Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Norway’s Karsten Warholm ran a stunning men’s […]
Month: August 2021
The EU, meanwhile, welcomed Poland’s decision. Nabila Massrali, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, said the attempt by Belarus to forcibly repatriate Ms Timanovskaya was “another example of the brutality of the repression of Lukashenko’s regime”. Source link
The airline says it expects Australia’s largest city to be closed for at least two more months. Source link
“Our employees had a chance to be heard during a noisy time when all types of voices were weighing into the national debate, and at the end of the day, they voted overwhelmingly in favour of a direct connection with their managers and the company,” Amazon said in a statement. […]
Twitter announces it will cooperate with two news agencies to promote more reliable information. Source link
In Tokyo a French father is drawing the world’s attention to what he says is the kidnapping of children by their own parents in Japan. Vincent Fichot started a hunger strike outside the Olympic stadium on 10 July. He says his Japanese wife disappeared from the family home with his […]
Russia is banned from Toyko 2020 because of past doping violations but more than 300 athletes are competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee – and they’re winning a string of medals. That’s upset some rival athletes, who’ve openly speculated that the Russians are still cheating or complain […]
Vitaly Shishov was reported missing by his partner after failing to return from his morning jog. Source link
Iran’s Ambassador to the UK, Mohsen Baharvand, was summoned to the Foreign Office to be told his country must immediately cease actions that threaten international shipping. Iran has issued an angry denial, demanding to see proof of its alleged complicity in the attack. Its foreign ministry has issued its own […]
নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদন: কাঁথি সমবায় ব্যাঙ্কের (Contai Co-Operative Bank) মামলায় আপাতত স্বস্তি পেলেন শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (Suvendu Adhikari)। চেয়ারম্যান পদে থাকছেন বিরোধী দলনেতাই। তাঁর বিরুদ্ধে অনাস্থা প্রস্তাব আনার জন্য যে বৈঠক ডাকা হয়েছিল সোমবার তা খারিজ করে দিল কলকাতা হাইকোর্ট (Calcutta High Court)। এ দিন বিচারপতি শম্পা সরকার জানান, বৈঠক ডাকায় পদ্ধতিগত […]