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Italian curlers prepare to defend Olympic mixed doubles gold
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Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, Italy's gold medal winners from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, are set to compete on home ice in Cortina d'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Games. The mixed doubles curling tournament begins on February 5, with the Italians aiming to repeat their undefeated run from Beijing and the 2025 World Championships. Teams from the United States and Canada are among the challengers facing high expectations.
US President Donald Trump escalated sanctions against Cuba on January 31 by threatening tariffs on countries selling oil to the island, mainly targeting Mexico's supply. International leaders and organizations condemned the move as imperialist aggression and called for an end to the blockade. In Cuba, tensions with US diplomats persist amid worsening economic hardships.
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Swedish UN official Joanna Rubinstein visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the Caribbean in 2012 with her family. An email from her thanks Epstein for a 'wonderful lunch' and an afternoon in 'paradise'. Rubinstein stresses it was the first and only time she met the convicted sex offender.
The EU is preparing for a trade conflict with the US and plans counter-tariffs worth 93 billion euros if President Donald Trump follows through on his tariff threats. The dispute centers on US claims to Greenland, which belongs to Denmark. An EU leaders' special summit is scheduled for Thursday.
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The EU is considering retaliatory tariffs worth 93 billion euros against the US in response to Donald Trump's tariff threats against eight European countries. The threats concern the countries' military support for Greenland, and the EU is calling an extraordinary summit in Brussels on Thursday. Sources provide conflicting reports on the scope of countermeasures.
Following US military rhetoric and a joint European defense of Greenland's sovereignty, Beijing strongly condemned President Trump's assertions of needing the Arctic territory for national security, citing nonexistent Chinese naval presence, as tensions escalate over the strategic island's resources and position.
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Four days after US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, the German government has issued a strong condemnation of the unilateral intervention. Maduro faces trial, his female deputy assumes temporary power, and US President Donald Trump threatens further actions.
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