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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top baseball and soccer leagues asked the government on Tuesday to ease restrictions on the number of fans who can attend games amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since July 10, up to 5,000 fans have been allowed into stadiums for J.League soccer matches and Nippon Professional Baseball…
By Reuters Staff HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will expand the size of public gatherings to four people and re-open more sports venues from Friday as the Asian financial hub relaxes strict curbs against a third wave of the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks following the coronavirus…
The California National Guard helicopter crews that rescued more than 200 people from a fast-approaching forest fire this weekend have labeled the daring flights as the most dangerous of their careers. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flew through a valley of intense smoke and embers…
Sen. Kamala Harris spoke privately with Jacob Blake the Black man shot in the back seven times by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin and his family on Monday, her campaign said. The Democratic vice presidential nominee was in Wisconsin for her first campaign visit since joining former Vice President…
By Reuters Staff A Shi’ite pilgrim wearing a protective mask attends a ceremony marking Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi’ite Muslim calendar, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq, August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Teba Sadiq/Files CAIRO (Reuters) – Iraq is reopening its…
By Reuters Staff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The studio lights dim, the band begins to strum, and its showtime for a Singapore getai concert – a popular form of entertainment in southeast Asia that features songs, skits and over-the-top costumes to celebrate the dead. Because of the coronavirus, instead of being…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The studio lights dim, the band begins to strum, and it’s showtime for a Singapore getai concert – a popular form of entertainment in southeast Asia that features songs, skits and over-the-top costumes to celebrate the dead. Because of the coronavirus, instead of being watched by a…
By Reuters Staff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The studio lights dim, the band begins to strum, and its showtime for a Singapore getai concert – a popular form of entertainment in southeast Asia that features songs, skits and over-the-top costumes to celebrate the dead. Because of the coronavirus, instead of being…
Wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical grid and threatened power outages for millions. The most striking thing about the record is how early it…
Posted World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, as he called on countries to invest in public health. Conway G. Gittens reports.read more…
