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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2016, file photo, Canada's Mandy Bujold, left, knocks down Uzbekistan's Yodgoroy Mirzaeva during a women's flyweight 51-kg preliminary boxing match at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Tokyo Olympics fate for Canada’s best boxer lies in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her qualifying tournament was scrapped due to the pandemic. Bujold and her lawyer, Sylvie Rodrigue, lost their appeal to the International Olympic Committee earlier this week, leaving CAS as her last chance to box in what would be her final Olympics. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

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Luxury towers dominate the skyline in the Marina district, center, and the new Dubai Harbour development, right, are seen from the observation deck of "The View at The Palm Jumeirah" in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Foreign buyers flush with cash have flooded the high-end property market in Dubai even as coronavirus vaccines roll out unevenly across the world and waves of infections force countries to extend restrictions. It's one of the few places in the world where they can dine, shop and do business in person. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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