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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kick off with fireworks | South China Morning Post

Tokyo welcomed the beginning of the Paralympics on August 24, 2021, with fireworks. Organisers said the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium was attended by about 3,400 members of team delegations, other guests of honour and members of the media. But no spectators were allowed inside as part of Japan’s efforts to…

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Fleeing Kabul: Female Afghan wheelchair basketball captain’s journey to Spain | South China Morning Post

Afraid of being targeted by the Taliban, Nilofar Bayat, captain of Afghanistan’s female wheelchair basketball team, fled to Spain with her husband, Ramesh, on August 20, 2021. The Spanish government promised to try to evacuate the couple after a journalist shared their story on Twitter. The 28-year-old has also been…

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Hong Kong burglar climbs scaffolding to 10th-floor flat to steal handbag with pole and hook | South China Morning Post

Home security-camera footage has gone viral on social media showing a masked man in Hong Kong using a bamboo pole, fitted with a metal hook, to steal a handbag from a 10th-floor flat, on August 22, 2021. In the footage, the burglar is seen standing on what is believed to be construction scaffolding outside the livin…

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