Petecio wins, Barbosa falls in 1st round of Tokyo Games
By Ivan Stewart Saldajeno Philippine News Agency Nesthy Petecio's quest for a Tokyo Olympics gold got off to a good…
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Hanoi goes into lockdown as virus cases soar
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam locked down eight million people in Hanoi on Saturday, the latest attempt to curb…
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Tennis star Osaka lights Tokyo Olympics cauldron as Games open
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron as the Tokyo Games opened on Friday…
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Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open in low-key ceremony without fans
The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year's pandemic delay and…
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Landslides kill 36 in India, dozens missing
by Nivrita GANGULY Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Thirty-six people have been killed in landslides caused…
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Ceremonies chief sacked on eve of troubled Tokyo Olympics
by Talek HARRIS Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was…
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Chinese city picks through the debris after record rains kill 33
by Leo RAMIREZ / Ludovic EHRET Agence France Presse ZHENGZHOU, China (AFP) -- Piles of cars were strewn across…
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India probes its first human death from bird flu
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India is investigating its first documented human death from bird flu after an 11-year-old…
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Vietnam makes test batch of Russia’s Sputnik V jab
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia announced Wednesday that a batch of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was produced for the…
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Japan PM denies IOC pressure to hold Olympics: report
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied he was pressured by the International Olympic Committee into…
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