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Olympics-Swimming-Australia’s McKeown wins 100m backstroke gold in debut Olympics
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - Kaylee McKeown of Australia powered to her first Olympic gold medal on Tuesday after a stunning fightback in the women's 100m backstroke that was within a fingertip o...
Jul 26, 2021
New Zealand grants exemption to Australian rugby team for Bledisloe Cup
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Tuesday that the Australian rugby team has been granted an exemption to enter the country to play next month's Bledisloe Cup. Travel between Australia and Ne...
Jul 26, 2021
China’s industrial profit growth slows in June on high raw material prices
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profit growth at China's industrial firms slowed for the fourth straight month in June, as high raw material prices weighed on factories' margins, pointing to some weakness in the ...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-American Jacoby wins gold in women’s 100m breaststroke
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lydia Jacoby of the United States won the gold medal in the women's 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa won the silver and America...
Jul 26, 2021
South, North Korea have restored once-severed hotline -Blue House
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South and North Korea have restored their once-severed hotline and the two countries' leaders have agreed to rebuild trust and improve ties, Seoul's presidential Blue...
Jul 26, 2021
Oympics-Triathlon-Duffy’s island future looks golden
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Flora Duffy has already been awarded an OBE for services to Bermudan sport and now, having added the country's first Olympic gold medal to her sparkling CV, she wil...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Russian Rylov wins gold in men’s 100 metres backstroke
TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian Evgeny Rylov won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Russian Kliment Kolesnikov won the silver and American Ryan Murphy took t...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Dean and Scott deliver British one-two in 200m freestyle
By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - Tom Dean powered to the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, heading a British one-two with Duncan Scott taking silver. Dean won in...
Jul 26, 2021
Asia equities tick up, as investors look to the U.S.
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian equity markets rose cautiously Tuesday, after touching year to date lows the day before, with traders keeping at least half an eye on the United States where m...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Organisers report seven new Games-related COVID-19 cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers on Tuesday reported seven news Games-related COVID-19 cases, including two athletes. The latest daily cases have brought the total number since July 1 to 15...
Jul 26, 2021
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