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Taiwan condemns ‘contemptible’ timing of China-Russia partnership
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Saturday condemned as "contemptible" the timing of China and Russia's "no limits" partnership at the...
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China, Russia partner up against West at Olympics summit
By Tony Munroe, Andrew Osborn and Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING/ MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and Russia on the opening day of...
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Olympics-Beijing Games burst into life under shadow of COVID and conflict
By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics...
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Olympics-Opening ceremony ends with Uyghur skier lighting cauldron
By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Winter Games opened on Friday night in...
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Uyghurs in Turkey call for boycott as Beijing Games begin
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters from China's Muslim Uyghur community rallied in Istanbul on Friday to...
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Putin hails $117.5 billion of China deals as Russia squares off with West
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Chen Aizhu MOSCOW/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin unveiled new Russian oil and gas deals with China...
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Olympics-‘We’re not best friends’: Ukrainian and Russian athletes keep distance
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Parniyan Zemaryalai BEIJING (Reuters) - With Russian troops massed at Ukraine's borders, athletes from the two...
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Putin arrives in Beijing for Winter Olympics with gas supply deal for China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting...
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Olympics-Beijing Games are like IOC’s reward to China for bad behaviour: Rippon
By Ian Ransom (Reuters) - The selection of Beijing as the 2022 Winter Games host is like the International Olympic...
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Olympics-Beijing Games see 21 new COVID cases on Feb 3 vs 55 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - A total of 21 new COVID-19 infections were found among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb. 3, down...
Read moreU.S. targets multiple Belarusians’ visas over athlete repression
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday said it was imposing visa restrictions on several Belarusians, citing the repression of...
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N.Korea’s Kim calls Olympics ‘great victory’ for China, calls for better relations
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping...
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Ukraine in focus for Olympics insurers as Beijing Games kick off
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn (Reuters) - The threat of war between Russia and Ukraine is the biggest...
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China, Russia ‘coordinated positions’ on Ukraine, says Chinese foreign ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia coordinated their positions on Ukraine during a meeting between both countries' foreign ministers in...
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Olympics-Peng Shuai expected inside Beijing bubble as athletes find their snow feet
By Karolos Grohmann, Simon Evans and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - The Olympics chief on Thursday pledged to support Chinese...
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Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble
By Yiming Woo and Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) -A bartender in the Chinese ski resort of Zhangjiakou wears a...
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Olympics-India won’t send diplomat after Games ‘politicized’ by China
By Alasdair Pal and Iain Axon NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) - India said on Thursday it would not send its top...
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Olympics-Beijing will deliver ‘safe and splendid’ Games-Chinese President Xi
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Olympics, which officially opens on Friday, will be streamlined, safe and splendid,...
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Olympics-Curling kicks off Beijing Games ahead of Putin-Xi main event
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics...
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Russia and China to discuss closer gas, financial ties during Putin visit, says Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and China will discuss closer gas and financial ties during President Vladimir Putin's trip to Beijing for...
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