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Mongolian sumo wrestler Terunofuji G.Gan-Erdene promoted to Yokozuna www.montsame.mn

Mongolian sumo wrestler Terunofuji G.Gan-Erdene was officially named sumo’s 73rd Yokozuna, the sport’s highest rank, today.
The decision was unanimously made by the Board of Directors of the Japan Sumo Association during its extraordinary meeting held today.
The 29-year-old Mongolian sumo wrestler Terunofuji G.Gan-Erdene won his first-ever title at the 2015 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, securing his first promotion to Ozeki. However, he demoted from the rank and dropped down to a lower division as his knee injuries prominently affected his performances. He earned back his Ozeki title in about two years by continuously climbing through the rankings.
He finished the recent Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record.
With the decision, he becomes the first wrestler in four-and-a-half years to be promoted to Yokozuna, following Kisenosato, who has retired.
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Olympics: Tokyo 2020 chief does not rule out cancelling Games www.bbc.com

The head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee has not ruled out cancelling the Olympic Games.
Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold "discussions" if necessary.
More than 70 people associated with the Games have tested positive ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.
His comments came on the same day International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said cancellation was "never an option".
Earlier this month, Japan announced the Games would go ahead in empty stadiums - despite growing concern over the Covid situation.
"We will continue discussions if there is a spike in cases," said Mr Muto when asked at a press conference if the Games might be cancelled even at this late stage.
"At this point, the coronavirus cases may rise or fall, so we will think about what we should do when the situation arises."
Although the Games don't officially begin until Friday, the sporting action has kicked off with the women's softball and football competitions starting on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, two South African footballers staying in the athletes' village tested positive for coronavirus. A Czech beach volleyball player later tested positive for the virus.
A total of 71 people accredited for the Tokyo Olympics, including those accredited for the Games, have now tested positive for the virus.
The 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It's the first delay in the 124-year modern history of the Games.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is due to be held on 23 July, though the first event of the Games - a softball game between Japan and Australia - took place on Wednesday.
The Olympics will end on 8 August, with the Paralympic Games due to start on 24 August and to end on 5 September.
But there has been public anger over coronavirus restrictions.
People in Japan are also concerned about the influx of tens of thousands of people associated with the event and the impact they could have on infection rates.
Host city Tokyo is facing a fresh surge of infections, with 1,387 cases recorded on Tuesday.
Japan is currently under a state of emergency which will be in place until 22 August.
Organisers are "concentrating 100% on delivering successful Games", a Tokyo 2020 spokesperson said after Mr Muto's comments on Tuesday.
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US High-Level Diplomat Visits Japan, South Korea, Mongolia www.thediplomat.com

