Vaccines 'encouraged' but not compulsory for athletes at Tokyo: Coates

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Athletes are being encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but it will not be compulsory, IOC Vice President John Coates said on Thursday.

Tokyo 2020 official says 100% certain Olympics to be held -report

TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior official for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, John Coates, said the chance of the Games taking place was 100%, according to the Nikkei financial daily's website.

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Kedah cops make largest drug bust

ALOR SETAR: Kedah police scored their biggest drug haul this year when they seized more than 100kg of various drugs worth more than RM18mil.

Athletes’ Village must be safest place in Tokyo, IOC official says

TOKYO (Reuters) - The purpose-built Athletes' Village must be the safest place in Tokyo during next year's Olympics, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said on Wednesday after meetings with the Tokyo 2020 organisers.

Driver and daughter trying to avoid python die in crash

DUNGUN: A man and his daughter were killed after their car collided with another vehicle at the 61st kilometre of Jalan Jerangau-Jabor here.

Tokyo organisers outline steps for 'simplified' Games

TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday proposed cutting back the number of staff at next year's Summer Games and shortening the opening period for training venues, as part of a plan to hold a streamlined event amid the pandemic.

NASA mulls possible mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbors life.

Thai headmaster accused of killing three gets death sentence

BANGKOK, Aug 27 (AP): A court in Thailand handed a death sentence Thursday to an elementary school principal convicted of fatally shooting three people including a toddler during a robbery of a gold shop earlier this year.

Triton bids for Sweden’s HiQ

STOCKHOLM: Private equity firm Triton yesterday announced a 3.9 billion crown (US$444.92mil) cash bid for IT consultancy firm HiQ International, a 25% premium to the company’s closing price on Monday.