UK's PM denies end to Covid law is reckless
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied throwing "caution to the wind" as he prepares to end all pandemic-related legal restrictions in England, amid a political backlash and scientific unease.
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Curtain set to fall on Beijing Olympics after tears, doping and Gu
A Beijing Winter Olympics beset by concerns about rights and Covid in the build-up and tarnished by a Russian doping scandal once under way were set to close on Sunday.
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Russian forces to stay in Belarus as Ukraine braced for war
Russian military exercises in Belarus will continue, Minsk announced Sunday, leaving Moscow with a large force near the northern Ukraine border as Western powers warn of an imminent invasion.
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Israel sees Iran nuclear deal 'shortly,' warns it will be weaker
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Iran may "shortly" agree a new nuclear deal with major powers but warned it will be weaker than the original 2015 agreement.
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Last-ditch push to head off Russian attack on Ukraine
Last-ditch diplomatic efforts were underway on Sunday to prevent what Western powers warn could be the imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine and a catastrophic European war.
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China celebrates record Winter Olympics haul -- and beating US
China celebrated a record gold medal haul as the Beijing Winter Olympics concluded Sunday, narrowly beating out chief geopolitical rival the United States to rank third in the medal count.
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Australia's Green makes golfing history with win in mixed-gender event
Former US LPGA champion Hannah Green made history Sunday by becoming the first woman to win a mixed-gender professional golf tournament with a dominant four-shot victory at the TPS Murray River event in Australia.
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Passenger found alive on ferry ablaze off Greece
A passenger was on Sunday found alive on a ferry that has been ablaze off Greece for three days, coastguards said, with 11 truck drivers still missing.
Read moreFinland finally win hockey gold in last event of Beijing Games
Finland roared back to beat defending champions Russia 2-1 on Sunday and win the country’s first gold medal in ice hockey, in the final event at the Beijing Olympics.
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Shiffrin out but not down as curtain set to fall on Beijing Games
Mikaela Shiffrin said her United States team-mates got her through a disappointing Beijing Olympics that ended on Sunday with her going home without a medal, as Finland's ice hockey players won the final gold of the Games.
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