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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Small groups of students protested against Myanmar's military junta on Saturday in Mandalay and a human rights group accused the armed forces of crimes against humanity ahead of th...

(Corrects number of local cases from 25 to 30) BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported on Saturday 55 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 30, compared with 64 cases a day earlier, the health aut...

By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - World champion Dalilah Muhammad, world record-holder Sydney McLaughlin and European indoor champion Femke Bol stayed on course for a gripping Olympic showdown in w...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two days after winning San Marino's first ever Olympic medal by claiming the bronze in women's trap, Alessandra Perilli assured herself of a second one at the Tokyo Games on Saturday...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - France secured a comfortable win over Iran in Olympic men's basketball on Saturday to qualify for the quarter-finals and remain undefeated in the preliminary round. Re...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian fencers stayed on track for a consecutive Olympic gold medal at the women's sabre team event on Saturday, handily beating Japan 45-34 in the quarterfinals. The top-ranked Rus...

By Philip O'Connor ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nethra Kumanan is hoping her performance as the first woman to represent India in sailing at the Olympics will inspire others to follow in her wake, desp...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Spain and New Zealand reached the quarter-finals of the women's hockey tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, while China were knocked out of the Games as t...

By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - The post-Usain Bolt era in the men's Olympic 100 metres began on Saturday in Tokyo, with Dorian Keletela, who is competing in the Games as part of the Olympic Refuge...

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Hannah Roberts, tipped as a favourite to win the first women's BMX freestyle gold at the Olympics, had a more productive pandemic than most people. In the past year alo...