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30 July 2021, Japan, Tokyo: Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross, Jackie Gowler and Caleb Shepherd of Team New Zealand celebrate winning the silver medal during the medal ceremony for the Women's Eight Final A at the Sea Forest Waterway as part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Sports

TOKYO OLYMPICS

Shepherd makes history as first man to win women's Olympic medal

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/30/21

A rule change in 2017 removed gender restrictions for the coxswain

HANDOUT - 25 July 2021, Israel, Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Israel to offer third coronavirus vaccine jab to those aged 60 and up

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/30/21

To help spotlight the new campaign, Israeli President Isaac Herzog will get his third dose on Friday morning

PRODUCTION - 26 July 2021, Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg: Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, speaks during an interview with the German Press Agency (dpa). Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa

Business

BUSINESS

Volkswagen posts record first half profits, ups forecast

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/30/21

Turnover rose by more than a third to more than 130 billion euros

Business

BUSINESS

Nokia announces quarterly profit rise and improved annual outlook

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/29/21

Net sales for the second quarter rose to 5.31 billion euros from 5.09 billion euros last year

Colombian pop star Shakira. Photo: Twitter/@Shakira.

World

TAX EVASION

Spanish judge sees 'sufficient indications' for trial of Shakira

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/29/21

The singer could end up in the dock and be sentenced to prison

Sports

TOKYO OLYMPICS

German cycling official sent home for racist remark at Olympics

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/29/21

The 54-year-old Moster was heard instructing Arndt to "get the camel drivers"

29 July 2021, Japan, Tokyo: Finland's Matti Mattsson celebrates with bronze medal at the award ceremony for the Men’s swimming 200m breaststroke final at Tokyo Aquatics Centre during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Friso Gentsch/dpa

Sports

200 METER BREASTSTROKE

Swimmer Matti Mattsson, first Finnish medalist in Tokyo 2020

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/29/21

The gold medal went to Australian Izaac Stubblety-Cook

World

RUSSIA

Flooding causes travel chaos on Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/28/21

The heavy rain has also flooded hundreds of homes in the east of Russia, and emergency shelters have been set up for flood victims

World

ATTEMPTED MURDER

Jealous doctor tried to kill man with anaesthetic

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/28/21

The doctor is now charged with attempted murder, theft and burglary

A view of Vilnius, Lithuania. Photo: Pixabay.

World

BALTICS

Lithuania reports record number of illegal migrants at Belarus border

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/28/21

Estonia will provide the Lithuanian authorities with about 100 kilometers of barbed wire from its own stocks, due to shortages in the neighboring country

A view of the center of Oslo. Photo: Foreigner.fi/File photo.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Norway postpones planned easing of restrictions due to Delta concerns

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/28/21

However, some changes will be made to the current stage of relaxations from Monday

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Photo: Dominic Lipinski/dpa.

World

DETAINED IN LONDON

Wikileaks founder Assange loses Ecuadorian citizenship

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/28/21

Assange remains detained in London's high-security Belmarsh prison. The United States is seeking his extradition

Shepherd makes history as first man to win women's Olympic medal

Israel to offer third coronavirus vaccine jab to those aged 60 and up

Volkswagen posts record first half profits, ups forecast

Nokia announces quarterly profit rise and improved annual outlook

Spanish judge sees 'sufficient indications' for trial of Shakira

German cycling official sent home for racist remark at Olympics

Swimmer Matti Mattsson, first Finnish medalist in Tokyo 2020

Flooding causes travel chaos on Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway

Jealous doctor tried to kill man with anaesthetic

Lithuania reports record number of illegal migrants at Belarus border

Norway postpones planned easing of restrictions due to Delta concerns

Wikileaks founder Assange loses Ecuadorian citizenship

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