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Stolz breaks Olympic record again to win second gold at Milan-Cortina Games
MILAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — American star skater Jordan Stolz set another new Olympic record in the men’s 500m speed skating here on Saturday on the way to his second […]
Canada warned over row after controversial win over Sweden in Olympic men’s curling
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Canada’s curlers have been given a warning for “language used” during their controversial win over defending champion Sweden on Friday at the Milan-Cortina […]
Olympic snowboard slopestyle qualification rescheduled due to weather
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Due to poor weather conditions forecast in Livigno on Monday, February 16, the snowboard slopestyle qualification rounds of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics have been […]
Norway’s Kirkeeide sprints to Olympic gold in women’s 7.5km biathlon
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Norwegian biathlete Maren Kirkeeide surged past her rivals in the final few-hundred meters to claim gold in the women’s 7.5km sprint at the Milan-Cortina […]
2 killed, 19 kidnapped in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Militants from Boko Haram, a terror group, raided four communities in Cameroon’s Far North Region late Friday, killing two people and abducting 19 others, security […]
Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen crowned to win South America’s first-ever Winter Olympic medal
BORMIO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen claimed the men’s giant slalom gold at Milan-Cortina 2026 on Saturday, securing South America’s first-ever Winter Olympic medal. Read full […]
Canada wants Iran government change, increases sanctions
TORONTO, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada wants a change of government in Iran but would not say whether it would support a U.S. […]
Assailants kill at least 30 in northwest Nigeria villages, residents say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Armed assailants on motorbikes killed at least 30 people and burned houses and shops during raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria’s Niger State […]
Rubio casts US, the ‘child of Europe’, as critical friend to allies
MUNICH, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the United States as the “child of Europe” in a message of unity on Saturday, offering some reassurance as […]
Feature: Chinese experts save rice harvest in Guinea-Bissau after pump failure
DAKAR, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — At Carantaba Farm in northeastern Guinea-Bissau, the flow of water in the irrigation canals abruptly stopped. Under the dry-season heat, rice paddies began to pale […]