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Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics wind to a nuanced end

It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything.

US averaging 100,000 new Covid infections a day, driven by Delta variant

The Covid-19 outbreak in the US crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in the South

Amid crackdown, China's Tencent to review kids' use of WeChat

China's biggest gaming company, Tencent, said it would review whether it adequately limits children's access to live streaming and other features

United States now averaging 100,000 new Covid-19 infections a day

Levels not seen since the winter surge

China's July exports, imports rise, but growth slows amid Covid curbs

Exports rose 18.9% over a year earlier to $282.7 billion, decelerating from June's 32.2%

Finland's ice hockey medalist Emma Terho elected to the IOC board

Olympic ice hockey medalist Emma Terho has been elected to represent the world's athletes on the IOC's executive board

IOC president says procedures against Belarus coaches to continue

The president of IOC said disciplinary procedures on two Belarus coaches will continue, after they were removed from Olympics over involvement in trying to send Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus

Google founder Larry Page gets New Zealand residency, raising questions

Debate on over whether extremely wealthy people can essentially buy access to the South Pacific country

As Messi's Barcelona career ends, a look at his top 10 goals for the club

Lionel Messi scored a club record 672 goals in his 17 seasons with Barcelona.

Real Madrid, Barcelona oppose Spanish league's $3 bn funding plan

Real Madrid and Barcelona expressed their opposition to the Spanish league's deal with an investment fund that secured $3.2 billion in funding to help its clubs.

A timeline of Lionel Messi's incredible 17-season career at Barcelona

Lionel Messi's incredible 17-season career at Barcelona appears to have come to an end.

Tokyo 2020 reschedules women's soccer final after concerns voiced over heat

Tokyo 2020 organising committee spokesperson Masa Takaya defended the committee's decision to schedule the women's soccer finals near midday even amid Japan's sweltering midsummer heat.

China pledges 2 billion Covid-19 vaccines globally through year's end

Xi Jinping pledged 2 billion doses of Chinese vaccines would be supplied to the world through this year, an increase that would add to country's efforts as the largest global exporter of vaccines

Apple to scan iPhones for images of child abuse, researchers raise concern

Some security researchers believe the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens

Novavax seeks OK for emergency use of Covid vaccine in India, Indonesia

Vaccine maker Novavax announced Thursday it has asked regulators in India, Indonesia and the Philippines to allow emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine

Citi Open: Rafael Nadal loses to 50th-ranked Lloyd Harris in Washington

If Rafael Nadal was hoping to ease his painful left foot back into action after nearly two months off tour, that's hardly what happened in his Citi Open debut, which ended after just two matches.

CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated against Covid

CNN has fired three employees who violated company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against the COVID-19 virus

Losses in track, wins on field: Another rocky day for USA at Tokyo Olympics

A five-minute burst of action near the backstretch of the Olympic track served up the perfect snapshot of what is going right, and all that is going wrong, for the U.S. track and field team in Tokyo.

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine tallies more than $4 billion in Q2 sales

Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine brought in more than $4 billion in second-quarter sales, helping to push the vaccine developer into a profit

Iran swears in new hard-line president Ebrahim Raisi amid regional tension

The protg of Iran's supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as country's new president during a ceremony in parliament