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- North and South Korea agree to restore communication channels, improve ties
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- Reconciliation is getting to know one another': Mary Simon becomes Canada's first Indigenous Governor General
- Afghan troops retake key northern district from Taliban, including Uzbekistan border crossing
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- Bermuda wins its first-ever Olympic gold after nearly 100 years of trying
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Google News
- We are now in crisis mode': Mayor of Florida county home to Disney World sounds alarm on surging Covid cases
- Lydia Jacoby earns stunning 100m breaststroke gold, beats Lilly King
- US teen Lydia Jacoby wins gold medal in 100 breaststroke at Tokyo Olympics, pulling off huge upset
- Koreas agree to restore communication channels, improve ties
- Ariarne Titmus wins 200m free semi, will face Katie Ledecky for gold
- North and South Korea agree to restore communication channels, improve ties
- Elon Musk says he's done with regular earnings calls. Tesla investors are better off
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- Two men charged Monday in unrelated non-fatal shootings in St. Paul
- Medical examiner investigating after inmate dies at St. Croix County Jail
- India's ShareChat raises $145 million from Temasek, others at near $3 billion valuation
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Australia's Victoria to lift COVID-19 curbs, Sydney cases rise +++ Quotes: North, South Korea restore hotlines, pledge to improve ties +++ South, North Korea have restored once-severed hotline -Blue House +++ South, North Korea have restored hotlines as leaders seek to rebuild ties +++ Australia's Victoria to ease COVID-19 curbs, Sydney cases rise +++ Verdict expected in trial of 1st person charged under Hong Kong security law +++ Fresh skirmishes slow U.S. Senate bipartisan infrastructure talks +++ Trial of first person charged under Hong Kong security law +++ Fuel tanker owned by Mexico's Pemex on its way to Cuba -data, sources +++ Britney Spears' lawyer seeks conservator to replace singer's father +++ Britney Spears' lawyer seeks to oust singer's father from conservatorship
Australia's Victoria to lift COVID-19 curbs, Sydney cases rise +++ Quotes: North, South Korea restore hotlines, pledge to improve ties +++ South, North Korea have restored once-severed hotline -Blue House +++ South, North Korea have restored hotlines as leaders seek to rebuild ties +++ Australia's Victoria to ease COVID-19 curbs, Sydney cases rise +++ Verdict expected in trial of 1st person charged under Hong Kong security law +++ Fresh skirmishes slow U.S. Senate bipartisan infrastructure talks +++ Trial of first person charged under Hong Kong security law +++ Fuel tanker owned by Mexico's Pemex on its way to Cuba -data, sources +++ Britney Spears' lawyer seeks conservator to replace singer's father +++ Britney Spears' lawyer seeks to oust singer's father from conservatorship NY Times
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AP News
- Koreas restore communication channels, agree to improve ties
- Streak ends: Americans finally lose Olympic backstroke race
- Olympics Latest: Bermuda's Flora Duffy wins triathlon gold
- Without the crowd's roar, Tokyo Olympians search for spirit
- Biden says US combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end
- Moderna expanding kids vaccine study to better assess safety
- Singer Pink backs beach handball team on 'sexist' clothing
- Peru's new first family leaving behind rural, Andean home
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CNN
- January 6 committee opening is crucial chance to correct Trump's lies
- Analysis: Will reality ever sink in for riot-deniers? January 6 hearing will be a test
- Kansas City Chiefs plan to keep nickname but retire mascot 'Warpaint'
- Staff at a Florida hospital say they are hearing panic, fear and regret from unvaccinated Covid-19 patients
- GOP Governor gets booed for telling truth about vaccine
- Cuomo presses GOP lawmaker on why he isn't vaccinated
- Biden administration to resume fast-track deportation procedure for migrant families
- We are now in crisis mode': Mayor of Florida county home to Disney World sounds alarm on surging Covid cases
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- California And NYC Public Employees, As Well As VA Health Workers, Have New Vaccine Mandates
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Huffington Post
- White House Says Travel Bans To Remain For Now As Delta Variant Surges
- Parkland Survivor Says QAnon Convinced His Dad Shooting Was A Hoax: Report
- Last Victim ID'd In Florida Condo Building Collapse, Says Family
- Former Sen. Barbara Boxer Assaulted, Robbed In California
- Britney Spears's New Lawyer Petitions To Remove Father As Conservator
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- Mike Lindell Confirms He Has No Understanding Of U.S. Constitution
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked For Claiming Vaccine Mandates Are 'Segregation'
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Axios
- North and South Korea restart hotline and pledge to improve ties
- U.S. teen Lydia Jacoby wins Olympic gold medal in 100m breaststroke at Tokyo Games
- Pelosi expected to extend proxy voting as Delta variant surges
- Jan. 6 panel to paint haunting scene of Capitol attack with graphic footage
