There are 10,000 athletes at the Paris Games, spread across 32 sports. In the space of 19 days, that field has to be whittled down to just 329 gold medals. So, ultimately, someone has to go out first.
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Israel revives the issue of military service for ultra-Orthodox men, and other news.
Israel’s Parliament revived legislation that would allow ultra-Orthodox men to be drafted into the military