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Paris 2024: Tamirat Tola Wins Marathon with Olympic Record
Tamirat Tola from Ethiopia emerged victorious in the marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, setting a new Olympic record by finishing the race in 2:06:26, breaking Samuel Wanjiru’s 2008 record of 2:06:32 from Kenya.
Olympic Games: Petrounias wins bronze on rings and makes History – Watch video
From Rio to Tokyo and now Paris! The 33-year-old Lefteris Petrounias, a medal collector and king of the rings, has done it again!
Rio works to make carnival safer for women
Avoid being alone in a crowd, opt for canned drinks over potentially drugged cocktails, scan a QR code to access emergency resources as Rio enters carnival season, there has been a flood of advice on how women can stay safe.
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Brazil holds first carnival since COVID
After two long years without its frenetic festival of sparkling sequins, sultry samba and towering floats, Rio de Janeiro is holding its famed carnival parades for the first time since COVID-19 hit Brazil.
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Tiršek wins second medal at Tokyo Paralympics
Tokyo – Shooter Franček Gorazd Tiršek won bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle prone event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday in what is the second medal for him and Slovenia at the ongoing games.
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WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems
With nearly 30,000 dead in Brazil and more than 10,000 dead in Mexico, the novel coronavirus epidemic threatens to shatter hospital systems across Latin America- while France, which is emerging from a similar nightmare scenario, begins on June 2 a gradual return to normalcy.
Citizens, businesses largely abiding by anti-smoking law
It was long in coming but widespread enforcement of the anti-smoking law now appears to be a reality in Greece.
The data collected jointly by the National Transparency Authority and Greek Police from inspections indicates that the overwhelming majority of citizens and businesses are complying with the law.
Rio-Antirrio Bridge traffic increases 9.7 pct
Vehicle traffic on the 2,880-meter-long Rio-Antirrio Bridge in western Greece rose 9.7 percent in the 12 months from July 2017 to June 2018, compared to an increase of 8.6 percent a year earlier, according to data published by Gefyra SA, the consortium that manages and maintains the bridge.
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Small quake rattles Patra in the afternoon
A mild tremor shook the city of Patra in northwestern Peloponnese on Tuesday afternoon, without any damage reported.
The earthquake measured 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, with its epicenter being the heart of the biggest city of the Peloponnese. It took place at 12.47 p.m. Greek time.
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