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Monday, 02 August 2021
A Belarusian Olympian who refused her team's order to fly home early is safe after seeking protection from Japanese police, Games officials have said.
They say sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent...
Sunday, 01 August 2021
Australia has deployed hundreds of soldiers to Sydney to help enforce a Covid lockdown.
A Delta outbreak which began in June has produced nearly 3,000 infections and led to nine deaths.
Despite five...
Friday, 30 July 2021
A prominent Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest in a string of punishments against outspoken corporate bosses.
Sun Dawu runs one of the country's largest private agricultural...
Thursday, 29 July 2021
A police officer who defended the US Capitol during a riot by Donald Trump supporters on 6 January has said he feared he would be crushed by the mob.
"This is how I'm going to die," a tearful Aquilino...
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo.
Osaka, 23, has been one of the faces of the Games in the Japanese...
Monday, 26 July 2021
The Afghan government imposed a month-long curfew across almost all of the country on Saturday in a bid to stop the Taliban from invading cities.
Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces...
Sunday, 25 July 2021
Many popular websites fell offline on Thursday in a widespread global outage of service.
Visitors attempting to reach some sites received DNS errors, meaning their requests could not reach the websites.
Affected...
Thursday, 22 July 2021
The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.
Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be...
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
More than 13 million Australians - about half the population - are in lockdown after a third state imposed restrictions to curb a Delta outbreak.
South Australia, home to 1.7 million people, joined Victoria...
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused excess deaths in India to cross more than four million, a new study has found.
Excess deaths are a measure of how many more people are dying than would be expected compared...
Monday, 19 July 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged caution as most legal restrictions on social contact are lifted in England.
There are now no limits on how many people can meet or attend events, nightclubs can...
Sunday, 18 July 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged full support for the victims of some of the country's worst flooding in decades.
Record rainfall in western Europe caused rivers to burst their banks,...
Thursday, 15 July 2021
The United States is set to begin evacuations of Afghan interpreters who assisted US-led forces during the conflict and are deemed to be at risk.
Operation Allies Refuge is set to start during the last...
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Cuban authorities have confirmed that a man was killed during unrest in the country - the first confirmation of a death since the protests broke out.
State media say Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, 36, died...
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Dozens of people have been arrested in Cuba after thousands joined the biggest protests for decades against the island's Communist government, media and opposition sources say.
Cubans have been angered...
Monday, 12 July 2021
Police in Haiti say they have arrested a doctor they believe is a key suspect in organising last week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
They say Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 63-year-old...
Sunday, 11 July 2021
A hit squad composed mostly of retired Colombian soldiers assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say.
The group included 26 Colombians and two Americans of Haitian...
Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Dilip Kumar, one of India's earliest and most famous actors, has died in Mumbai at the age of 98.
A veritable legend, Kumar acted in more than 65 films over nearly five decades, playing roles that ranged...
Tuesday, 06 July 2021
The "final warning" on fine notepaper was delivered to me in the depth of a harsh Kabul winter at the peak of a Cold War conflict. "I must advise you that you should leave Afghanistan without delay while...
Monday, 05 July 2021
The remaining section of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami has been demolished over safety fears as a tropical storm approaches Florida.
Explosive charges were used to bring down the last...
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The sixth annual Academy Museum Gala lit up Los Angeles as stars gathered in support of the Academy Museum...
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