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Tokyo organizers eye July 2021 for delayed Olympics: reports
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Tokyo organizers eye July 2021 for delayed Olympics: reports

Tokyo Olympics organizers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported Sunday, following…
China virus epicentre eases travel restrictions after lockdown
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China virus epicentre eases travel restrictions after lockdown

The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened…
Tokyo governor asks residents to stay home to avoid sharp coronavirus rise
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Tokyo governor asks residents to stay home to avoid sharp coronavirus rise

TOKYO (Reuters) – Warning of the risk of an explosive rise in coronavirus infections in Japan’s capital, Tokyo’s governor on…
Tokyo begins Olympic task of reorganizing Games
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Tokyo begins Olympic task of reorganizing Games

Japan set about the unprecedented task of reorganizing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Wednesday after making the tough decision to postpone…
Cleaner hands, bluer skies: what has coronavirus done for us?
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Cleaner hands, bluer skies: what has coronavirus done for us?

Deaths, economic meltdown and a planet on lockdown: the coronavirus pandemic has brought us waves of bad news, but squint…
One third of humanity under virus lockdown
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One third of humanity under virus lockdown

India’s billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to…
Tokyo Olympics postponed over coronavirus pandemic
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Tokyo Olympics postponed over coronavirus pandemic

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic…
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
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China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at…
US Olympic officials say Tokyo postponement ‘most promising path’
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US Olympic officials say Tokyo postponement ‘most promising path’

The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee voiced support for delaying the Tokyo Games on Monday after a survey showed an…
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
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Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming

PARIS (AP) — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the US and Europe on Monday, as new…
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