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Urgent: Several missing after shopping center fire in northern Germany

BERLIN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Several people are missing after a fire broke out at a shopping center in the city center of Kiel, northern Germany, on Saturday, German media reported, citing fire ...
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Olympic snowboard slopestyle qualification rescheduled due to weather

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Due to poor weather conditions forecast in Livigno on Monday, February 16, the snowboard slopestyle qualification rounds of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics have ...
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Canada warned over row after controversial win over Sweden in Olympic men's curling

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Canada's curlers have been given a warning for "language used" during their controversial win over defending champion Sweden on Friday at the ...
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in N. Gaza as humanitarian crisis deepens

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that its forces killed a Palestinian militant in northern Gaza.
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Stolz breaks Olympic record again to win second gold at Milan-Cortina Games

MILAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- American star skater Jordan Stolz set another new Olympic record in the men's 500m speed skating here on Saturday on the way to his second gold medal from as many events at ...
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Norway's Kirkeeide sprints to Olympic gold in women's 7.5km biathlon

ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian biathlete Maren Kirkeeide surged past her rivals in the final few-hundred meters to claim gold in the women's 7.5km sprint at the Milan-Cortina Winter ...
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Iranian FM says Europe replaced by Tehran's "effective" regional friends in nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday condemned Europe's hostile approach toward Tehran, saying that Europe, once a "key interlocutor" in nuclear talks, ...
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Burundi assumes rotating chairmanship of African Union

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Burundi on Saturday officially assumed the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) for 2026 during the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and ...
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UN chief reaffirms partnership with AU in tackling Africa's challenges

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that Africa is navigating some of the world's "hardest challenges" with determination, creativity ...
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Ukrainian drone strikes injure 19 in Luhansk

MOSCOW, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nineteen people were injured after drones launched by the Ukrainian forces struck a settlement in Luhansk, with four in serious condition, local leader Leonid Pasechnik ...
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5.3-magnitude quake hits SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines -- USGS

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 128 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines at 1723 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of ...
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2 killed, 19 kidnapped in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

YAOUNDE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Militants from Boko Haram, a terror group, raided four communities in Cameroon's Far North Region late Friday, killing two people and abducting 19 others, security sources ...