Swimming awards

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Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky were honored as USA Swimming's top male and female athletes of 2017 at the Golden Goggles awards on Sunday. Dressel, who joined Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win seven titles at a single World Championships with his stunning campaign in Budapest in July, won the men's award over double medley world championRead more

Japan make it four from four at judo world championships

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Hifumi Abe and Ai Shishime claimed gold medals on Tuesday as Japan continued their domination of the 2017 world judo championships in Budapest. Abe, 20, beat Russia's Mikhail Pulyaev in the half-lightweight final, after Shishime had beaten compatriot Natsumi Tsunoda in the women's category to give Japan their fourth title from the opening two days' four finals. After struggling withRead more

Hungary recalls Dutch envoy in diplomatic spat

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Budapest has recalled its ambassador in the Hague for consultations after the outgoing Dutch envoy to Hungary accused Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government of using tactics similar to Islamist terrorists, state media reported Friday. "Muslim terrorists create enemies in the same fashion as the Hungarian government," Dutch ambassador Gajus Scheltema had told Hungarian political weekly 168 Ora on Thursday. Read more

Vettel leads Ferrari 1-2 finish at Hungarian GP

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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel overcame steering difficulties to win a tense Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his championship lead over rival Lewis Hamilton to 14 points heading into the summer break. The four-time Formula One champion made a decent start from pole position, crucially holding off teammate Kimi Raikkonen on the long straight into Turn 1. On a HungaroringRead more

In seventh heaven: Dressel ties Phelps’ record with 7th gold

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Michael Phelps, you’ve got company. Caeleb Dressel won his seventh gold medal of the world championships Sunday, putting the US team ahead to stay with another dominating swim in the 4x100-meter medley relay. One night after becoming the first swimmer to win three golds in one night at a major international meet, Dressel joined Phelps in another elite club withRead more

War-of-words with golden King is over: Efimova

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Lilly King broke the women's 50m breaststroke world record in seeing off rival Yuliya Efimova on Sunday, with the Russian insisting the war-of-words between the pair is now over. King clocked 29.40 seconds in Sunday's 50m final at the world championships, breaking the four-year-old record, with Efimova taking silver at 0.17 back. This was the second world record the 20-year-oldRead more

Vettel wins Hungarian GP in Ferrari one-two

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Sebastian Vettel increased his drivers' world championship lead to 14 points on Sunday when he led Kimi Raikkonen home in a dominant Ferrari one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In his 50th race for Ferrari, the four-time champion German controlled the contest from pole position in stifling heat to reel off his first win in five races since the MonacoRead more

Dynamo Dressel closes swimming worlds with seventh gold

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Caeleb Dressel brought the curtain down on the world championships with an historic seventh gold medal in Budapest on Sunday, equalling the record of swim legend Michael Phelps. Dressel swam the third leg of the men's 4x100m medley relay to leave him with seven golds to equal fellow American Phelps's record from a single worlds set at the 2007 championshipsRead more