Chinese bakers looking to cash in on the popularity of #Beijing2022 mascot #BingDwenDwen ended up in hot water when authorities cracked down on licensing violations for sweet treats shaped like the cartoon panda u.afp.com/wgzv
#BREAKING Russia announces end of Crimea military drills, troops leaving
#UPDATE Russia says military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea have ended and soldiers are returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine's borders.
State television shows images of military units crossing a bridge back to the mainland
#BREAKING EU chief urges Russia to take 'concrete' steps towards de-escalation
#BREAKING US Secretary of State Blinken tells Russian counterpart still possible to resolve Ukraine crisis 'peacefully': State Dept
#BREAKING Russian attack on Ukraine 'still very much a possibility,' US President Joe Biden says
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to push for a diplomatic resolution of the Ukraine crisis, but warned a Russian invasion remained "very much a possibility" and that retaliatory sanctions were primed and ready
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#BREAKING Canada capital police chief resigns amid protest response criticism: official
#UPDATE Backed by freshly invoked emergency powers, Canadian officials on Tuesday looked to bring an end to weeks of trucker-led protests that have paralyzed the capital Ottawa and snarled vital border crossings with the United States
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#BREAKING Canada announces easing of #Covid19 health checks at borders
Russian teenager Kamila #Valieva skated at the #Beijing2022 Olympics on Tuesday for the first time since sport's top court cleared her to compete despite failing a drugs test, bursting into tears at the end of her performance u.afp.com/wMkV#figureskating#AFPSports
#BREAKING New trial against Kremlin critic Navalny opens from prison: AFP
#UPDATE New trial against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny begins inside prison colony outside Moscow where he is held, in a case that could see his sentence extended by over a decade.
The opposition politician has spent a year behind bars after surviving a poison attack
#BREAKING Prosecution of Kremlin critic Navalny 'incompatible' with rule of law: German Chancellor Scholz