- Bipartisan infrastructure bill reaches do-or-die as infighting breaks out ahead of deadline
- Peter Thiel floods 2022 GOP races with cash, makes candidates an easy target
- Tunisia's democracy in the balance after president's power grab
- House rejects GOP effort to seat McCarthy's choices for Jan. 6 select panel
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Digg
- The 'Sex And The City' Reboot Is Already Chaotic
- Unwrapping Buzz Aldrin's Visor In Moon Photo Reveals What He Saw
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- Fareed Zakaria Makes The Case For Optimism About American Democracy
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- Levar Burton Explains Why He Should Host 'Jeopardy!'
- Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI
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Vice
- Philippines’ First Olympic Gold Isn't Just a Sporting Victory. It Represents Much More
- Britney Spears Is Trying to Kick Her Dad Jamie Spears Off Her Conservatorship ... Again
- There's a Mega Sale on Le Creuset Stuff Right Now and We Want Everything
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- A Dust Storm Just Caused One of the Deadliest Car Crashes in Utah Ever
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Medium
- How to Be Less Helpless
- Tucker Carlson Has Made This Bed
- How Do Abuse, Trauma and Adversity Negatively Affect Our Mental Health
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- The power of asking, ‘Is there a better way?’
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Mother Jones
- A Dose of Radical History
- We’ve Unmasked the Oath Keepers’ January 6 “Operations Leader”
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- Armed Standoffs With the Government, “Uber Militias,” and Ammon Bundy’s Run to Be Idaho’s Next Governor
- Banks Really Don’t Like Biden’s Push to Make It Easier to Move Your Money
- Anthony Fauci Warns US Is Headed in “Wrong Direction” on Covid-19
- Republicans Can’t Hide From a Bipartisan January 6 Investigation
- The US Men’s Basketball Team Lost to France and Here’s Why That Could Be Good
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The Guardian
- Tunisia president imposes curfew amid coup accusations
- South and North Korea restore hotline after a year on hold
- Lawyer Steven Donziger found guilty of withholding evidence in Chevron case
- Jeff Bezos offers Nasa $2bn in exchange for moon mission contract
- Thailand’s hospitals under pressure as Covid crisis deepens
- Tokyo Olympics 2020: women’s triathlon, swimming, tennis and more
- This is no ordinary spying. Our most intimate selves are now exposed
- Final victim of Florida condo collapse identified by relative
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BBC
- Contaminated blood inquiry: Former health minister Clarke to give evidence
- North and South Korea restore communication hotline
- Boris Johnson pledges to target drug abuse in anti-crime push
- John Stonehouse: Bizarre tale of the MP who faked his own death
- How Amy Winehouse's legacy is helping women in addiction recovery
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Washington Post
- China may be having a harder time with Biden than with Trump
- Businessman Najib Mikati becomes Lebanon’s latest prime minister-designate
- Israel’s spat with Ben & Jerry’s overshadows its spyware scandal
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Politico
- Africa wants to produce a coronavirus vaccine
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- Biden team weighs return to mask mandates in some states
- Government leaders to their workers: Get vaccinated or get tested
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The Daily Beast
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ABC News
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- Seoul says leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to restore suspended communication channels and improve ties
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- Over 50 major health care organizations call for mandating vaccines in their industry
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CBS
- What we know about the "unprecedented" Capitol riot arrests
- Teen Lydia Jacoby nabs first U.S. women's swimming gold in Tokyo
- 7/26: Red and Blue
- CBS Evening News, July 26, 2021
- How a CBS News correspondent's anxiety almost cost him his voice
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- Britney Spears files to remove her father as conservator
- Jet fuel shortages hit Western airports
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CNBC
- Global shipping industry disrupted again, this time by floods in Europe and China
- Inflation and delta risks are contributing to a critical 'inflection point' on Wall Street, longtime bull warns
- Tesla records $23 million in bitcoin-related impairments after cryptocurrency's second-quarter plunge
- Final missing person identified in Florida condo collapse, bringing death toll to 98
- Olympics ratings rebound following the drop in opening ceremonies viewership
- The internet is far from being accessible for all people with disabilities, advocate says
- Stock futures open flat ahead of Big Tech earnings
- Facebook creates exec team to work on Mark Zuckerberg's vision for a digital universe
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NPR
- Bermuda Wins Olympic Gold. It Has The Smallest Population To Ever Do That
- A Group Of Michigan Lawmakers Used Coronavirus Relief Funds For $65,000 In Bonuses
