Tokyo hit another six-month high in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, one day before the Olympics begin, as worries grow of a worsening of infections during the Games. Thursday’s 1,979 new cases are the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 LIVE: Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over Holocaust Joke
Olympic Games is well underway as organisers remain determined to press ahead despite COVID clusters and executive scandals. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the top Olympic events and news. ( read original story ...)
Briefs: MGM bids for Osaka | Japan’s 1M cancellations
Japan’s decision to bar spectators from the main athletics events at the Olympics, along with a fourth COVID emergency in Tokyo, have sparked ... ( read original story ...)
WHO boss says vaccine IP waiver not a property ‘snatch’
The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought to reassure pharmaceutical companies that a proposal to suspend patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines was not a bid to "snatch" their intellecutual ... ( read original story ...)
Tihar jail allows Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar a TV to watch Tokyo Olympics
Sushil Kumar had requested prison authorities to provide him with a TV set so he could remain up to date about 'happenings in the wrestling world'. ( read original story ...)
Tesla And SpaceX Billionaire Elon Musk Doubles Down On Dogecoin And Ethereum Plan To Beat Bitcoin Amid Crypto Price Bounce
Elon Musk elaborated on ideas he'd previously floated to use dogecoin and ethereum to "max transaction rates and lower transaction ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-In Japan, natural disaster risks lurk as Games draw near
The risks of a major natural disaster striking during the Olympics are small but can not be discounted in Japan, which contends with earthquakes, ... ( read original story ...)
From Osaka to Matsuyama: Japan’s best hopes of Olympic glory in Tokyo
Fans will not be filling the arenas but the host nation still expects a taste of glory on Japanese soil after their Rio bonanza ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke
Kentaro Kobayashi Kobayashi was fired “after a joke he had made in the past about a painful historical event was brought to light,” the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live: UK business secretary ‘very concerned’ about food shortages; two more Tokyo athletes test positive
Kwasi Kwarteng could not confirm if food supply chain workers would be exempt from isolation rules; now 87 positive cases, say Games officials ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Olympic sponsors have been uncharacteristically quiet in the build-up to Tokyo 2020
As Tokyo 2020 finally gets underway in Japan, international marketing activity around the Games has been subdued. On the back of a build-up marred by the pandemic and public opposition, sponsors are ... ( read original story ...)
The 1964 Games Proclaimed a New Japan. There’s Less to Cheer This Time.
The country has changed vastly from that hopeful moment nearly six decades ago, and the Olympics this time around have come to represent something different and not entirely positive. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony chief fired over over Holocaust ‘joke’ he made during comedy show in 1998
The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired over comments about the Holocaust he made during a comedy show in 1998.The Games’ organising committee president, Seiko Hashimoto, ... ( read original story ...)
The developing world may see a faster adoption of crypto payments: Blockchain Association
Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, says there is a more immediate need for countries in the developing world than the developed world to adopt cryptocurrency payments. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony director dismissed over slurs
Friday’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been plunged into further chaos following the dismissal of its show director. Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto confirmed to media that ... ( read original story ...)
Egypt vs Spain LIVE: Stream, TV channel, team news for Olympic Football clash in Sapporo – latest updates
SPAIN begin their Olympic challenge with a clash against Egpyt in Sapporo. With a host of youthful talent, the Spanish are one of the favourites to take the gold medal this summer. Start time: ... ( read original story ...)