Month: August 2021

USA’s Simone Biles watches the artistic gymnastics women’s team final on July 27. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images) It’s Tuesday, August 3, the 11th official day of Tokyo 2020. Here’s what you … Read More

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower as jitters about the fast spread of the coronavirus’s delta variant dented enthusiasm about strong corporate profits By JOE McDONALD AP Business … Read More

How Laurel Hubbard was a promising weightlifter as a teenage boy long before transitioning and aiming for Olympic glory as a woman By Ross Ibbetson and Brittany Chain For Daily … Read More

Olympic rules for letting transgender women compete will be CHANGED after Tokyo, officials say – as Laurel Hubbard’s weightlifting defeat sparks fresh rows over whether it WAS fair for her … Read More

‘I have never called anyone f****t in my personal life’: Matt Damon says he ‘stands with the LGBTQ+ community’ after backlash over his use of the homophobic slur in a … Read More

People should be able to declare themselves ‘Black English’ on the census says Labour MP David Lammy Tottenham MP said absence of option showed a lack of racial equality in … Read More

William and Kate’s neighbour in Norfolk is jailed after breaking into a house and stealing knickers and a sex toy Joseph Melhado was sentenced to two years in prison for … Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House moved Monday to pressure state and local governments to swiftly adopt policies to protect renters after an eviction moratorium expired over the weekend, potentially pushing … Read More

After spending the past weekend focused on the ending federal eviction moratorium and frightening predictions that a wave of pent-up evictions is imminent and will mostly effect lower income Americans … Read More

Now axe amber COMPLETELY: Tory MPs and 300 travel firm bosses tell Boris Johnson to tear up his traffic light system and let foreign holidays take off – with sales … Read More