Russian quad-jumping prodigy Alexandra Trusova could not contain her anger as the teenage star settled for Olympic silver in Beijing despite producing a historic free skate routine on Thursday. The 17-year-old Trusova became the first female skater ever to land five quadruple jumps in one program as she amassed a tally …
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Authorities in Taipei lashed out at Nicaragua’s decision to hand over to Beijing the building in Managua that previously served as the embassy of Taiwan. Taiwan’s Foreign Relations Ministry called the move “unlawful and utterly disgusting,” blasting the “Ortega regime” for blocking the plan to sell the property to the …
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Bullied by the likes of Brazilian youngsters Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo, Barca were outclassed in the latest installment of the world’s biggest derby and a 2-1 scoreline was flattering. But at least there were better attendance figures than usual, with the Catalans unable to fill half of their stadium in …
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Ronald Colton McAbee of Tennessee was arrested in August and slapped with eight federal charges, including assault on a police officer, stemming from his participation in the pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill in January. Though a Tennessee court ordered him released until his eventual trial, federal prosecutors fought in a …
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The French have every right to feel slighted by the AUKUS deal between the US, the UK and the Australians. How would you feel if you’d had around £70 billion worth of contracts to build submarines taken from under your nose? And what’s worse, you’d had them stolen by people …
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“A stab in the back,” is how French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described US President Joe Biden’s announcement of a new club of three – the US, Great Britain and Australia – under the guise of countering China in the Indo-pacific region. The defense minister, Florence Parly, was also …
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Austria scrambled two Eurofighter jets to intercept and escort a Hungarian NATO aircraft away from its territory on Friday morning, in an incident that the Alpine nation’s Defense Ministry described as a “massive threat to aviation security.” No such incident has happened over the country “in the past 20 years,” …
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With the US Open set to start in nine days, the warm-up tournament is in its business end. After world number two Medvedev clinched the first set 6-2, the second was tied 1-1 when he attempted to return a shot from his rival yet went crashing into a camera which he …
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The law was approved by Duda on Saturday, and sets a 30-year statute of limitations on property claims against the state. Duda told Polish news agency PAP that he hoped the law would put an end to false claims by “reprivatization mafias,” and would close off an era of “legal …
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The graphic ad, which is set to run in Sydney – the largest city in Australia, and the one hit hardest by Covid – shows the woman panting with tears in her eyes as she is hooked up to a respirator in hospital. “Covid-19 can affect anyone. Stay home. Get …
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