Roy Englert, 100, crosses the finish line and takes home the gold medal in the men's 400M (100-plus age bracket) at the 2023 National Senior Games.  Nearly 12,000 men and women aged 50 and over are competing from July 7 to 18 as part of the largest multi-sport event in the world for seniors.  All photos: AP

US National Senior Games 2023 - in pictures



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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe

Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010

Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille

Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm

Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year

Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”

Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners

TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013 

Updated: July 15, 2023, 9:38 AM