- Reuters
Insurers face 'mind-blowingly' large loss if Olympics cancelled
Insurers are facing a $2-3 billion loss if the Tokyo Olympics are cancelled this year, amounting to the largest ever claim in the global event cancellation market, brokers say. With less than six months until the Games are due to start, the competition will top the agenda when the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board meets this week. The IOC and Japanese organisers have been adamant that another postponement isn't an option.
- The Independent
Minority ethnic communities are reluctant to take the vaccine after years of distrust and discrimination
Once trust in public bodies has been lost, it is difficult to regain it
- Yahoo News UK
Schoolboy turns garden into ski jump in hope of making Winter Olympics
George Brown, 13, and his dad converted their garden in Birmingham.
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