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Belarus sprinter says family feared she would be sent to psychiatric ward if she returned home

A Belarusian sprinter who has flown to Poland after a stand-off with her country's officials at the Tokyo Olympics said… ...

Skateboarding to breakdancing: The urban sports making the Olympics young again

Team GB's medal haul in skateboarding and BMX has brought more accessible, urban sports to the forefront of the Olympics. ...

Inauguration of new Iranian president a 'crossroads' moment, says Raab

The door is "ajar" for diplomacy with Iran but the UK will impose a cost if its new president chooses… ...

Andrew Cuomo faces impeachment threat as New York governor

Fellow Democrats are urging New York’s governor to quit or be forced out after a report into alleged harassment. ...

Belarus Olympian Timanovskaya says grandmother warned her not to come home

Krystina Timanovskaya says she fled after being warned it was not safe to fly home from the Olympics. ...

Iran's new hardline President Ebrahim Raisi sworn in

Ebrahim Raisi takes over amid heightened tensions with the West and growing discontent at home. ...

14-year-old sensation wins gold with perfect-10 dives

• Tokyo sees another record day of Covid-19 infections • India's 41-year wait for a men's hockey medal is finally… ...

Images emerge of a possible 'prison camp' for political dissidents in Belarus

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The soccer player who'll be the first openly trans Olympic medalist

A gold medal is the ambition, but Quinn has already made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by becoming… ...

China Pledges Two Billion Vaccine Doses To World: President Xi Jinping

China will "strive to provide" two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and donate $100 million to… ...

UK Becomes Dialogue Partner Of ASEAN In Indo-Pacific Push

The UK has agreed to a new partnership with ASEAN which the British government said on Thursday will lead to… ...

Belarusian Olympic Athlete On Her Defection, Fears, Politics And More...

Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport because her grandmother told… ...

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Moderna Says Its Vaccine's Protection Holds After 6 Months

The company said that it expected boosters would be needed… ...

‘You Just Think About Eating’: Why Tunisians Backed a Presidential Power Grab

Fed up with the government’s handling of the pandemic and… ...

California’s Pandemic Recall

Californians will soon vote on whether to recall their Democratic… ...

KOMMENTAR - Die Moralkeule hilft nicht weiter im Kampf gegen Impfstoff-Engpässe

Handelt unethisch, wer im Kampf gegen Corona eine Auffrischungsimpfung zulässt oder… ...

Irans neuer Präsident startet mit Vorschusslorbeeren und vielen Herausforderungen ins Amt

Ebrahim Raisi hat die volle Rückendeckung von Revolutionsführer Khamenei. Doch… ...

Ein ratloser König, zerstrittene Politiker und ein Premierminister, der sich an die Macht klammert – die Politik Malaysias ist in Aufruhr

Die malaysischen Könige üben zeremonielle Funktionen aus und treten in… ...

Swiss woman found dead in Phuket sandbox

PHUKET: A Swiss woman, 57, was found dead among rocks… ...

Hospital chief arrested over alleged commission fee

The director of state-run Bangkruai Hospital in Nonthaburi has been… ...

THG chairman accused for vaccine deal talks

Boon Vanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG), has… ...

Einflussreicher US-Republikaner: Floridas Gouverneur ist gegen Masken

Der Trump-Anhänger Ron DeSantis liberalisiert die Corona-Massnahmen, obwohl in seinem… ...

Pressefreiheit in Russland: «Risiko für die Mitarbeiter zu gross»: Zwei russische Medien geben auf

Die Newsportale, die von Kremlgegner Michail Chodorkowski gegründet wurden, stellen… ...

Flüchtlingskrise in der Türkei: Die türkische Toleranz schwindet

Die Stimmung im Land wendet sich zunehmend gegen die Flüchtlinge… ...

Space
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Europa Clipper Mission

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to… ...

NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its… ...

Hubble finds evidence of water vapor at Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms when ice… ...

'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in… ...

Potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer

Researchers have recently identified a DNA region known as VNTR2-1 that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene,… ...

Human infection with avian influenza A (H5N8) – the Russian Federation

On 18 February 2021, the National IHR Focal Point for the Russian Federation notified WHO of detection of avian influenza… ...

Ebola virus disease – Guinea

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus ...

Rift Valley fever – Kenya

Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in Kenya in humans in Isiolo and Mandera counties and in ...

Cross words over New York Times puzzle change

The US-based publication is cutting third party support for its popular crossword puzzles. ...

Number pinged by NHS Covid-19 app falls significantly

The fall is based on data gathered before changes to the app which mean it will notify fewer contacts. ...

Keeping old computers going costs government £2.3bn a year, says report

Just under half the entire IT budget goes on patching up outdated systems, a government report says. ...

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