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Team GB’s hopes of a cycling medal on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics came to an early end after Geraint Thomas pulled...

The opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has begun with a spectacular show at the national stadium. The event began with a performer...

Guinea has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, citing a “resurgence of COVID variants”. It means five athletes from the African nation will be...

The director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been fired over comments he made about the Holocaust. The remarks were made by Kentaro Kobayashi...

Further rain has been forecast until the weekend in China’s Henan province where at least 25 people have been killed in days of flooding....

People have been left trapped in cars and underground train carriages after heavy rainfall caused widespread damage in central China. More than 20cm of...

Parts of China have been hit by “the heaviest rain in 1,000 years” – with footage showing underground train carriages filling with water. More...

At least 35 people are dead after a suicide bomber struck a crowded market in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. The bombing in...

Antibodies in COVID-19 patients remain high even nine months after infection, according to a landmark study which tested almost the entirety of a small...

German officials have defended their anti-flooding measures after torrential downpours submerged towns and villages and killed at least 195 people across the country and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told her nation that a recovery plan will be in place within days, after visiting some of the areas...

From a bridge in one the most severely flood-hit towns in Germany, we watched as the army moved heavy lifting equipment onto the bypass...

At least 170 people have now died following “historic” flooding across Germany and Belgium – with fears the death toll could keep rising. The...

Rescuers are searching for hundreds of missing people after “historic” flooding killed more than 120 people in Germany and Belgium. Thousands have also been...

An extraordinary scene greeted us in the small village of Arloff in western Germany. It looked like massive bulldozers had been in and torn...

At least 92 people have been killed and dozens are missing after catastrophic flooding across Germany and Belgium, which has left several villages cut...

Laboratory accidents “happen” and are “common”, the head of the World Health Organisation has said as he called on China to be more transparent...

This year’s Olympic Games are like no other in history. Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, this is the first time since 1944 that the...

A moon “wobble” will contribute to an increase in severe flooding in the mid-2030s, NASA has warned. The moon’s orbit, which affects the Earth’s...