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🇨🇳🤝🇷🇺 Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing on Friday. In a joint statement, the two countries announced a partnership to collaborate more against the West, vowing to work together on space travel, climate change, AI, control of the internet, and more.
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The 2022 Winter Games will officially kick off with today’s opening ceremony in Beijing. A handful of events have already begun ahead of the ceremony, including curling, figure skating, and ice hockey.
🌍 An overnight US special forces raid on a building in northwestern Syria resulted in the death of ISIS’ leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, and at least thirteen others, including six children and four women.
In a surprise turn of events, the Russian government has backed down from a plan to conduct military exercises next week in international waters off Ireland’s coast in response to protests from local fishing groups and the Irish government.
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