As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe. ( read original story ...)
Billionaire Bankman-Fried’s FTX Becomes Latest Big Crypto Exchange Limiting Risky High-Leverage Trading
Fresh off its massive funding round last week, FTX Trading, one of the world's busiest cryptocurrency exchanges, has decided to curb risky trading by limiting investments that take on too much debt, ... ( read original story ...)
Nursing moms face difficult decision when coming to Tokyo Olympics to compete
Olympians who are nursing moms have expressed frustration with Tokyo organizers over rules they say make it too restrictive to care of their kids. ( read original story ...)
Opinion | Japan’s Leaders Worry the Olympics Could Hurt Their Global Brand. They’re Wrong.
Shinzo Abe hoped the Tokyo Olympics would show that Japan is a respected leader on the world stage. Turns out, it already is. ( read original story ...)
Only Tokyo could pull off these Games? Not everyone agrees
Staging an Olympics during the worst pandemic in a century? There’s a widespread perception that it couldn’t happen in a better place than Japan. A vibrant, open democracy with deep pockets, the host ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics schedule: Gymnastics men’s team final, softball medal game, more on Day 3
There will be 28 sports in competition Monday at the Tokyo Olympics, including the men's gymnastics team finals. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s COVID-19 deaths drop 5% amid state of emergency during Olympics
Japan is staging the Summer Olympics during a state of emergency and without spectators with coronavirus cases surging though the situation nowhere nearly as dire elsewhere. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s brother-sister act: Uta and Hifumi Abe both win gold medals
Uta and Hifumi Abe are perhaps Japan’s most popular sibling rivalry. The top-ranked judoka became the first brother-sister pair to compete in the same tournament when they fought in the world judo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is joining the push to return to the moon
A new law passed in Japan is an indication that it intends to be part of the international return to the moon. ( read original story ...)
How Tokyo Olympics COVID-19 Countermeasures May Be Falling Short
Tokyo 2020 organizers have put in place a strict testing and quarantine bubble system. But no system is perfect ... ( read original story ...)
Team USA wins 10 medals on Day 2 of Tokyo Olympics, but the specter of COVID-19 looms
While it took about 48 minutes for Team USA's fortunes at the Tokyo Games to change, the specter of COVID-19 makes these Olympics very strange. ( read original story ...)
Man Arrested for Distributing Anti-Olympics Flyers From Train Amid Criticism of Tokyo Games
A man has been arrested in Japan for distributing flyers criticizing the decision to go ahead with the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, despite the nation's ongoing struggles with COVID-19.Yuji Usui, 59 ... ( read original story ...)
Team GB get off the mark with first Tokyo 2020 medals on day of upsets
Bradly Sinden and Chelsie Giles became the first Team GB athletes to win medals at the Tokyo Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Americans seek more swimming medals on Day 3 of Tokyo Games
The Americans try to add to their impressive first day haul of swimming medals on Day 3 of the Tokyo Games when some of their top competitors get back in the pool Monday, while the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Skateboarding Men’s Street
Jagger Eaton performs in the final during the Tokyo Olympics Skateboarding Men's Street at Ariake Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, July 25, 2021 Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI ... ( read original story ...)
Coleraine rower Scott ‘touched’ by home support as she vows for better at Paris 2024 after Tokyo exit
GB rower Hannah Scott was stunned when supporters carved huge Olympic rings on her local beach in Northern Ireland and vows for better at Paris 2024 after her Tokyo exit. ( read original story ...)