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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) – A Belarusian cross-country skier has fled the country with her family because of fears of reprisals by authorities after she was barred from competition over the family’s political views, she and her father said. Darya Dolidovich and her family are now in Poland, where she hopes to continue training, …

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By Michel Rose and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since Russia massed troops near Ukraine, said on Tuesday he believed steps can be taken to de-escalate the crisis and called on all sides to stay calm. Macron, who in …

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By Julie Gordon and Rod Nickel OTTAWA (Reuters) – Protests in Canada against vaccine mandates have disrupted two key U.S. border crossings, and are snarling hundreds of millions of dollars daily of trade, ranging from cattle to car parts. Demonstrations demanding an end to federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers began Jan. 28 …

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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to fund federal government agencies through March 11 and avoid a chaotic shutdown of many of Washington’s operations when existing money expires at midnight on Feb. 18. The House voted 272-162 to approve the stop-gap measure that will give Democratic and …

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By Amy Tennery BEIJING (Reuters) – United States Olympic officials said they learned lessons from the Tokyo Games on supporting athletes’ mental health, taking a proactive approach in Beijing where isolation and COVID-19 fears have piled on more stress. Gymnast Simone Biles, a four-time gold medallist, rewrote the playbook on mental health in Tokyo, championing …

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By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Abortion providers in liberal states are expanding clinics, training more staff and boosting travel assistance to prepare for an influx of patients from conservative states if the U.S. Supreme Court ends the constitutional right to the procedure. Planned Parenthood is enlarging several clinics in California and has purchased …

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TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s main Western donors voiced “deep concern” on Tuesday at the president’s move to dissolve a body tasked with ensuring judicial independence after he seized wide powers last year in a move critics call a coup, as the foreign minister sought to allay fears. President Kais Saied announced his declaration to abolish the …

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By Maria Kiselyova and Ece Toksabay MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Six Russian warships are heading to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean for naval drills, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Tuesday, in what it said was a pre-planned movement of military resources. Russia announced last month its navy would stage a …

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