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Apr 08 2024
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Scholz to Hold Talks Next Week With China’s Xi in Beijing
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 16 as part of a four-day trip to China.
Scholz will arrive in Chongqing on Sunday and visit a hydrogen facility operated by a German company before traveling on Monday to Shanghai, where he’ll deliver a speech, his chief spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Monday at the regular government
BloombergApr 18 2024
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Paris Olympics opening ceremony on river Seine will last nearly 4 hours
PARIS — With sunset and moonlight gleaming on the river, the grandiose opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics will last nearly four hours. A total of 205 delegations will parade on more than 80 boats on the Seine. The ceremony will drift slowly from east to west, bridge to bridge, snaking six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Pont d’Austerlitz to Pont d’Iéna. The athletes will motor past about 320,
Washington PostApr 13 2024
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Olympic Games delegation proclaims Utah 'a hidden gem'
SALT LAKE CITY — In the windowless speakeasy of the Edison House in downtown Salt Lake City, the international Olympic delegation gathered for a final press conference to wrap up their four-day visit to Utah. The velvet-lined room glowed with uncovered incandescent bulbs and a kind of hope, a palpable optimism for the possibilities that a 2034 Winter Olympics would bring again to Utah. "This
KSLMar 26 2024
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Jimmer Fredette is officially headed to the Olympics
Jimmer Fredette is in action during practice for the USA Basketball 3x3 national team, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) The former BYU basketball star has been selected for USA Basketball’s first-ever 3x3 Olympic team and will take part in this summer’s Paris games. Fredette, the Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year in 2011, has emerged as one of the top
Deseret NewsApr 17 2024
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Climate Change May Narrow List of Cities Hosting Winter Olympics
Climate change may force organizers to rotate the Winter Olympic Games among a small group of host cities, including Salt Lake City, said Gene Sykes , the chair of US Olympic & Paralympic Committee. “You can’t have a Winter Games in every city that’s hosted a Winter Games in the past,” Sykes said at a Team USA media summit in New York on Wednesday. The idea of the cities in the US and
BloombergApr 23 2024
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Paris mayor confident River Seine's water quality good enough for Olympic swimming
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons. Asked Tuesday about whether she’ll meet her
Fox News (Online News)Apr 20 2024
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Olympic star Katie Ledecky hopeful to meet Caitlin Clark: 'She's great'
Caitlin Clark’s performance over the course of the college basketball season caught the attention of the sports world, leading to massive ratings and attendance. Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky was among those who watched the former Iowa superstar’s rise to dominance. She told Fox News Digital ahead of the WNBA Draft she hoped to get to meet Clark soon. CLICK HERE FOR MORE
Fox News (Online News)Feb 10 2022
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Why Did Beijing Choose a ‘Dystopian’ Industrial Site for the Winter Olympics?
As Olympic skiers and snowboarders bust out daredevil moves down a 60-meter ski ramp in the Beijing Winter Games this week, viewers were treated to the sight of an unusual backdrop: drab industrial structures that some have mistakenly called nuclear plants.
The curious juxtaposition—no help from the harsh winter landscape—has become such a talking point that Big Air Shougang, a stadium
ViceApr 15 2024
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French president Emmanuel Macron confident Olympics' opening ceremony will be secure
PARIS (Reuters) - France has prepared alternatives to holding the July 26 Olympics opening ceremony on the river Seine should security reasons require, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. Conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as a threat of terrorist attacks have led the French government to raise its security alert to its highest level. Macron said he was confident the planned
"USA Today" ContributorApr 14 2024
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Victory over the PRC: Why Engagement Makes War with Beijing More Likely
The United States faces three choices regarding its policy towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC): continuation of the Biden administration’s Engagement policy, what we term neo-Engagement; Defeat (that is, the U.S. withdrawal from the Indo-Pacific); or Victory, the U.S. total defeat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In these pages, we have considered each, rejected the Engagement
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