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Olympic debutant Li Fabin claims China's 2nd weightlifting gold

Li Fabin of China reacts during the men's 61-kilogram weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. /CFP China's Li Fabin produced a ne

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What's up Sichuan? So you think you can learn kung fu?

00:50 Emei kung fu is one of the three major Chinese martial arts, along with Wudang kung fu and Shaolin kung fu. In the books of Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong

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Sun Yiwen wins women's epee individual gold for China

Sun Yiwen of China won the gold medal in women's epee individual final in the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. That was the third title Chinese athletes have claimed so far

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Weightlifter Hou Zhihui wins second gold for Team China in Tokyo 2020

Hou Zhihui of China celebrates after winning the gold medal in women's weightlifting 49-kilogram final in the Tokyo Olympics, July 24, 2021. /CFP Hou Zhihui claimed the gold medal at the Tokyo

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First gold at Tokyo Olympics awarded to Chinese shooter Yang Qian

The first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics was awarded to China's Yang Qian, who won the women's 10-meter air rifle final on Saturday.Competing at a steady pace, the 21

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First gold at Tokyo Olympics awarded to China's Yang Qian

The first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics was awarded to China's Yang Qian, who finished with the top prize in the women's 10-meter air rifle final on Saturday.

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Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains

The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower that collapsed o

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Delegations shine at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics

Night view Tokyo. /CFP The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Friday night.A wooden Olympic logo was unveiled at the ceremony, fitting t

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ITTF adds 50cm to width of table tennis field for Tokyo Olympics

Table tennis. /CFP The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has agreed to move away referees' tables back by 50 centimeters in the table tennis events at the Tokyo Olympics to increase

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China's Yang Shuyu on women's 3x3 basketball in Tokyo 2020

CFP China will meet Romania in their first game of women's 3x3 basketball at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Nineteen-year-old Yang Shuyu will make her Olympic debut in that game with her team

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15 killed, 26 injured in rain-related incidents in NW Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed and 26 others injured in separate rain-related incidents during a recent spell of heavy rains in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the Provincial Disast

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All Raise launches virtual bootcamp for women and nonbinary founders

More doesn’t necessarily mean better — and that’s a lesson for life and for tech. To focus on the latter, the startup ecosystem is experiencing a boggling influx of capital right now. However, t

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Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Games eve

On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former Prime Minister

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UK wants new EU deal on Northern Ireland Protocol

Loyalists protest against the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol earlier this month. /Reuters The UK says it urgently wants a new deal with the European Union to govern trade in Northern Ireland

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France, Britain beef up patrols, crack down on illegal migration

France and the United Kingdom have agreed to deploy more police and detection equipment on the French coast to try to stop boats carrying illegal migrants from reaching British shores, they said i

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Japan win softball opener as Games 'of hope' begin

Japan's women's softball team got the Tokyo 2020 Olympics off to a winning start for the hosts on Wednesday, kicking off a pandemic-postponed Games that the World Healt

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UK government expected to increase pay rise for health workers to 3%

02:21 Healthcare workers have rallied in central London to call for a 15 percent pay rise. The protesters walked through Westminster to Downing Street – the prime minister's official re