The Olympic Truce may be doomed
By Richard Galant, CNN
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Olympics-First gold of the Games lets athletes shine over politics
By Philip O'Connor, Karolos Grohmann and Mari Saito
First gold of the Games lets athletes shine over politics
BEIJING : Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday as the politics dominating the Beijing Olympics began to make room for the snowy feats of the world's best athletes.
What to watch for at the Beijing Games on Saturday
BEIJING : Six gold medals will be awarded on Saturday as competition kicks into high gear at the Beijing Winter Games.
Beijing Winter Olympics Set To Open Under Cloud Of Covid, Rights Fears
A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium. The distinctive lattice-shaped arena took centre stage at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party to the world -- and will do so again as Beijing becomes the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Olympics. Friday's opening ceremony starts at 8:00pm (1200 GMT) and will be attended by President Xi Jinping, under whose rule China has become a much more belligerent proposition in global affairs compared to 14 years ago.
Beijing Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping declared the Beijing Winter Olympics open in a glittering ceremony on Friday (Feb 4) as China tried to turn the page on a build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns, COVID-19 and a US-led diplomatic boycott.
Putin seems to doze when Ukraine athletes enter during Winter Olympics opening ceremony, social media buzzes
Social media users are speculating as to whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had fallen asleep during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing after he was seen on camera with his eyes closed.
'NATO will not get involved militarily in Ukraine': Alliance's Deputy Secretary General
On the latest mobilisation of Russian troops and weapons in Ukraine and Belarus, Geoana described the movements as "suspicious and very unusual". "We are seeing a further mobilisation of Russian military presence in and around Ukraine, in Belarus, in a suspicious and very unusual way. Of course you do not know the real intentions of President Putin and what he will decide or not. But we are seeing with growing concern, further mobilisation of Russian presence in and around Ukraine," he said.