Holding Tokyo Olympics in pandemic shreds consensus in Japan
TOKYO — Japan is famous for running on consensus. But the decision to proceed with the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics has shredded it.
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Russia blames increase in deaths in June on delta variant
MOSCOW — The head of Russia's state coronavirus task force says the number of deaths nationwide in June this year rose nearly 14% over...
Triathlete rides out the pandemic on her way to Tokyo Games
BRISBANE, Australia — Australian triathlete Ashleigh Gentle had just finished a training session at her temporary base of Cairns in north Queensland state. Hot,...
Pandemic garbage boom ignites debate over waste as energy
PORTLAND, Maine — America remains awash in refuse as new cases of the coronavirus decline — and that has reignited a debate about the...
Lockdowns in Asia as some nations see 1st major virus surges
BANGKOK — Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus rushed to implement tough restrictions...
Moldova to hold vote pitting reformists against pro-Russians
BUCHAREST — Moldovan voters go to the polls this weekend in a snap parliamentary election that could decide whether the former Soviet republic fully...
Bill aims to spend billions to fix nation’s aging dams
BOSTON — Lawmakers in Congress on Friday introduced a bill that would pump tens of billions of dollars into fixing and upgrading the country’s...
Hungarian capital offers tests amid vaccine efficacy worries
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's capital city is offering free antibody testing to its elderly residents in a bid to ratchet up pressure on the...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
UK economy remains 3.1% smaller than pre-pandemic level
LONDON — Official figures show that the British economy rebounded further in May following another easing of lockdown restrictions, though the increase was about...