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COVID-19 Cases Reach Record High In Tokyo
Tokyo saw its highest number of new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, just five days after the start of the Olympic Games,…
Read More »Hong Kong Protester Found Guilty Of Terrorism In Trial Without Jury
A Chinese judge convicted a man on terrorism charges for holding a Hong Kong independence sign and allegedly driving his…
Read More »‘Sports Appeal, Not Sex Appeal’: Olympic Broadcasters To Stop Showing Sexual Images Of Female Athletes
Olympic broadcasters are trying to stop showing sexualized images of female athletes, the Associated Press reported Monday. “Sport appeal, not…
Read More »China Sanctions Former Top Trump Official, Six Others In Response To Hong Kong Actions
China sanctioned former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and six other U.S. individuals or entities in retaliation for human rights penalties…
Read More »Olympic Opening Ceremony Director Fired For Holocaust Joke
The director of the Olympic opening ceremony was fired on Thursday over a joke he made about the holocaust over…
Read More »House Votes To Grant Refugee Status To Thousands More People Who Helped US Troops In Afghanistan
The House of Representatives voted almost unanimously Thursday to grant refugee status to thousands of Afghan allies who aided American…
Read More »Cuban Migration To US Mysteriously Stopped Once The Protests Began
Maritime migration from Cuba to South Florida has come to a mysterious halt over the past few weeks, during what…
Read More »South Africa Descends Into Looting and Violence Amid Economic Turmoil
After more than a year of enterprise-killing lockdowns, and a decade of declining economic growth, South Africa was gripped by…
Read More »US Mulls Additional Sanctions On Iran As Nuclear Deal Negotiations Stall: REPORT
President Joe Biden’s administration is considering fresh sanctions on Iran’s oil industry if ongoing nuclear talks fall apart, The Wall…
Read More »Olympian Who Ran Away, Didn’t Want To Go Back To His Own Country Found In Japan
A Ugandan athlete who went missing Friday was found by Japanese police on Tuesday, officials said. Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, left…
Read More »American Father And Son Duo Sentenced In Japan For Helping Executive Escape
An American father and son were convicted Monday for helping a former Nissan executive escape from Japan in 2019, multiple…
Read More »Toyota Pulls All Olympic TV Ads Amid Public Frustration With The Games
Toyota announced Monday that it pulled all Olympic-related advertisements on Japanese television during the Games as a result of increasing…
Read More »Police Searching For Missing Athlete Around Olympic Training Camp
A Ugandan Olympic athlete was reported missing from his hotel on Friday, according to government officials, The New York Times…
Read More »Tokyo Sees 6 Month High In COVID Cases One Week Before Olympics |
Tokyo saw its highest number of coronavirus cases in six months on Thursday, just eight days before the Summer Olympics,…
Read More »What Could Go Wrong? Taliban Propose Ceasefire For Exchange Of 7,000 Prisoners
The Taliban proposed a three-month ceasefire in Afghanistan in exchange for some 7,000 captured prisoners, an Afghan government official said,…
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