On the other side of Rio, at the waterfront Museum of Tomorrow, aesthetician Tatiana da Silva de Paula admits she takes 100 to 200 selfies a day.
On Wednesday President Xi Jinping made a keynote speech at the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19, which he presided over via video link, assuring African countries that China will continue supporting COVID-19 containment measures on the continent.
On Thursday, the Dow fell 101.78 points, or 0.41 percent, and closed at 24,474.12. The S&P 500 lost 0.78 percent. The Nasdaq Composite slid 0.97 percent.
On climate change, former vice-president Joe Biden said: "We should not build another highway in America that doesn't have charging stations on it," adding that the US should "own" the electric vehicle market.
On the other hand, the opposition alliance of political parties led by the Indian National Congress (INC) was leading in only 92 constituencies, while other parties, mainly state-level smaller parties, were leading in the rest 100 constituencies.
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Chinese people's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), the National Library of China in Beijing released newly categorized and published documents on Wednesday relating to Japanese war crimes.
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On behalf of Chinese government and people, as well as in the name of himself, Xi mourned deeply for the victims of the attack, and expressed sincere condolence to the injured and the victims' families.
On the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, the diplomat said Germany "participated in it early, cooperated firmly and enjoys a bright future".
On the fiscal front, it is advisable to elevate this year's fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio to 3 percent from the 2.8 percent for 2019, leading to additional annual fiscal spending of around 200 billion yuan (.7 billion).
On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point to boost the economy amid uncertainty about the coronavirus, also called Covid-19.