(REUTERS) – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is considering new dates for this year’s Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China, it said on Saturday (July 11), following China’s decision to cancel all international sports
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US COVID-19 cases and deaths increase, dimming economic recovery
More than 60,000 new coronavirus infections reported in US – the highest single-day tally of cases by any country. COVID-19 continues to swell in the United States as record-breaking numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths
Read moreReflections from Bolivia
Up in the cloudless sky, a million stars twinkled. I had traipsed across South America and capped my 40-day adventure in Bolivia. 2020 was off to a great start and I could not wait for
Read moreCOVID-19: India overtakes Russia to become third worst-hit nation
The health ministry said 697,358 cases had now been recorded, a rise of more than 24,000 in 24 hours. India has overtaken Russia with the world’s third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000,
Read moreGeneration Z bearing economic brunt of coronavirus
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Already scarred by the global financial crisis a decade ago, a generation of younger people is bearing the economic brunt of the coronavirus. Even billions of dollars in global fiscal stimulus is
Read moreLast party in Cyprus
The travel industry worldwide ground to a halt in March after a decade of sparkling growth, but 2020 had begun on a bright note. In January, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation reported 1.5 billion
Read moreDenver’s COVID-19 testing site at Pepsi Center to return to normal hours after test kit shipment – The Denver Post
Denver’s COVID-19 testing site will return to normal hours next week after a shipment of testing kits relieved an anticipated shortage. The Denver Department of Public Safety had announced Tuesday that it would limit testing
Read moreRugby: World Sevens series cancelled over coronavirus
HONG KONG (AFP) – The remainder of this year’s World Rugby Sevens Series has been cancelled over the coronavirus, the sport’s governing body said on Tuesday (June 30), with the flagship Hong Kong tournament among
Read moreIndia's first COVID-19 vaccine candidate cleared for human trials
Drug Controller General of India approves Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for clinical human trials which will start in July. Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India’s first domestic candidate to
Read moreGlobal coronavirus cases approach 10 million
BEIJING (REUTERS) – Global coronavirus cases neared 10 million on Sunday (June 28) according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost
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