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TOKYO (AP) — If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded. An International Olympic Committee vice president, Coates was asked a few days ago by a Japanese reporter at an online news conference if the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead, … [Continue reading] about IOC VP gets backlash saying Olympics are on, no matter virus
BEIJING (AP) — China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China’s space administration said Saturday. The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40 a.m. Saturday … [Continue reading] about China’s Mars rover touches ground on red planet
NEW DELHI (AP) — For the family of the retired diplomat, the terror struck as they tried desperately to get him past the entrance doors of a private hospital. For the New Delhi family, it came when they had to create a hospital room in their … [Continue reading] about The poor, the rich: In a sick India, all are on their own
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. High above … [Continue reading] about Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
NEW DELHI (AP) — For the family of the retired diplomat, the terror struck as they tried desperately to get him past the entrance doors of a private hospital. One family in a nation of 1.3 billion. One case of COVID-19 in a country facing an … [Continue reading] about The poor, the rich: In a sick India, all are on their own
