British silver medallist and a prominent US coach at the Beijing Winter Olympics have criticised the decision to award the Games to China over its human rights record
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing for 2022 Winter Olympics, CCTV reports.
It is Putin's "first overseas visit of the year", says CCTV. He will meet China's President Xi Jinping - Xi's first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years
#BREAKING Putin hails 'unprecedented' close ties with China in Xi meeting
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin hails close ties with China in a meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Says ties are of an "unprecedented nature and an example of a dignified relationship".
The countries are deepening ties in the face of increasing criticism from the West
Beijing's Olympic "bubble".
#AFPgraphics on Covid-related restrictions at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games
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#UPDATE The opening ceremony of the Beijing #WinterOlympics2022 began on Friday as China attempted to turn the page on a troubled build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns and Covid
VIDEO: 🇨🇳 Beijing 2022: Fireworks mark start of the #WinterOlympics2022 opening ceremony in China's capital #AFPSports
🇬🇧👑 Queen Elizabeth II will Sunday become the first British monarch to reign for 70 years, heralding the start of her #PlatinumJubilee year.
Here are a series of graphics to mark the occasion. #AFPgraphics@AFP
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#BREAKING Russia, China call for halt to NATO expansion: Kremlin
#BREAKING Moscow, Beijing criticise 'negative' US influence in Asia-Pacific: Kremlin
#UPDATE Moscow and Beijing criticised what they said was a negative US influence both in Europe and in the Asia-Pacific region, following a Friday meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
#BREAKING France's Macron to go to Russia and Ukraine next week: presidency
#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Moscow and Kyiv to meet his counterparts next week in an effort to mediate the crisis over Ukraine.
Western powers have been engaged in intense diplomatic efforts to try deter a feared Russian invasion of ex-Soviet Ukraine
#BREAKING Erdogan accuses West of making Ukraine crisis 'worse': media
#BREAKING IS leader blew himself up during US raid in Syria: US official
#UPDATE US special forces carried out a nighttime airborne raid on Thursday in northwestern Syria during which the head of the Islamic State group blew himself and his family up, the White House says u.afp.com/wfr7
#BREAKING Biden says death of IS leader during US raid in Syria 'removed a major terrorist threat to the world'