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Over half of U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea’s ‘significant escalation’

4 Feb 2022

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – More than half the United Nations Security Council condemned on Friday North Korea’s launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, warning in a joint statement that ongoing silence by the 15-member body would only embolden Pyongyang. The eight council members – the United States, Albania, Brazil, France, Ireland, Norway, the United Arab …

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U.S. signals that it expects China to encourage Ukraine de-escalation

4 Feb 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. official responded to a new agreement on closer ties between China and Russia on Friday by saying that the world expects responsible powers to encourage Moscow to pursue diplomacy and de-escalation over Ukraine. In an email to Reuters, the official, who did not want to be identified, warned that …

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Analysis – ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom

4 Feb 2022

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State’s leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden after the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan while he tries to project an image of strength in a standoff with Russia over Ukraine, analysts said. Islamic …

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Hacking team tied to Russia targeted Western ‘government entity’ in Ukraine -researchers

4 Feb 2022

By James Pearson and Christopher Bing (Reuters) -A hacking team that Ukraine says is controlled by Russian intelligence has targeted a wide range of organizations in the country, including a “western government entity,” according to cybersecurity research published on Thursday and Friday. The United States and other allies have sent military advisers and cybersecurity experts …

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Olympics-Beijing Games burst into life under shadow of COVID and conflict

4 Feb 2022

By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global coronavirus pandemic but are also mixing sport and global politics as few others have since the era of the Cold War. The scintillating opening ceremony …

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Pakistani military conduct search for militants 38 hours after base attacks

4 Feb 2022

By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least three militants were killed by Pakistani security forces and six were injured in a grenade attack in two attacks on Friday following a search for insurgents who had attacked two military bases, killing seven soldiers and 13 of their own, in the latest violence in southwest Pakistan. …

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Olympics-Opening ceremony ends with Uyghur skier lighting cauldron

4 Feb 2022

By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) -The Beijing Winter Games opened on Friday night in a snow- and ice themed ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium that concluded with the cauldron lit by two young Chinese Olympians, one of them a member of China’s Uyghur minority. During a performance that went …

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Russia and China line up against U.S. in “no limits” partnership

4 Feb 2022

By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW (Reuters) – China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic partnership on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China’s President Xi Jinping hosted Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In a joint statement, …

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