Tokyo (AFP) – Tokyo Olympics organisers reveal the first Covid-19 case in the Games Village as they seek to reassure competitors that the pandemic-delayed event will be safe. “We discussed with IOC how much we should disclose about it. And IOC concluded that if we gave the name of the country, this person would be most likely identified. This, obviously, would raise privacy issues,” says Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto.
London (AFP) – An unconventional photography exhibition in London has turned toxic pollution into art to raise awareness about the British capital’s persistent air quality problems.
Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Damascus. Assad won the May 26 election with 95.1% of the vote, which was widely criticised by the West and the Syrian opposition.
California passed a program to distribute monthly $1000 checks to residents, just as families of nearly 60 million children began receiving their first monthly federal child tax credit payments. Will guaranteed income be the new way forward?
The latest nationwide uptick in coronavirus cases are nearly all among the unvaccinated. Which begs the question: Are severe Covid-19 consequences preventable?
Opioid overdose deaths rose 30% last year, making 2020 the year with the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in the US, according to the CDC. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports on this health crisis that continued to plague the US amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lack of medical resources causes surge in death toll in Africa's COVID-19 cases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Thursday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday called for the end of vaccine nationalism, while criticizing some wealthy countries for hoarding vaccines. He made the call during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (APEC) Informal Leaders' Retreat, where leaders of member economies discussed cooperation in fighting against COVID-19 and promoting economic recovery.
The historic mass protests erupting on the streets of Cuba are sparking concern of another potential crisis. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports the economic and political conditions could lead to a flood of Cubans taking on the high seas to escape.
De Dalton's restaurant, run by chef Robbert Jan de Veen in the town of Voorthuizen near Amsterdam has made an attempt to secure a place for himself in the Guinness Book of Records with the world's most expensive hamburger at a price of €5,000 ($5,938).
Public health officials say a rapid and sustained increase in COVID cases requires them to bring back the mask mandate.Starting this weekend, Los Angeles County will require all residents to once again wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.
With athletes arriving for the Olympics just a week away, can Japan navigate the challenges of quarantines, fan bans, protests, and rising Covid cases?
