-Indonesia's Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu upset China to win women's doubles badminton gold
-Quiquampoix wins gold in rapid-fire pistol
-U.S. women's volleyball loses second player to injury
German cyclists shatter the world record in qualifying at the #TokyoOlympics, stopping the clock in 4:07.307 on the first day of the track cycling program
Follow the latest action from the #Olympics2021 trib.al/zNiv7EP (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)
LATEST: Simone Biles is back!
The 2016 Olympic champion will compete in the Olympic balance beam finals, after pulling out of four individual events to focus on her mental health trib.al/fPh1BCo#TokyoOlympics#OlympicGames (via AP)
It's Day 10 of #OlympicGames in Tokyo and 🇨🇳China is leading the medals tally with 27 gold followed by United States (20) and Japan (17).
🤸🏊♀️🛹 From gymnastics to skateboarding and swimming, see who’s winning the most medals➡️ trib.al/tBv3EmR#TokyoOlympics
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BREAKING: Indonesia becomes the second Asian nation to record over 100,000 Covid deaths trib.al/KWDTR7G
Indonesia joins 11 other countries — including Brazil and India — that have lost more than 100,000 lives in the pandemic that began last year, showing how the world’s epicenter for the virus is shifting beyond Europe and America to Southeast Asia trib.al/KWDTR7G
The Covid death toll has risen frighteningly fast for Indonesia.
More than a third of fatalities was recorded in July alone, when the highly transmissible delta variant took hold, overwhelming hospitals and depleting the supply of oxygen. More: trib.al/KWDTR7G
-A shot putter from Georgia tests positive for steroids and has been pulled from his event
-Cuba wins a surprise gold medal in the men’s canoe double 1,000 meters, ahead of China and Germany
JUST IN: Singapore is returning to lockdown mode for one month as virus cases rise, limiting groups to two people and making a planned travel bubble with Hong Kong unlikely trib.al/vX6uuKD
Singapore is returning to lockdown mode for one month as virus cases rise.
For four weeks, gathering sizes will be cut to a maximum of two people, working from home will be the default, and only takeaways and deliveries will be allowed for food places trib.al/5qRJQL7
BREAKING: Singapore's benchmark stock index slides as much as 2.6% after virus curbs are tightened trib.al/y5bR9Dz
JUST IN: Microsoft is in talks to acquire Discord, a video-game chat community, for more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter trib.al/qcDGtz7
Discord is known for its free service that lets gamers communicate by video, voice and text, and people stuck at home during the pandemic have increasingly used its technology for study groups, dance classes, book clubs and other virtual gatherings. More: trib.al/UslIWUh
Microsoft, which last year sought to buy social-media app TikTok and held talks to acquire Pinterest, has been shopping for assets that would provide access to thriving communities of users, sources say. More: trib.al/UslIWUh
BREAKING: China sets its economic growth target above 6% for the year at the opening of the National People’s Congress. The government pledges to add more than 11 million urban jobs trib.al/bcVsQDa
JUST IN: China plans 2021 budget deficit at 3.2% of gross domestic product, Premier Li Keqiang says at the National People's Congress. trib.al/NmPM0EO
LATEST: Here are other key highlights of the government’s work report from the first day of China's National People's Congress trib.al/HpjyD61
BREAKING: Drugmaker AstraZeneca pulls out of a call with governments on coronavirus vaccine delays, according to European Union officials trib.al/sCSaBNK
LATEST: A spokesperson for AstraZeneca says the company still plans to join a vaccine call Wednesday evening, contradicting a statement minutes earlier by an European Commission spokeswoman bloom.bg/3psgLV6
The European Commission says that a crunch call over vaccine-delivery delays with AstraZeneca has been canceled after the drugmaker pulled out, a claim the company disputes bloom.bg/3psgLV6