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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's health ministry reported 15,902 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest number of daily infections since the beginnng of the pandemic. This brings the cumula...

By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - For a Games billed as the most inclusive and diverse on record, one element of Friday's opening ceremony stood out for many Japanese: Olympic boss Thomas Bach sp...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China administered a total of 1.5249 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of July 23, data from National Health Commission showed on Saturday. (Reporting by Zoey Zhang and Engen ...

By Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - Though born and raised in California, Japanese surfer Kanoa Igarashi is hoping his family connection to Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach will give him an advantage in the...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Samoa's first female prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, said on Saturday her government would formally take office next week, a day after the country's Court of Appeal affirmed...

By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Taiwan's Tai Tzu-Ying said she will have to cut out the mistakes if she is to make an impact at the Tokyo Olympics and will only begin to think about the threat posed ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China criticised NBC Universal for showing an "incomplete map" of the country in its broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, after a map displayed during the arri...

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Zhihui Hou won the gold medal in the women's 49-kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics, lifting a total of 210 kg, with a comfortable win over Indian and Indonesian medalists...

By Amy Tennery TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's title defence in the men's eight got off to a rocky start in Tokyo on Saturday, as the Netherlands scored a stunning victory to force the reigning European C...

By Rajendra Jadhav and Manoj Kumar MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death toll from la...