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By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian athletes were among the most tested in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, given the country's massive doping scandals which tarnished previous Games, the I...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africa will start to receive the first batch of 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson next week, the African Union's special envoy on COVID said on Thursday...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai Stock Exchange will launch a new index to track 50 major listed companies from tech-focused STAR board that engage in next generation information technology, the exchange...

By Ossian Shine TOKYO (Reuters) - Superheroes the world over come head to toe in spandex. So too here in Tokyo, where the one person with the best shot at making - or even saving - these most beleague...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - A record medal haul may be the only silver lining for host nation Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as the Games have been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic...

By Paresh Dave FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - While the U.S. softball team are off chasing a brown bear https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-2020-bsb/olympics-softball-olympic-softballers-hunt-roami...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Not enough has been done to reduce carbon emissions to help tackle global warming, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. "This is not only true for Germany but for ma...

By Anna Irrera and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - British digital bank Starling said on Thursday it was on track for full-year profitability after narrowing its losses, and could float on the stock m...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the rise in coronavirus cases in Germany was worrying and she urged people to get vaccinated. "We all want our normality back," Merkel told...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech women's beach volleyball player Marketa Nausch-Slukova has tested positive for COVID-19, raising the number of Czech athletes at the Tokyo Olympics infected by the virus to th...