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is making a tour of East Asia this week. She is currently in Japan, where she will take part in bilateral meetings as well as a trilateral discussion involving the vice foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea. From Tokyo, Sherman will travel to South Korea and then on to Mongolia.
“Throughout the trip, the Deputy Secretary will reaffirm the U.S. commitment to working with allies and partners to promote peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and to upholding the international rules-based order,” the State Department said in its travel announcement. Predictably, COVID-19 and climate change will also feature high on the agenda during all three stops.
Sherman has already met with her Japanese counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo. According to the State Department read-out, the two discussed a wide range of issues, from the Japan-U.S. alliance to North Korea, Myanmar, climate change, COVID-19, and securing supply chains.
Next up is a trilateral meeting involving Sherman, Mori, and South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun. North Korea will be a major focus of that meeting, but “climate change and global health” will be on the agenda as well, representing the Biden administration’s bid to elevate trilateral cooperation beyond the narrow field of security. The talks, however, will have to overcome severe strains in Japan-South Korea relations, as evidenced by Korean President Moon Jae-in’s decision not to visit Tokyo for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games later this week.
Mongolia, another East Asian democracy, will be Sherman’s next stop. Despite keen interest in Ulaanbaatar to expand cooperation with the United States, particularly trade, Washington has not devoted as much attention to the relationship. A planned stop-over by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in October 2020 was cancelled after then-President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19. As deputy secretary of state, Sherman’s visit won’t have quite the same heft, but it is still the most senior visit from a U.S. State Department official since 2016.
However, Sherman will have to tread carefully in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia is not keen to be drawn into the China-U.S. competition and will be ultra-sensitive to any suggestion that Washington is seeking to make Mongolia take sides. Sherman’s stated goals “to promote peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and [uphold] the international rules-based order” may sound benign, but that language has taken on the baggage of containing implied digs at China.
China’s Xi Jinping called Mongolia’s new President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa on July 16 to reinforce that “China and Mongolia are friendly neighbors” and should work together “to strengthen coordination and cooperation, uphold true multilateralism, and build a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation.”
Despite previous reporting that Sherman would also be making a stop-over in China – perhaps even to discuss a potential summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping – that does not appear to have materialized. When U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price was asked on July 19 whether Sherman was going to visit China, he pointed reporters to the previous trip announcement, which did not include China on the itinerary.
Price continued:
We make announcements [on travel] only once and if we determine that a visit has the potential to be just that, to be substantive, to be constructive for our purposes and for our interests. We have been clear that we will engage the PRC [People’s Republic of China] when it is – when it is in our interests, and when – and will do so in a practical, substantive, and direct manner, and that remains the case.
Price refused – despite substantial pressure from the reporter – to definitively rule out a China trip, however, which might suggest that talks are still underway. China would be the last stop for Sherman on this trip, so there is still room in her schedule if a breakthrough is made. She is currently scheduled to depart Ulaanbaatar for Washington, D.C. on July 25.
It seems unlikely that Beijing is keen to welcome a U.S. diplomat at the moment. Last week, the U.S. rolled out new sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong, and just on Monday Washington spearheaded joint statements with its allies denouncing China’s “irresponsible, disruptive, and destabilizing behavior in cyberspace.”
The Financial Times reported that Sherman declined to visit China after Beijing refused her request to meet with Le Yucheng, the second-ranking figure in China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and thus her most direct counterpart. Instead, “China offered a meeting with Xie Feng, the number five foreign ministry official who is responsible for US affairs,” FT reported.
BY: Shannon Tiezzi
Shannon Tiezzi is Editor at The Diplomat.
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Mongolia's COVID-19 tally tops 150,000 www.xinhuanet.com

July 21 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's COVID-19 tally rose to 151,230 after 1,497 new cases were reported over the past 24 hours, its health ministry said on Wednesday.
Of the latest confirmed cases, 18 were imported cases, and the rest were local infections, the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, four more deaths and 3,646 more recoveries were reported, taking the respective totals to 776 and 141,248.
The Asian country launched a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in late February, aiming to cover at least 60 percent of its population of 3.3 million.
So far, 57.2 percent of the country's total population have been fully vaccinated.
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Mongolia continues to dominate Japanese Sumo, with Hakuho Victory www.news.mn

