• Associated Press

    IOC imposes 15-year ban on former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait

    The IOC has suspended former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait for 15 years after his conviction for forgery was upheld on appeal this year at a Swiss criminal appeals court. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah’s sanction for “a betrayal of his IOC Member’s oath, as well as the seriousness of the damage to the IOC’s reputation” was approved by the Olympic body’s executive board in a decision seen by The Associated Press. Under International Olympic Committee rules his membership ends at age 80.

  • Reuters

    Sri Lanka, Japan agree to resume stalled projects such as light rail

    Sri Lanka and Japan agreed on Saturday to work to resume stalled bilateral projects including a $1.5 billion Japanese-funded light railway. The two nations announced the agreement during a visit to Sri Lanka by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa. Sri Lanka is working to restructure its foreign debt as part of a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades in 2022 triggered a foreign debt default.

  • KETV - Omaha Videos

    Tornado Victim Funeral Held

    A funeral service was held on Friday for the only confirmed fatality from the tornado outbreak on April 26.