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By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - One of the breakout stars of the inaugural skateboarding event at the Tokyo Olympics is a champion who's not even competing. On Monday, Ryo Sejiri, a TV commentator for...

PARIS (Reuters) - Forty million people in France have now received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Tweet on Monday. Macron said that amounted ...

By Chang-Ran Kim CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Britain's Lauren Williams overpowered her toughest rival on Monday to reach the final in taekwondo's welterweight category, looking focused and determined ahe...

By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Taiwanese women's singles world number one Tai Tzu-Ying outlasted Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen in a surprisingly tight encounter on Monday but the spotlight was stolen b...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday held a brief meeting with leading businessman Najib Mikati, set to receive the backing of a majority of parliamentarians later in the day to...

(Reuters) - New Olympic champions -- one as young as 13 -- were crowned in Tokyo on Monday as an exuberant coach became the fan meme of the Games when the world watched him madly cheer his swimmer's v...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported 39,361 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours the health ministry said on Monday. India's total cases now stand at 31.4 million, according to a Reuters tally, mak...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Food delivery firms in China will be required to guarantee couriers' income above the minimum salary level, and deadlines for deliveries should be relaxed, under reforms announced ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea claimed gold in the Olympic archery men's team event on Monday, extending their reign and winning the country's third archery gold at the Tokyo Games. Taiwan snatched sil...

By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Eldric Sella went through an arduous journey to get to Tokyo, spending years visualising himself throwing punches in the Olympic boxing ring but when his Games exp...