After years of injuries, the two behemoths Hakuho and Terunofuji both went 14-0 in the July 2021 Nagoya Grand Sumo Wrestling Tournament. The two, both undefeated and multi-time tournament champions, would face each other in this tournament final. At 36 years of age, after an exciting and quick final match, the Yokozuna Hakuho was able to defeat the younger Terunofuji. Both top sumo wrestlers competing in the final were born in Mongolia. For the past 20 years, the ancient Japanese martial art of sumo wrestling has been dominated by Mongolians.
The Mongolian sumo wrestler Hakuho, with his most recent tournament victory, now holds the record for most career championships at an amazing 45. Sumo wrestling hosts six grand tournaments (Honbasho) per year. However, Hakuho recently had to withdrawal from the six previous tournaments due to injury.
“Before the tournament, I never expected to win the championship with a record of no defeats at this age. I’m just relieved.” Hakuho said as he was receiving the Emperor’s Cup, “But with this victory, I am feeling I can fight again.” Hakuho finished July’s Honbasho going 15-0.
In that time, the younger Terunofuji would begin to win more tournaments and nearly get a promotion to Yokozuna – the highest rank a sumo wrestler can achieve. Terunofuji had won a tournament in 2015, but due to injuries would see a series of losses and be demoted to a lower division. Impressively, Terunofuji would make a huge comeback and win three more tournaments, two being in a row. If Terunofuji had remained undefeated and won this fifth tournament over Hakuho, Terunofuji would be nearly guaranteed to become a Yokozuna.
“The reason I lost was that I was not good enough,” Terunofuji, the runner-up, continued. “I did all I could. Going forward I want to get better.”
There are many benefits and prestige with becoming a Yokozuna, and it is not an easy task. Currently, in sumo wrestling, there is only one active Yokozuna, and that is Mongolia’s Hakuho. And since 1998 there has only been one Yokozuna who was from Japan.
From 2007 to 2015, a competitor from Japan did not win a single sumo wrestling tournament. In that time, there would have been 48 tournaments and nearly all the winners were from Mongolia, with some exceptions to other nations, but none from Japan.
And since 2015 the numbers have begun to improve slightly for Japan. The year 2016 would see Japanese competitors take two tournament victories. And since 2016 to today, there have been 33 tournaments and Japanese competitors have been able to capture 13 victories. However, only one Japanese sumo would be able to get a promotion to Yokozuna. (mmasucka)
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Cabinet meeting reviews COVID-19 situation in Mongolia www.montsame.mn

At the cabinet’s irregular meeting dated July 20, Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan delivered a presentation on the current state of coronavirus infections and measures underway in Mongolia.
As of July 19, 64.8 percent of around 3.2 million total population of Mongolia has received the first dose of vaccines against COVID-19 and 56.6 percent has gotten the second jab.
The State Emergency Commission has allowed the normal operations of a total of 2,510 business enterprises and individuals, including hotels, resorts, tourist camps, some types of bars and night clubs, restaurants, saunas and gyms, etc, by establishing responsibly agreements with them that requires strict compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines.
Studies have been underway on different variants of COVID-19 and it was reported at the meeting that an imported case of the Delta variant of coronavirus was detected in Mongolia in May 2021, with the patient taken under isolation and was treated.
Minister of Health S.Enkhbold informed that two of 13 samples that had been sent to the Columbia University under the research by the Ministry of Health, National Center for Communicable Diseases and Onom Foundation were Delta variants. Also, another one sample tested at the local Intermed Hospital early July was found with Delta variant. However, the Health Minister highlighted at the meeting that the aforementioned samples’ testing is not all completed for approval yet.
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MNT 3 trillion loaned as part of MNT 10 trillion Plan for Health Protection and Economic Recovery www.montsame.mn

At the Cabinet’s regular meeting on July 20, Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan gave a progress report on the ‘MNT 10 trillion Comprehensive Plan for Health Protection and Economic Recovery’.
As of July 19, loans totaling MNT 3 trillion 183.5 billion have been issued as part of the plan that was launched in March, saving 204,209 jobs.
Exports have increased by 4.4 percent compared the same period of 2019 and by 45.1 percent compared to the same period of 2020. In imports, there has been a 8.5 percent increase compared to the same period of 2019 and 29.6 percent increase compared to the same period of 2020.
At the cabinet meeting, the Prime minister gave instructions to the ministers to set up working groups to support the economy during the pandemic and make preparations for fall and draft export and housing support laws.
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‘Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia’ project to be implemented with EUR 4.2 mln from EU www.montsame.mn

