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The country's track-and-field athletes and weightlifters have been barred over doping offences.
Russia had hoped to send 387 athletes to Rio.
Global measles deaths have decreased by 79%, according to WHO, from about 546,800 in 2000 to 114,900 in 2014
With its working age population declining as the elderly population increases, China scrapped its one-child policy in 2015.
The UN estimates that Southeast Asia's trade in heroin and methamphetamine was worth $31 billion in 2013.
The economy grew 1.3 per cent for the whole of last year.
China boasts of about 31630 movie screens. The country added 8035 new screens in 2015.
Brazil's President on Saturday vowed her country would host a successful Olympic Games this year despite the outbreak of the virus.
BRICS countries could account for 30% of superbug-related global deaths, if menace remains unchecked, warn experts.
The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency.
