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Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses to resign


Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses to resign
By Sakura Murakami
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori apologised on Thursday for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, as his remarks sparked a storm of criticism on social media and risked tainting public opinion of the Games.
Mori, 83, apologised at a hastily called news conference, but when pressed on whether he really thought women talked too much, he said: “I don’t listen to women that much lately so I don’t know”.
The hashtag “Mori, please resign” was trending on Twitter in Japan on Thursday and some users on the platform were calling on sponsors to pressure the Tokyo organising committee into dropping Mori from the top post. ....

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Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses...


When pressed, Mori says doesn’t listen to women
Social media firestorm, calls for Mori’s resignation
Critics say comments erode public trust in Games (Updates with IOC response)
By Sakura Murakami
Mori, 83, apologised at a hastily called news conference, but when pressed on whether he really thought women talked too much, he said: “I don’t listen to women that much lately so I don’t know”.
The hashtag “Mori, please resign” was trending on Twitter in Japan on Thursday and some users on the platform were calling on sponsors to pressure the Tokyo organising committee into dropping Mori from the top post. ....

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Through The Lens: A look back at 2020 by Straits Times and international photographers


The Straits Times
Through The Lens: A look back at 2020 by Straits Times and international photographers
Photo exhibition Through The Lens will feature ST photojournalists coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Singapore, as well as photos submitted for the 2020 World Press Photo competition.ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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Get a close-up look at images of Singapore's fight against Covid-19


Thinking about it now, it is still hard to imagine that a city like ours, open 24 hours a day, could just stop like that, he said.
The exhibition also features the work of Mr Kevin Lim and Ms Neo Xiaobin, who were present on the front-line fight against the virus, photographing the hard and dangerous work of the nurses and doctors of the Covid-19 wards.
The couple, who have a young son, had to grapple with the ethical responsibilities that came with covering the disease close up.
Especially at the beginning, everything was happening so fast and we were worried every day about our families, and our little guy at home, said Mr Lim, who has been with ST for 11 years. ....

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