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Tokyo hits record 2,848 virus cases days after Olympic Games begin

It brings Tokyo's total to more than 200,000 since the pandemic began last year.

Stefanos Tsitsipas looking to extend family legacy at Olympics

A family legacy. A Greek tradition. An individual breakthrough.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: A success? A failure? And how to judge?

It will take something much more nuanced than those basic notions to assess the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks.

Japan's Naomi Osaka eliminated from Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament

The host country's superstar is out of the Tokyo Olympics.

Asian stock markets advance after Wall Street rises to new record

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a Federal Reserve report for an update on when US stimulus might start winding down.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Lydia Jacoby wins swimming gold for the US

Alaska has an Olympic swimming champion.

American airlines cite concerns about fuel shortages at some airports

The fuel needle is moving closer to empty at some U.S. airports.

Without the crowd's roar, athletes at Tokyo Olympics search for spirit

In arenas across Tokyo, athletes accustomed to feeding off the deafening roar of the crowd are searching for new ways to feel Olympic enthusiasm.

Covid-19 pandemic: California, NYC to require employees to get vaccine

California said it will require proof of vaccination or weekly testing for all state workers and health care employees starting next month

5-time US fencing Olympian Mariel Zagunis still looking to future

Mariel Zagunis, the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in fencing, was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the saber event on Monday at the Tokyo Games

California, NYC to require all govt employees to get Covid-19 vaccine

California and New York City announced Monday that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly Covid-19 testing

Barcelona and Neymar reach legal settlement over labour disputes

Barcelona and former striker Neymar have reached a settlement to end labour disputes and a civil case that were pending between the parties, the club said on Monday.

Vaccine maker BioNTech to use mRNA technology to target malaria

Pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that it wants to use the mRNA technology behind its coronavirus vaccine to target malaria.

World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict: UN Secretary General

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that climate change and conflict are both a consequence and a driver of poverty, income inequality and food prices.

Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

Svetlana Gomboeva collapsed from heatstroke on the first day of archery but recovered to win a silver medal

Strong undersea quake shakes central Indonesia; no tsunami warning

In January, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 105 people, injured nearly 6,500, and displaced more than 92,000 in West Sulawesi province.

2020 Tokyo Olympics: Russian men beat US in volleyball match

The men's volleyball team from Russia has beaten the United States in pool-play action.

At Tokyo Olympics, skateboarding teens blaze trail for women

On the Olympic podium, girls aged 13, 13 and 16 with weighty medals around their necks, rewards for having landed tricks on their skateboards that most kids their age only get to see on Instagram

Asian stocks mixed, Tokyo gains after Wall Street highs

Asian shares were mixed on Monday after stocks rallied to records on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above the 35,000 level for the first time.

China blames US for 'stalemate' in relations, as talks begin

China blamed the US for what it called a stalemate in bilateral relations as high-level face-to-face talks began Monday in the Chinese city of Tianjin.