Minister of Environment and Tourism N.Urtnasan and Resident Representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Mongolia Vinod Ahuja discussed the ‘Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia’ (STREAM) project to be co-implemented by the sides with funding support from the European Union.
The EUR 4.2 million project aims at increasing the capacity of Mongolian communities to implement innovative and sustainable long-term landscape management to address food system challenges and climate stresses and to achieve its objective, the STREAM project will work in two fields of action.
FAO will focus its support on mainstreaming climate change adaptation into the agricultural landscape management to increase agricultural productivity, sustainability and value addition using EUR 1.65 million. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH will concentrate its support on improving capacity for sustainable landscape management of forest resources and conservation of biodiversity using EUR 2.6 million.
On the local level, the project will be implemented in Umnudelger, Binder, and Bayan-Adarga soums of Khentii aimag and Yeruu, Mandal, and Javkhlant soums of Selenge aimag over a three-year period from May 2021 until April 2024.
Underlining that increased focus is placed on the project’s effectiveness, Minister N.Urtnasan made proposals to improve sustainable forest management, provide modern equipment, and increase the household incomes of the locals; cooperate in increasing the forest fund and providing funding for forestation; record the project expenditures; have the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry take part in the signing of the project agreement; and not to spend the project funds on studies as there have been a lot of assessments and studies on forest resources and forest managements standard update.
Expressing support for the Minister’s proposals, FAO Resident Representative Vinod Ahuja agreed to have another meeting with the Minister regarding the matter. He also voiced his appreciation of her focusing on forest restoration greatly and made a request to jointly mark the National Tree-planting Day in October as the UN General Assembly has declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables.
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Bitcoin falls below $30,000 as Delta variant fears spread globally www.cnn.com

New Delhi (CNN Business)Bitcoin fell below $30,000 again as investors worldwide fret about the Delta variant and what it means for the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cryptocurrency is down roughly 6% over the last 24 hours, according to Coindesk. Other cryptocurrencies also fell: Ethereum is down about 7%, while dogecoin, the crypto that started as a meme currency, also slid nearly 7%.
Bitcoin was last trading at about $29,800 per coin on Tuesday, its lowest level since last month.
The fall comes after Wall Street was hit hard Monday by anxiety over the recent spread of Covid-19 and the threat it poses to the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) plummeted about 725 points, a drop of 2.1%. The S&P 500 (SPX) ended the day down 1.6% and the Nasdaq (COMP) was 1.1% lower.
Asian markets followed the skid on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 (N225) falling nearly 1%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HSI) tumbled 0.8%. South Korea's Kospi (KOSPI) slumped 0.4%, while China's Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) was flat.
"Bitcoin is the ultimate risky asset right now and it could see intense selling pressure if Wall Street enters into panic selling mode," wrote Edward Moya, senior market analyst for the Americas at Oanda, in a Monday research note.
Bitcoin and other cryptos have had a tough year, having been gripped by extreme volatility in recent months. In June, bitcoin (XBT) plunged below $30,000 for the first time since late January.
The latest drop came as investors worried about the impact of the Delta variant on the reopening of the global economy. Shares in airlines, cruise lines and energy stocks all took a dive in the United States on Monday. Long-term bond rates continued to slide as well, a sign that fixed income investors are now far more worried about a Delta variant-induced economic slowdown than they are about rising inflation fears.
European and US stocks were posed for a little bit of a rebound on Tuesday, though. Major indexes in Europe were up in early morning trade, with the FTSE 100 (UKX) in London France's CAC 40 (CAC40) each gaining about 1%.
US stock futures also edged higher. Dow futures were last up about 0.7%, while futures for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were up about 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively.
-- Paul R. La Monica and Robert North contributed to this report.
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Global oil prices drop below $70 as OPEC+ reaches deal on output boost www.rt.com

Major global crude benchmarks Brent and WTI continued to trade below $70 per barrel on Tuesday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC) and allies reached a deal to raise oil production.
US crude benchmark WTI fell nearly 8% and closed around $66 a barrel on Monday, marking the biggest one-day decline since September 2020. It now stands 13% below its peak high in over six years of $77 a barrel, reached in July.
Monday’s trading also saw international benchmark Brent crude plunging nearly 7% and settling below $69 a barrel.
Oil prices dropped after OPEC+ reached an agreement on boosting oil production by 400,000 barrels a day each month starting in August amid increasing global demand. The deal was initially stalled by the United Arab Emirates when it demanded the cartel increase its baseline production quota, which is now to be raised.
OPEC+ nations are set to boost output gradually through September 2022, by which point oil production is supposed to settle back at pre-Covid-19 levels. The group is currently withholding some 6 million barrels of crude a day out of the 10 million barrels that were cut from the market during the worst of the pandemic.
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