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TOKYO (AP) — Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes on Tuesday, the Japanese Olympic Committee said. The vaccination of healthy athletes comes as only 2-3% of the general population in Japan has been fully vaccinated. Japanese Olympic … [Continue reading] about Japanese Olympic athletes get shots as general public lags
To see what talent and hard work can achieve, Ukraine’s players need only to look at their coach. AC Milan great Andriy Shevchenko is heading into his first major tournament as head coach after five years in charge. The aim is to reach the knockout … [Continue reading] about EURO 2020: Shevchenko aims to break through as Ukraine coach
Scotland’s return to a major international soccer tournament after a 23-year wait was perfectly timed. The first final tournament game ever to be played in a Scottish stadium will see the home team hosting the Czech Republic on June 14 in Glasgow in … [Continue reading] about EURO 2020: Scotland’s coming home to end 23-year wait
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he is “anything but happy” that Syria’s government — which has waged a devastating, deadly decade-long war against dissenters — has been selected for a seat on the World Health Organization’s executive … [Continue reading] about German minister laments choice of Syria for WHO board seat
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had “come to fill the silence” about one of the nation’s darkest — and … [Continue reading] about Biden marks Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech
