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Olympics-Japanese medics welcome bar on spectators but warn risks remain
By Rocky Swift and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Medical experts in Japan welcomed a decision to hold the Tokyo Olympics without spectators under coronavirus restrictions but cautioned that the ban wi...
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Tennis-‘Athletes are humans’: Osaka stands by decision to skip media duties
(Reuters) - World number two Naomi Osaka said she was under immense pressure to disclose more details when she stepped away from the French Open for a mental health break, but is now ready to make Jap...
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Hungary seeks workers from outside EU to ease labour shortage
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will allow in temporary workers from non-EU states to alleviate a labour shortage and help the economy recover, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. Szijjart...
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Factbox-Tokyo’s pandemic-hit Olympics in numbers
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) leaders and the Japanese government are pressing on with the Tokyo Games, after a year's delay due the coronavirus, but with...
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FACTBOX-Olympics-Tokyo Games in the shadow of coronavirus
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - With the clock ticking down to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, Japan is preparing to host a Games like no other in history as it grapples with the corona...
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Olympics-Tokyo’s delayed and disrupted 2020 Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic organisers have decided to hold the Tokyo Games without spectators, as Japan struggles to stem a new wave of coronavirus infections with a state of emergency for Tokyo that w...
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Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators – Games minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have agreed to hold the event without spectators under a COVID-19 state of emergency, Japan's Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa said on Thursday. (Re...
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Vietnam capital announces movement curbs after record COVID-19 cases
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's capital Hanoi imposed movement restrictions on Thursday to try to keep at bay an expanding coronavirus outbreak, as authorities reported a record rise in c...
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German region to fine Tesla for illegal construction
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German regional authority said it was preparing to fine Tesla for illegal building activity on the site of its planned new car factory near Berlin. The environment ministry for Br...
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Lagarde comments at ECB press conference
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank set a new inflation target on Thursday and carved out a major role in the fight against climate change, as Europe's most powerful financial institution e...
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