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Pressure is building for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled, but on the ground in Tokyo, the final preparations are beginning. With the Olympics less than two months away, CNN's Selina Wang takes a look at temporary spectator stands, venues, and live viewing sites being constructed for the Games.

Hong Kong (AFP) – Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong has collected hundreds of spent candle stubs from vigils held to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown, and plans to give them to residents on Friday night — the day when the annual event, which has this year been banned by local authorities, would normally take place.

A memorial event was held in Toronto on Sunday as the Canadian government lowered flags at half-mast to commemorate the deaths of 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in a former residential school in Kamloops city in the country.

With scorching temperatures, golfing during the summer in Dubai isn't always easy. But with the opening of Topgolf Dubai, this year might be a bit cooler for fans of the sport.

Yoga enthusiasts have the chance to meditate in a rainforest, Dubai-style — where the city's bio-dome offers a way for people to connect with their inner self and with nature.

The goal of Mission Innovation (MI) 2.0 is to make clean energy more affordable, attractive and accessible for all during the coming decade, as well as to accelerate action towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement and achieving net zero targets, Patrick Child, Chairman of Mission Innovation, said on Wednesday.

Slovenian athlete Janja Garnbret is one of the best sport climbers on the planet. The World Cup champion is heavily favored to win gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The less developed countries worldwide will get less strong recovery on labor market and national economy comparing with their high-income counterparts, the Director-General of Intentional Labor Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder said on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden is launching a monthlong nationwide push to get 70% of American adults vaccinated by Independence Day on July 4. But the administration has not yet outlined its vaccine-sharing strategy with the rest of the world. White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has this report.

For the duration of euronews' Green Week, our magazine and news teams are exploring stories and solutions for a better planet from across Europe. Every morning around six million people wake up in Madrid, the European city with the highest number of premature deaths associated with nitrogen dioxide .

Sterling (United States) (AFP) – A brewery in Sterling, Virginia, gives away Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine shots and free beer for those receiving an injection. "I just thought it was a good opportunity to get it taken care of really quickly and you know, see a new brewery and get some beer," says a local resident as he sips his free drink at the one-day event organized by Beltway Brewing and Inova Health.