The future at the Games of teenage sensation Kamila Valieva, who played a pivotal role in the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team sealing gold in the team event, remains unclear after the International Testing Agency (ITA) revealed on Friday that the skater tested positive for an illegal, non-performance enhancing heart …
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Sting has announced the sale of his entire songwriting catalog, including both solo and The Police material, to his recording label Universal Music Group (UMG). The legendary musician said on Thursday the move places his life’s work in trusted hands. “Sting is a songwriting genius whose music permeates global culture,” …
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The White House has reportedly called on the Canadian government to employ “federal powers” to shut down trucker Covid-19 protests in Ottawa and elsewhere, offering the “full support” of the US Department of Homeland Security. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported on Thursday that members of US President Joe Biden’s …
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The report that the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his British counterpart Liz Truss in Moscow on Thursday ended with the Russian official unceremoniously walking away from their joint press conference is fake news, Russia’s UK embassy said, responding to reporting by a British broadcaster. Truss “received …
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The Pentagon’s exhaustive report on the haphazard US departure from Afghanistan has revealed many on the ground blamed constant meddling by American VIPs for “distracting” them from what needed to be done, creating the chaotic scenes that shocked observers at home. According to the 2,000 page report, obtained by the …
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A private military contractor piloting a French-made Mirage F1 fighter jet suffered minor injuries ejecting from the cabin as the aircraft went down in a non-residential area of Arizona on Thursday morning, the US Air Force has revealed. The incident unfolded around 11 am local time, some 15 miles away …
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The US government advised Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately and by any means available on Thursday. The previous US travel alert issued in January cited the same concerns of “increased threats of Russian military action and Covid-19” while calling on US citizens to avoid going to Ukraine, …
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The UK government has published a law which provides it with extra powers to expand sanctions against Russia amid the Ukraine crisis. Minister for Europe James Cleverly presented the bill, which “significantly broadens the range of people, businesses and other entities” to be sanctioned in case of “any further Russian …
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An offhand remark made by Russian President Vladimir Putin towards his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Monday has earned the Kremlin a reprimand from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, after a reporter claimed that the Russian leader’s jibe was a crude joke about rape. The controversy began after Putin’s …
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With the West remaining on high alert over reports of Russian military activity near Ukraine, Moscow has begun large-scale joint exercises in neighboring Belarus, the Ministry of Defense has announced. The ‘Union Resolve’ drills, scheduled to take place from February 10-20, are designed to test and develop the two nations’ …
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