IOC chief Bach says Games would be cancelled if not held in 2021
REUTERS: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach says the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event...
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Trump plans to withdraw US from ‘Open Skies’ treaty
File photo of US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper (left), President Donald Trump (centre) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
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AstraZeneca gets first supply agreements for COVID-19 vaccine
REUTERS: AstraZeneca Plc said on Thursday (May 21) it had received the first agreements to supply at least 400 million...
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Olivier Giroud, Willy Caballero pen one-year contract extensions
Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud and goalkeeper Willy Caballero have signed one-year contract extensions until the end of the 2020-21 season,...
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MS Dhoni’s strategy helped India win 2007 bowl-out vs Pakistan, Uthappa reveals
Robin Uthappa, one of the bowlers delegated by India in their first ever taste of the bowl-out, said MS Dhoni...
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Wait and watch for athletes: Bureaucratic delays and Covid-related death at SAI centre delay return to training
The revised lockdown guidelines on Sunday gave more than a hundred athletes, who have been confined to their rooms at...
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‘Why don’t you eat here more often?’: Anju Bobby George remembers deceased SAI cook
55-year-old Anna, as he was lovingly called, a cook at the SAI Bengaluru campus for the last 23 years, was...
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Trump blames China for ‘mass Worldwide killing’
US President Donald Trump has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial coronavirus...
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Amphan: Indian city of Kolkata devastated by cyclone
The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone. Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India...
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US to sell Taiwan US$180 million worth of torpedoes
TAIPEI: The US government has notified Congress of a possible sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan worth around US$180 million,...
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Woman wins Picasso painting worth €1m in raffle
An Italian woman has won a painting by Pablo Picasso, worth about €1m (£900,000; $1.1m), in a raffle after being...
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US Senate passes bill that could delist some Chinese firms
The US Senate has passed a bill that could block some Chinese companies from selling shares on American stock exchanges....
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Coronavirus: Universities fear fall in lucrative overseas students
Which sector of the economy do you think is being hardest hit by the coronavirus - construction, retail, transport or...
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US warns India of China ‘aggression’ at border
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (May 21) accused China of employing border clashes with India to try to shift...
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UK interest in online casinos at ‘all-time high’ in lockdown
Search interest in online casinos has hit an all-time high in the UK since lockdown began, data shows. Google Trends...
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Africa didn’t dither but faces long coronavirus fight
I spent a recent evening following a handful of South African policemen as they patrolled the dark, narrow streets of...
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Coronavirus: World sees highest daily increase in virus cases – WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is a long way from being...
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Coronavirus: Time running out on track and trace, NHS leaders warn
Time is running out to finalise a track and trace strategy that would avoid a potential second surge in coronavirus...
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Australian states split over opening borders for domestic tourism
FILE PHOTO: People stroll through a park in front of the Sydney Opera House amidst the easing of the coronavirus...
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Toy and vegetable costs rise as fuel price drops
The UK's inflation rate fell in April to its lowest since August 2016 as the economic fallout of the first...
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