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One of the first matches of the Olympics looks destined to be remembered as a classic, with an end-to-end thriller in Tatsumi standing at 6-5 to China in the second corner after China keeper Lin Peng saved an Elvina Karimova penalty. Russia keeper Evgeniia Golovina was unable to prevent Guannan Niu from …

A crowd of more than 3,500 protesters gathered in Syntagma Square, outside the Hellenic Parliament in Athens on Wednesday. After being asked to leave, some of the protesters threw bottles and other projectiles at police officers, Greek news outlet Kathimerini reported. The police responded with tear gas, flash grenades, and …

The scammers were busted in late June, with documents seized from the group showing that at least 812 people received the fake Covid-19 shot. The group operated in the country’s capital, Kampala, and included at least two nurses and a man posing as a medical doctor. While the nurses were …

Protests erupted in several cities in Iran’s Khuzestan Province late on Thursday night, continuing into Friday. Droves of people could be seen marching through the streets, chanting their need for drinking water, with some shouting, “we’re thirsty! We want water!” While the protests were mostly peaceful, some demonstrators in the …

The heavens opened up on London on Monday afternoon, after the Met Office warned of “heavy downpours” in the south of England. Streets were soon turned into rivers, as water lapped into stores and forced pedestrians to slog through knee-high floods to get home. Video footage showed vehicles nearly submerged …

A soggy Thursday afternoon in the Big Apple saw residents wading through waist-deep water as they attempted to reach their subway platforms, while streets – including the Major Deegan Expressway – were crippled by the downpour. Numerous videos floating around social media captured the flooding. “Stairs looking like a water …

The emergency occurred aboard Transair Flight 810 early on Friday morning local time, the Federal Aviation Administration reported, as cited by CNBC, which was the first to break the news. “The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the …

In a viral clip that has been watched more than 800,000 times, the Juventus forward sits down next to the Portugal national team’s press officer in readiness for questions from reporters. Noticing two bottles of the soft drink in front of him, he grimaces and rocks back in his chair, wondering what …

The rally was banned by authorities amid concerns of “risks of disturbances to public order.”  The organizers said they will march anyway to show solidarity with the Palestinians during the most recent armed confrontation between Israel and the Gaza-based militant group Hamas. “We refuse to silence our solidarity with the …

Footage from Wednesday evening showed a man being dragged from his car, beaten and set upon by dogs in Bat Yam, Tel-Aviv, and was aired live by state broadcaster Kan. While the violence was broadly condemned on social media, many commentators focused on the fact that Kan, the Israeli Public …