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One of China’s biggest stars, rapper and former EXO member, Kris Wu, has been dropped by dozens of major brands after more than 20 women, some underage, said he had lured them into having sex with him.
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Water type Pokémon, Vaporeon, has been appointed by Japan’s government as the official ambassador for Water Day.
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After Great Britain’s women’s soccer team took a knee before its Olympics match, women’s soccer teams from around the world have been participating in the protest movement.
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The Norwegian women’s handball team have been fined 150 euros each for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms at a match.
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Olivia Breen, a two-time Paralympic champion from Wales, has spoken out after an official said the sprint brief she wore to a long jump competition were “too short and inappropriate.”
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Days of torrential rain – reportedly the worst in 1,000 years – have hit Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province in central China, causing extreme flooding that has left at least 18 people dead and forced more than 200,000 people to leave their homes.
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Germany’s Olympic soccer team walked off the pitch during a friendly match against Honduras after a Black German player was allegedly racially abused.
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Northern Irish gymnast Rhys Mcclenaghan has debunked a myth that the beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village, which are made of recyclable cardboard, are “anti-sex” in a video that has gone viral.
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At least 212 people have been killed and more than 2,500 people arrested in South Africa after days of violent riots and looting sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.
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Calvin Krause told Almost he came up with the idea while browsing YouTube and didn’t expect to go viral.
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Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko has disappeared in Japan ahead of the Olympics, leaving only a note saying he didn’t want to go back to Uganda as life was too difficult there.
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Dozens of LGBT WeChat accounts run by university students have been blocked and deleted off the Chinese social media platform.