Olympic

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming...

By Gayle Issa and Parniyan Zemaryalai (Reuters) - A diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics over human rights in China...

BEIJING (Reuters) -The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the "expected controllable range" despite increasing positive cases...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Athletes considering staging political protests during the Beijing 2022 Winter Games will have to...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's parliament adopted a rare resolution on Tuesday on what it called the "serious human...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A ban on fireworks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics helped China's capital record its cleanest air...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) -During the past four days China has detected 119 COVID-19 cases among athletes and personnel...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -China's foreign ministry and an official newspaper have accused the United States of planning...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Chinese presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will spend a "lot of time" discussing security...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said the United Nations human rights chief is welcome to visit Xinjiang but not...

By Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following...

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department is considering whether to authorize departures for American diplomats and their...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital Beijing ramped up efforts to curb COVID-19 infections, ordering checks among cold-chain firms and urging...

By Alexandre Loureiro RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Hundreds of heavily-armed police occupied the Jacarezinho neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the United Nations' human rights office to release its assessment of China's...

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's President Andrzej Duda will attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, a...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will brief his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Moscow's talks with NATO when...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tickets for the Winter Olympics set to begin on Feb. 4 will be distributed to "targeted" groups...