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PARIS (Reuters) - Damien Tarel, the medieval martial arts enthusiast who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face, will go before a judge in a fast-track trial on Thursday. Tarel had a...

PARIS (Reuters) - The French Paralympic team's flag bearers for the Tokyo Games will be designated through an online election as the national Olympic Committee looks to raise athletes' public profile....

(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop fell 7.6% and Clover Health Investments jumped 5.9% in early deals on Thursday, setting the stage for another rollercoaster session for stocks favored by small-time inve...

By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's tax police believe Booking.com evaded 153 million euros of value added tax (VAT) in connection with holiday rentals booked through its platform, two sources ...

(Reuters) - New Zealand women's soccer coach Tom Sermanni will step down after the Tokyo Olympics, the country's governing body (NZF) said on Thursday. The 66-year-old joined New Zealand's 'Football F...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hoped that holding the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph of 1964, when it became the first Asian host of the Games and gained a huge economic boost, but th...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Double Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves has pulled out of Australia's swimming trials for the Tokyo Games, citing "misogynistic perverts in sport". Groves, who won silver...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians across the east of the country awoke to wild and frosty winter conditions on Thursday, with flash flooding causing at least one fatality while large snow dumps fell acro...

By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Eightfold AI, a talent matching platform, said on Thursday it raised $220 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2 that doubled the company'...

MANILA (Reuters) - A delay in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the Philippines has forced some cities in the capital region to close vaccination sites, complicating Manila's efforts to ramp up its immun...