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Olympics-Track world record smashed as IOC probes Belarus over sprinter
The Olympics governing body was probing Belarus’s treatment of an athlete seeking refuge while Norway’s Karsten Warholm demolished a world record on ...Seeking asylum, Belarus athlete walks into Poland’s embassy in Tokyo
A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/exclusive-olympics-belarusian-athlete-says-she-was-taken-airport-go-home-after-2021-08-01 after she said she was taken to the airport against her wishes ...New Zealand’s PM Ardern apologises for 1970s immigration raids on Pacific community
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology on Sunday to the Pacific community for racially targeted immigration raids ...US seizes tanker used to deliver oil to N.Korea
The United States on Friday seized a Singapore-owned oil tanker that was used to make illegal oil deliveries to North Korea, the ...Hong Kong man sentenced to 9 years in prison in first national security case
A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security ...North and South Korea restart hotline and pledge to improve ties
North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations on Tuesday, announcing the restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more ...Japan wins skateboarding’s maiden gold, Tunisian swimmer stuns superpowers
apan bagged skateboarding’s first ever gold medal and notched a surprise win in the pool on Sunday, in a day of high ...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 lingering coronavirus ...Slimmed-down ceremony to open pandemic-hit Tokyo Games
The Tokyo Olympics opens on Friday with a ceremony reflecting a Games like no other, walking a fine line between celebrating the ...Opening ceremony director fired on Tokyo Games eve over Holocaust joke
Tokyo Olympics organisers have fired the opening ceremony director on the eve of the event after reports emerged of a past joke ...














