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Japan denies reports of S. Korean president visit, summit during Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday denied a media report that South Korean President Moon Jae-In is arranging a visit to Japan timed with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as well as talks with Japanese Prime ...
Jun 14, 2021
IOC’s Coates arrives in Tokyo as Games organisers to unveil latest ‘playbook’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Senior Olympics official John Coates arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday as Games organisers prepared to unveil their latest "playbook" of rules to control COVID-19 infections and the govern...
Jun 14, 2021
Swimming-Australian ‘tiger mum’ furious son shamed over girl’s swimsuit
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian mother has denied a media report her teenage son was forced to wear a women's swimsuit as punishment by a coach amid scrutiny of the country's elite swimming cultur...
Jun 14, 2021
Two Olympics, two Tokyos: Father, son design aquatics venues decades apart
By Elaine Lies and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - When Paul Noritaka Tange won the rights to design the Aquatics Centre for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, one of the first things he did was to visit the ...
Jun 14, 2021
Adviser to Costa Rica’s president resigns amid growing bribery scandal
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A top adviser to Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado resigned on Monday after judicial officials said he was under investigation for his alleged role in a brib...
Jun 14, 2021
USAID to grant $115 million in aid to El Salvador to stem migration
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The United States will grant $115 million in cooperation aid to El Salvador to slow migration from the Central American country, Samantha Power, the administrator of the Unite...
Jun 14, 2021
China reports 20 new coronavirus cases on June 14 vs 23 previous day
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 20 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for June 14, compared with 23 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Tuesday. Of the new cases, two were loca...
Jun 14, 2021
Dollar hovers near one-month high with market frozen before Fed test
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hovered below a one-month high compared with major peers on Tuesday ahead of a much-anticipated Federal Reserve meeting that could signal a change in the...
Jun 14, 2021
U.S., Canada set to discuss lifting of border restrictions -sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian officials are set to meet Tuesday to discuss how to eventually lift pandemic-related border restrictions between the two countries, but no ...
Jun 14, 2021
Supermarket cashier killed in U.S. state of Georgia in mask-wearing dispute
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A supermarket cashier in the U.S. state of Georgia was shot and killed by a customer on Monday in a dispute over the wearing of a face mask before the gunman was wounded...
Jun 14, 2021
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