Denmark’s Axelsen gets back-to-back badminton gold

Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen became the second player to win back-to-back Olympic badminton men’s singles gold medals on Monday, when he beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, 21-11, 21-11. World number two Axelsen did not drop a set at the Paris Games, and …

Stock markets plunge on US recession fears

Wall Street stocks deepened their losses Monday, and Tokyo had its worst day in 13 years as panic spread across trading floors over fears of recession in the United States. Wall Street’s tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index tumbled 6.3 percent at the open…