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Australia’s New South Wales logs biggest rise in COVID-19 cases in a week
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday reported its biggest increase in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week, raising prospects of more t...
Jun 21, 2021
FOCUS ON-Volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on volleyball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * Both men's and women's tournaments feature 12 teams divided into two pools, with games played in a round-robin format....
Jun 21, 2021
FOCUS ON-Taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on taekwondo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * Taekwondo is a full-contact combat sport developed in Korea that means "the way of kicking and punching". * Athletes, c...
Jun 21, 2021
FOCUS ON-Judo at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on judo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * Men and women compete in seven weight categories, ranging from under 60kg to over 100kg for men, and under 48kg to over 78kg...
Jun 21, 2021
Guatemalan “high risk court” judges say they are being persecuted, harassed
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan judges who as members of the country's "high risk courts" have jailed senior officials such as former President Efrain Rios Montt said on Monday they are being pe...
Jun 21, 2021
FOCUS ON-Weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * The winners are determined by the total weights of the barbells lifted. * Athletes lift weights in two movements ca...
Jun 21, 2021
Migrant children report overcrowding, spoiled food, depression in U.S. shelters
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Migrant children sent to emergency shelters within the United States reported crowded living conditions, spoiled food, lack of clean clothes and...
Jun 21, 2021
FOCUS On-Hockey at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on hockey at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * For both men's and women's hockey, 12 nations will compete in two groups of six. The top four teams from each group progre...
Jun 21, 2021
Athletics-World champion Brazier suffers shock defeat at U.S. Olympic trials
(Reuters) - World champion Donavan Brazier's Olympic dreams were shattered on Monday as the overwhelming favourite in the men's 800 metres suffered a shock defeat at the U.S. trials. The 24-year-old A...
Jun 21, 2021
FOCUS ON-Rugby sevens at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on rugby sevens at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * A variation of the 15-aside rugby union game, sevens gets its name from the number of players on each team -- three ...
Jun 21, 2021
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