Author: News Desk

The Telegraph says the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has been plunged into turmoil after the show director was fired over a joke he made about the Holocaust

The Times says the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympics was fired today over a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

The Mirror says: In the words of Greta Thunberg, ‘we’re at the beginning of a climate and ecological emergency’ and, across the globe, wildfires, fatal floods, roasting temperatures and our Met Office’s first heat warning suggest the young activist is not wrong.

The i says the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has reportedly banned taking the knee from appearing on its social media channel.

VOA says the U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a month ago

The Mirror says: Tokyo 2020 organisers had asked for a man and woman from each team for the ceremony which will take place tomorrow in the Japanese capital city.

TRT World says hundreds of workers have fled businesses in northern Haiti after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated president Jovenel Moise

Aljazeera says Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts

The Mirror says: The future king, who turns eight today, was snapped by proud mum Kate Middleton during a family break to Norfolk – she has become an accomplished photographer.

Arab News says at least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages