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US Swimmer Ryan Lochte is Dropped by Four Sponsors
Speedo drop Ryan Lochte; Aleppo aid plea; Ethiopia silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa seeks asylum.
The swimwear maker Speedo is ending its sponsorship of Ryan Lochte after the US Olympic gold medallist swimmer admitted to exaggerating his story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio.
United Nations aid co-ordinator, Stephen O'Brien, says the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo risks becoming an "unparalleled humanitarian catastrophe".
Why is Ethiopian Olympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa seeking asylum in the US?
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