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ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - The start of Monday's Olympic sailing programme has been delayed as organisers wait for winds to pick up at the Enoshima Yachting Harbour. The venue was supposed to host th...

By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) -Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men's long jump gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba took the silver while his compatriot Mayk...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Asia's factories hit a rough patch in July as rising input costs and a new wave of coronavirus infections overshadowed solid global demand, highlighting the fragile n...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to an Tokyo airport against her will was safe and in the hands of authorities, the International Olymp...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held just above a one-month low on Monday as traders held tight positions heading into a busy week that includes monthly U.S. jobs data and a key Austral...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity growth slipped sharply in July as demand contracted for the first time in over a year in part on high product prices, a business survey showed on Monday, u...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers reported on Monday 17 new Games-related COVID-19 cases including one athlete, bringing the total number since July 1 to 276. (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann;...

By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday on worries over China's economy after a survey showed factory activity growing at its slowest pace in 17 months in the world's sec...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's education ministry said on Monday that Huai Jinpeng has been appointed as its new party chief. Huai, who was previously the party secretary of the China Association for Sc...

(Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Monday it will record a provision of about 63 billion yen ($574.56 million) in its financial statements for the first quarter to reflect a decision by Irel...