Tokyo Paralympics to open as Japan battles virus surge
Tokyo's Paralympic Games open on Tuesday, with athletes hoping to shatter stereotypes and world records despite a year-long pandemic delay ...
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Japan to expand virus emergency to battle surge
Japan's government said Tuesday it will expand a coronavirus state of emergency to seven new regions as it battles a ...
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Belgium to vaccinate Tokyo Olympic/Paralympic hopefuls
Around 225 Belgian athletes wanting to participate in this summer's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be given Covid-19 vaccines ...
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Olympic postponement right decision, says POC president
The move to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games until next summer is the right decision. Philippine Olympic ...
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Death for murder of 19 disabled
Yokohama"•A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a man to death for the 2016 murder of 19 disabled people at a ...
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Cleaning up Tokyo’s beaches: An Olympic task
By Kyoko Hasegawa On a blazing hot Tokyo summer day, children squeal with delight as they splash about on a ...
Read moreIndonesia’s footless goalkeeper kicks home powerful message
When Eman Sulaeman begged his parents to let him play football, the couple worried their young son—born with no feet ...
Read moreTragedy shadows Paralympic games
RIO DE JANEIRO—Rio on Sunday closes a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but which turned into ...
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