Naomi Osaka checked in with fans during her mental health sabbatical to reveal a glamorous Vogue Japan cover on social media. “H,” Osaka wrote on Twitter. The four-time Grand Slam champion has kept a ... ( read original story ...)
lift the State of COVID-19 Emergency in Tokyo
Pedestrian take a photo big countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, June 21, 2021. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans to attend
Watch "Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans to attend; all venues will be at 50% capacity", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lift the State of COVID-19 Emergency 7 prefectures
An employee of Japan's NTT docomo wait for receive Covid-19 vaccine at their headquarters on Monday, June 21, 2021. Thousands companies began shot COVID-19 vaccines to workers and their families in ... ( read original story ...)
WHO to discuss Olympics COVID-19 risks with Japan, IOC
The World Health Organization said on Monday it would discuss managing COVID-19 risks with Japanese authorities and the International Olympic Committee, after organisers announced some spectators ... ( read original story ...)
Break point: Tennis great Clijsters claims Venus & Serena Williams earned ‘a lot of sh*t’ for starting ‘trend’ that Osaka followed
Tennis legend Kim Clijsters has claimed that pioneering sisters Venus and Serena Williams paved the way for Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from Wimbledon and the Olympic Games and Naomi Osaka’s ... ( read original story ...)
Ireland welcome fans back to Aviva Stadium for internationals against Japan and USA
Crowds of 3,000 and 6,000 respectively will be allowed into the Aviva Stadium for the upcoming internationals against Japan and USA. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics allowing only 50% capacity – 10K local fans – in venues
The Tokyo Olympics will allow some local fans to attend when the games open in just over a month, organizing committee officials and the IOC said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin sinks to two-week low as China intensifies crypto mining crackdown
Bitcoin sank to a two-week low Monday on reports that China has intensified its crackdown on cryptocurrency mining.The world’s largest digital currency fell as low as $31,760 Monday morning, dropping ... ( read original story ...)
China’s central bank urges Alipay and banks to crack down on crypto speculation
The People's Bank of China said it summoned payments firm Alipay and several major lenders to tell them they must not provide crypto-related services. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Backer Invests Another $500 Million As Crypto Prices Crash
Two weeks after announcing a debt offering to fund the investment, business analytics firm MicroStrategy, which owns more bitcoin than any other corporation in the world, has spent nearly $500 million ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Crypto Crackdown Could Help Usher in a Return to Sanity for GPU Prices
Finding new graphics cards at reasonable prices has been almost impossible as of late, but that might be about to change after prices for GPUs in China fell by as much as 66 percent following a number ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried discusses why dogecoin should be named asset of the year — and how its rise reflects the meme-stock trend
"Elon is a powerful piece of this, he is actually the most influential man in the world when it comes to financial assets," Bankman-Fried said. ( read original story ...)
Coinbase-Backed Platform Raises $100 Million To Become Latest Crypto Unicorn
Despite the recent price drawbacks in bitcoin, ether, and other digital assets, the minting of crypto’s latest unicorn, Amber Group, proves that institutional interest in the emerging asset class is ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka-backed salad chain confidentially files for U.S. IPO
Salad chain sweetgreen Inc said on Monday it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, hopeful of strong investor interest as demand for plant-based food products ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Tesla president sells shares, Olympics to allow fans, Vivendi sells 10% of UMG
Julie Hyman breaks down Monday’s business headlines, including: Former Tesla President Jerome Guillen selling $274 million worth of shares after exercising stock options, the Tokyo Olympics allowing ... ( read original story ...)