All eyes on Simone Biles as she goes for women’s all-around gold at the Paris Olympics
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Nintendo profit falls 55% as sales of its ageing Switch console plunge
Nintendo on Friday reported revenue and profit that plunged in the company's fiscal first quarter, as sales of the ageing Switch console decline.
Olympic Surfing Comes to a ‘Poisoned’ Paradise
Fifty years ago this July, as the waters of the South Pacific rushed toward the shores of Teahupo’o in a perfect, powerful curl, as they have always done, another wave visited the tiny hamlet. This time it was an invisible and airborne one: a surge of radiation escaping from a nuclear weapon test conducted by France in this far-flung reach of their republic.
CNBC Daily Open: Asian shares slide, U.S. stocks flat ahead of Big Tech earnings; McDonald's earnings miss
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Excess deaths in Australia reveal Covid-19’s long, lethal tail
Australians are still dying at higher rates than before the pandemic, reflecting how Covid-19’s lingering effects may be driving a sustained increase in death and disease around the globe.
Yoasobi, Creepy Nuts lead Sony's new wave of J-pop to the U.S.
PALO ALTO, California -- Japanese pop music is having a breakout moment in the U.S., with groups like Yoasobi and Creepy Nuts performing to big crowds.
The Philippines says a cargo of oil has started to leak from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday.
Singing, ceremonies and straw hats: Olympics opening ceremony in Tahiti centers Polynesian culture
PAPARA, Tahiti (AP) — Tahitian dancers in palm-leaf skirts mingled with Olympic surfers, locals and tourists as the opening ceremony for the Summer Games commenced in French Polynesia on Friday morning, some 10,000 miles away from the main ceremony in Paris.