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Games testers confirm Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned substance

Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.

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Urgent hearing to decide fate of 15-year-old Russian figure skater after she failed drug test

Valieva’s positive test was confirmed on Tuesday, one day after she starred in the Russian Olympic Committee’s victory in the team event in Beijing

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Divided Odesa provides fertile ground for Russia-Ukraine enmity

Port city with sizeable pro-Moscow population finds itself at conflict’s front line

Financial Times

Urgent hearing to decide fate of Russian figure skater after failing drug test

Kamila Valieva is still scheduled to compete in next week’s women’s singles competition.

The Independent UK

Russia and China’s Growing ‘Friendship’ Is More a Public Relations Exercise Than a New World Order

Beijing treads a fine line between targeting individual European states and portraying itself as Europe’s peaceful partner.

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ROC skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for banned substance, ITA confirms

The 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine in a sample that was collected on Christmas Day

The Guardian - US

G7 nations must strengthen solidarity to shore up LNG supplies for Europe

The Japanese government intends to supply part of Japan's liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to Europe. Advanced nations should unite to deal with the energy crisis caused by mounting tensions over Ukraine.

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Urgent hearing to decide if Valieva can skate at Olympics

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

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Ukraine news – live: Wallace says ‘whiff of Munich’ in West’s response to Russia as invasion ‘highly likely’

UK claims Moscow capable of launching an offensive ‘at any time’

The Independent UK

Biden praised for Ukraine strategy by Republicans, establishment

Many of the same Republicans and columnists blasted Biden for his Afghanistan withdrawal.

Axios

US urges citizens to leave Ukraine amid Russian invasion threat

State Department warns it will not be able to evacuate US citizens in event of Russian military action.

Al Jazeera

Defence Secretary set for Moscow trip in effort to quell Ukraine border tensions

Ben Wallace will meet his Russian counterpart after Boris Johnson insisted Vladimir Putin must not be allowed to ‘bully’ eastern Europe.

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Reuters

Russia and Ukraine say Berlin talks fail to yield breakthrough

Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough in a day of talks with French and German officials aimed at ending an eight-year separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine says no breakthrough with Russia but both sides agree to keep talking

Nearly nine hours of talks between Ukraine and Russia on Thursday failed to produce a breakthrough on signing a joint document, but both sides agreed to keep talking, the chief of staff to Ukraine's president said after the talks in Berlin.

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EA announces it won’t sell The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories DLC in Russia

The latest DLC's marketing would face issues with Russia's anti-gay "propaganda" law.

Reuters

Finland set to sign deal with U.S. for 64 F-35 jets -sources

Finland's formal purchase agreement for F-35 fighter jets could be signed as soon as Friday, U.S.-based sources familiar with the plan said on Thursday, bringing the stealthy new planes one step closer to deploying in coming years on Russia's northern flank.

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U.S. says Americans in Ukraine should depart immediately

The United States has urged Americans in Ukraine to leave immediately due to the "increased threats of Russian military action" against Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia, UK, trade barbs during Moscow talks about Ukraine crisis

Lavrov says ‘facts’ presented by his team ‘bounced off’ their British counterparts as Truss threatened tough sanctions.

Benzinga

Google Faces Scrutiny From French, Russian Regulators: All You Need To Know

France's watchdog CNIL alleged Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Analytics of giving U.S. intelligence services access to French website users' data, Reuters reports. The regulator alleged the U.S. tech giant lacking sufficient measures to guarantee data privacy rights under European Union regulation when transferring data between Europe and the U.S. The French website…

Daily Mirror

250,000 Russian and local troops gather on Ukraine's borders in 'dangerous moment'

Boris Johnson said tensions in Ukraine will reach a 'dangerous moment' in the coming days. The situation in the country has been described as 'one of the worst European crises in decades'

The Guardian - UK

PM fears Europe on ‘precipice’ as Russia expands forces on Ukraine’s borders

On a day of rushed British diplomacy, military analysts estimate Moscow has now assembled a force capable of invading

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer blasts 'wrong' Jeremy Corbyn and Stop The War Coalition over Nato

Mr Corbyn is deputy president of the coalition. In a fierce attack, Mr Starmer said 'nobody wants a war', as he blostered support for the Nato alliance on his way to Brussels.

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Ukraine braces for Russian invasion, residents scramble to find bomb shelters in bars, shops and strip clubs

As Russia continues to move troops and equipment to the border, Ukrainians are looking for places to seek shelter if war breaks out. In Kyiv, residents have discovered many bomb shelters are hidden away in bars, restaurants, shops, and even strip clubs.

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