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IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Shanne Braspennincx of the Netherlands won the gold medal in the Olympic women's keirin at the Izu Velodrome on Thursday. Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand took the silver medal an...

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Pakistanis are thronging coronavirus vaccination centres daily after officials announced penalties for the unvaccinated, including blocked ce...

SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Italy's Massimo Stano won the Olympic men's 20km race walk in Sapporo on Thursday. Japan's Koki Ikeda took the silver medal and Toshikazu Yamanishi, also from Japan, claimed...

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Troops patrolled the streets on Thursday in Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, where many shops were shut to mark the second year since the Himalay...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong judge cleared on Thursday singer and pro-democracy activist Anthony Wong of a charge of "corrupt conduct" filed this week by the city's anti-corruption...

By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) - British mall operator Hammerson reported an improvement in adjusted earnings for the first half compared with a crisis-hit 2020, but warned on Thursday that footfa...

By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - The COVID-19 death rate for people in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta who were not vaccinated was more than three times higher than those who we...

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Skateboarding's debut on the Olympic stage in Tokyo has spurred many skaters to ask one very simple question: will this finally mean more skate parks across Japan? Japa...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Activity in Britain's construction industry grew last month at its weakest pace since February due to shortages of building materials and contractors, adding to si...

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil's hopes of retaining their Olympic men's volleyball title were crushed on Thursday after they lost a thrilling four-set semi-final to the Russian team at the ...