Love in the time of corona: Mountain 'tease' for Kilde and Shiffrin
Norwegian speedster Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has caught the spotlight this season not just for his on-piste form, but also as half of skiing's glamour couple alongside American girlfriend Mikaela Shiffrin.
Read moreMyanmar foreign minister barred from ASEAN meet: Cambodia
Myanmar's junta suffered a fresh diplomatic blow Thursday as regional bloc ASEAN barred its top diplomat from attending an upcoming meeting of foreign ministers.
Read moreTaliban closer to international recognition, says foreign minister
The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan's new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime's foreign minister said in an interview with AFP.
Read more'Let the light in': Romanian Roma actress smashes stigma with new play
As a child, Roma actress and playwright Alina Serban didn't see herself represented on television, in movies or books, her stigmatised community shunned from the cultural mainstream.
Read moreBelgian Olympian 'safe' after tearful plea from Covid isolation
Skeleton racer Kim Meylemans said Thursday she was "safe" and back in the Beijing Olympic Village having been released from a Covid isolation facility following a tearful post on Instagram.
Read moreRacers revel in nerve-racking debut on untested Olympic downhill
Intimidating, stressful, nerve-racking, but great fun: just some of the reactions of the ski racers after Thursday's first men's downhill training run on the untested man-made Olympic speed slope.
Read moreCyclone Batsurai injures 12 on France's La Reunion island
At least twelve people were injured on the French Indian Ocean territory of La Reunion Thursday as tropical cyclone Batsirai skirted the island, hitting it with torrential rains and powerful winds and leaving all residents confined to their homes.
Read moreBach says controversial Beijing Olympics 'will change winter sports'
The Beijing Olympics will "change the scale of winter sports forever", IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday, on the eve of a Games beset by concerns about human rights and Covid.
Read moreTiny Taiwan Winter Olympics team weathers frosty Beijing ties
Only four Taiwanese athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics, in frosty temperatures rivalling Beijing and Taipei's relations -- which have plunged to their lowest point in years.
Read more20 dead in Argentina after taking toxic-laced cocaine
At least 20 people died and 74 more were hospitalized in a Buenos Aires suburb after consuming cocaine cut with a toxic substance, possibly opioids, Argentine authorities said Wednesday.
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