- Coronavirus FAQ: I'm Vaccinated. I Thought I Could Give Up Masks! But ... Should I?
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- U.S. Women's Gymnastics And Softball Teams Face Olympic Showdowns Early Tuesday
- A Lawsuit Against Jan. 6 Rally Speakers Forces DOJ To Consider Who's Legally Immune
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LA Times
- After feds drop charges against Chinese scholars, new concerns about racial profiling
- FBI breached rights of Beverly Hills safe deposit box holders, judge rules
- Barbara Boxer assaulted, robbed of cellphone in Oakland
- Newsom calls out the unvaccinated, blasts Tucker Carlson for COVID-19 misinformation
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- California's new vaccination proof requirement: What you need to know
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- California government, health workers must show proof of vaccination or be regularly tested
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Salon
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- Kevin McCarthy under mounting pressure to punish Republicans who join January 6 commission
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Euronews
- Biden says US combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end
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- US maintains restrictions on European travel amid virus surge
- Canada's first indigenous Governor General has been sworn in
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- North Macedonia: Four ex-leaders convicted of organising 2017 attack on parliament
- Russian authorities block dozens of websites linked to Alexei Navalny
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Newsweek
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The Intercept
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Drudge Report
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Fox News
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The Blaze
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- Sen. Hawley seeks to combat critical race theory, foster patriotism with the 'Love America Act of 2021'
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- California mandates state employees and health care workers get vaccinated
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Vox
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Slate
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Business Insider
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The Atlantic
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Time
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PBS Newshour
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Google Business
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Forbes
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FiveThirtyEight
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FastCompany
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Metafilter
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Smithsonian
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Atlas Obscura
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Scientific American
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TMZ
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Variety
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Rolling Stone
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July 27
Sports
- 2020 Summer Olympics, Bermuda at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Bermudian triathlete Flora Duffy wins the Women's event, making Bermuda the least populous nation to have ever won a Summer Olympic gold medal. (Reuters)
July 26
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- United Nations representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons implores the Afghan government and the Taliban to protect civilians as a UN report shows a sharp increase in civilians being killed. 1,300 civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed so far this year. (DW)
- Forty-six Afghan National Army soldiers, including five officers, flee into neighbouring Pakistan after abandoning their military posts on the the border amid Taliban advances. (The Express Tribune)
- 2021 Taliban offensive
- Taliban insurgency
- American-led intervention in Iraq
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces that U.S. combat forces will leave Iraq by the end of the year, although some troops will remain to "train and advise" the Iraqi military. (BBC)
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
- 2021 Tunisian political crisis
- The army surrounds the parliament and prevents its Speaker Rached Ghannouchi from entering. President Kais Saied earlier dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and froze the activities of the parliament for 30 days. (Reuters)
- Police storm and raid the headquarters of news outlet Al Jazeera in Tunis, as clashes continue outside the building. (Al Jazeera)
- The main opposition Islamist Ennahda Movement accuses President Saied of staging a coup as clashes between the President's supporters and Islamist protesters continue in the capital Tunis. An Ennahda office is also burned down in the city of Tozeur. (BBC)
- Insurgency in North East India
- Five policemen are killed and more than 50 people are wounded in the Indian state of Assam during clashes with Mizoram due to a border dispute. (Al Jazeera)
- 2021 Madagascar food crisis
