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International federations for each sport on the Paralympic Games programme had said they would maintain ‌bans on athletes from those countries, but Russia and Belarus won an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December against the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, earning a handful of spots

The suspect is believed to have manipulated the site’s payment system, altering the validation process of an electronic payment platform so that bookings appeared fully paid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the two sides agreed on “almost all issues” related to a ceasefire monitoring mechanism, which will involve the United States, but sensitive issues related to the fate of occupied territory in Ukraine’s east and the future status of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remained unresolved

Modern vehicles equipped with cutting-edge sensors and communication systems are capable of “uncontrolled acquisition and use of data,” the Polish army wrote in a statement justifying the ban.

Paris prosecutor Laurence Beccuau said the investigations are seeking to use the files released by the U.S. administration, media reports and new complaints that are being filed

U.S. accused China of conducting ‌a secret nuclear test in 2020 as it called ‌for a new, broader ‌arms control ⁠treaty that would bring in ⁠China as well as Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, addressing the Munich Security Conference, hailed the colonial period as a phase of the West’s “expansion”

Any plan requiring Ukraine to give up territory ⁠that Russia had not captured in the eastern Donbas region would be rejected by Ukrainians if put to a referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

Takaichi has pledged to bolster Japan’s defences to protect its territory and waters, likely further straining relations with Beijing, and to boost the flagging economy

A spokesperson of the Balochistan Counter Terrorism Department told the media that the CTD had carried out an intelligence-based raid near Darakshan town on the outskirts of Quetta in which the militants were killed