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Thomas Bach said he agreed with Japan that the Olympics cannot be postponed beyond next year
World
20.08.2024
'Last option' - no Olympic postponement beyond 2021, says Bach
Students are wearing wings to maintain social distancing in Taiyuan in China's northern Shanxi province
World
20.08.2024
Asia virus latest: Infection fears amid cyclone; Tokyo 2020 logo row
The refusal of some Australian states to reopen domestic borders to outsiders has highlighted a dilemma set to face the world, as cities, regions or countries emerge from the pandemic at different speeds
World
20.08.2024
Australian states squabble over reopening domestic borders
Tokyo 2020 claimed the image infringed its copyright
World
20.08.2024
'Insensitive' Japan Olympic coronavirus logo pulled after row
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Latin America has seen infections surge, with Brazil hardest hit
World 20.08.2024
WHO reports record virus cases as Trump mulls in-person G7
Embryonic stem cells are harvested from fertilised eggs and using them in research has raised ethical issues because embryos are subsequently destroyed
World 20.08.2024
Japan newborn gets liver stem cells in world first
Huawei's growing 'European village' in houses 25,000 staff and has several train stations named after European cities such as Paris and Bologna
World 20.08.2024
Huawei's ambitions unbowed despite US pressure
Venezuela said it would deploy naval vessels like these frigates - here on a 2019 exercise - to welcome Iranian tankers bringing much needed gasoline
World 20.08.2024
Venezuela says Iranian tankers will get military escort
Turds in the suburbs: Aussie authorities are unrolling a vast programme of sewage testing this week in the hope of finding hidden clusters of the virus
World 20.08.2024
Aussie sewers a frontline in bid to flush out coronavirus
French police, wearing protective masks against the coronavirus, with young migrants picked up off Calais as they tried to get to Britain by boat
World 20.08.2024
Migrant boat crossings to UK surge during virus lockdown
The mannequins appeared at a football match in South Korea on Sunday. Picture supplied by Yonhap news agency via AFP
World 20.08.2024
Korean football club get record fine over sex dolls in stands
In a large street market in Damascus, customers perused stalls days ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
World 20.08.2024
Syrians turn to flea markets for frugal Eid al-Fitr
Fadia Khalil, a 22-year-old member of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, plays violin on the roof of her house in Baghdad
World 20.08.2024
In Baghdad's new Ramadan rhythm, calls to pray and keep COVID-19 away
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