- USAID announces a $7.5 million donation to be used for feeding people and treating children and pregnant women suffering from malnutrition in southern Madagascar. The country is experiencing its worst drought the past 40 years, with more than one million people on the verge of famine. (US embassy Madagascar)
- Thirteen people are killed and 45 others are injured when a long-distance bus rolls over on the G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway in Jingchuan County, Gansu, China. (Xinhua News Agency)
- A dust storm causes a 20-vehicle pileup on Interstate 15 in the U.S. state of Utah, killing eight people and injuring several others, some of whom are in critical condition, according to a statement from the Utah Highway Patrol. (CNN) (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
- South Korea begins vaccinations for people between the ages of 55 and 59 as the country experiences a fourth wave of COVID-19. (CNA)
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia eases their community activities restrictions and allows non-essential traditional markets, warungs, street food vendors, and some shopping malls as well as other small businesses to reopen with strict health measures despite warnings that further loosening could contribute to another wave of COVID-19. (The Guardian)
- Indonesia reports a record 40,374 recoveries from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of recoveries to 2.54 million. (detikNews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
- Iran reports a record 31,814 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.72 million. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan reports a record 6,637 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 535,906. (AKIPress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record 207 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,201. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 15,376 new cases of COVID-19, and surpasses 500,000 cases of the virus. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City imposes a strict overnight curfew from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 cases. (Radio France Internationale)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
- Croatia restricts the number of gatherings to 50 people for those who are unvaccinated and 1,000 people for those who are vaccinated in five coastal counties in Adriatic Croatia until August 15 in order to prevent the introduction of restrictions for travellers returning from the country. (Croatia Week)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
- Pubs and restaurants are allowed to resume their indoor service across Ireland for the first time since March 2020, although customers must have official proof that they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 within the last 180 days. (BBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia approves the clinical trial of the combined AstraZeneca and Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. (Yahoo! News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs announces that they will require vaccinations for healthcare workers, becoming the first agency to do so. (The New York Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in California
- California announces that the state will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. (Los Angeles Daily Times)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
- COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
- Venezuela enters a "radical quarantine" for one week in order to reduce the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. (El Confidencial)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea
- The Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea announces the closure of the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom after the British government sanctioned Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue over his "lavish lifestyle". The Minister said that Equatorial Guinea "will not allow interference in internal affairs". (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- The French Parliament approves a law that requires all healthcare workers to receive a vaccine by September 15 as well as the adoption of a "Health Pass" that will allow residents to travel on trains and airplanes, and enter restaurants and some public venues. The law can be applied until November 15 depending on the COVID-19 situation and will also apply to children over the age of 12 beginning on September 30. (France 24)
- 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
- The Parliament of Malaysia reopens for the first time after a seven-month suspension due to the COVID-19-related state of emergency, which will expire on August 1. (Nikkei Asia)
- Mary Simon is officially sworn in as the 30th governor general of Canada. She is the first Indigenous person to hold the office. (CBC)
- Najib Mikati is designated by the Lebanese parliament to be the new prime minister, succeeding caretaker prime minister Hassan Diab. (Reuters)
- 2020 Summer Olympics
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- The Dutch rowing team self-isolates after rower Finn Florijn and team coach Josy Verdonkschot tested positive for COVID-19. (Barron's)
- Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz wins the Women's 55 kg event, recieving the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medal. (Reuters)
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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