Investors are waking up to a possible Biden victory in US presidential election

[caption id="attachment_3778" align="alignnone" width="900"] Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus during a...

Football: Moreno double keeps Villarreal on Champions League path

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[caption id="attachment_3711" align="alignnone" width="928"] Athletic Bilbao's Raul Garcia took his tally up to 13 goals for the season. [/caption] MADRID: Gerard Moreno took his season's...

Commentary: Pulling off 2021 Olympics is a win Japan needs

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020

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If Tokyo can pull off a successful Olympics in 2021 despite the pandemic, it really could go down in history as the “Recovery Olympics”, says...

Former Canadian PM Mulroney calls for revised relations with China

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3692" align="alignnone" width="896"] Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, seen here at George Bush's funeral in 2018, said his country needed to revise its...

Egypt reopens airports, welcomes tourists to pyramids after COVID-19 closure

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3689" align="alignnone" width="923"] Tourists ride a cart in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza after its reopening for tourist visits, following the outbreak...

US lawmakers seek more action on Hong Kong after arrests

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[caption id="attachment_3680" align="alignnone" width="909"] Protesters chant slogans during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on the anniversary of the city's...

‘We are not guinea pigs,’ say South African anti-vaccine protesters

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[caption id="attachment_3696" align="alignnone" width="904"] Protesters attend a demonstration against the coronavirus vaccine testing on Africans, at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. [/caption] JOHANNESBURG: Anti-vaccine...

Australia to revamp defences as China tensions rise

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[caption id="attachment_3699" align="alignnone" width="891"] Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a rise in defence spending as China's influence grows in the Indo-Pacific region. [/caption] BRISBANE:...