#BREAKING Russian skater Valieva cleared to continue at Olympics: CAS
#UPDATE Russian skater Kamila Valieva is cleared by Court of Arbitration for Sport to continue competing at Beijing Olympics despite failing doping test.
CAS rejects appeal to suspend her by International Olympic Committee, World Anti-Doping Agency, International Skating Union
#BREAKING Russia's Olympic Committee hails CAS decision on skater Valieva
#BREAKING US Olympic Committee says 'disappointed' by Valieva decision
#UPDATE Russia's Olympic Committee welcomes skater Kamila Valieva being cleared to continue at Olympics despite failing a doping test. "Tomorrow the whole country will support her," ROC says.
The US Olympic Committee says it is "disappointed by the message this decision sends"
#UPDATE 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila #Valieva can compete again at the #Beijing2022 Olympics after sport's top court CAS said on Monday that she should not be suspended for failing a drugs test, though she could still face punishment u.afp.com/wgLM#AFPSports
#BREAKING IOC says no Olympic medal ceremony if Valieva in women's singles figure skating top 3 #AFPSports
#UPDATE There will be no medal ceremony for the women's singles #figureskating at the #Beijing2022 Olympics if Russia's Kamila #Valieva -- cleared to compete despite a failed drugs test -- finishes in the top three, the IOC said on Monday u.afp.com/wgD4#AFPSports
US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson slammed a decision to allow Kamila Valieva to compete in #FigureSkating at the #Beijing2022 Olympics despite a positive drugs test, contrasting the case with her own doping suspension from last year's Tokyo Games u.afp.com/wgz8#AFPSports
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) accused Russia of "hijacking" the #Beijing2022#WinterOlympics following the decision to allow teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue to compete despite a positive drug test u.afp.com/wgKU#AFPSports
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#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea