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  • (SP)ITALY-TURIN-FISU-TORINO 2025-SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING-MEN'S 1500M
    on January 22, 2025

    (250122) -- TURIN, Jan. 22, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Kim Taesung of South Korea celebrates after winning the men's 1500m final A of the short track speed skating competition at the Torino 2025 FISU World University Winter Games in Turin, Italy, Jan. 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

  • ICC Chair meets IOC President to discuss key LA 2028 initiatives for cricket
    on January 21, 2025

    Lausanne [Switzerland], January 22 (ANI): International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Jay Shah has held discussions with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and other senior officials from the IOC this week and attended an LA 2028 International Federations seminar at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. The ICC Chair was also joined by ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice, with the meeting f

  • Qatar announces successful facilitation of detainee swap between US, Afghanistan
    on January 21, 2025

    DOHA, 22nd January, 2025 (WAM) -- The State of Qatar announced the successful facilitation of a detainee swap between the United States of America and Afghanistan.In a statement to Qatar News Agency, Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi, stated that the good offices of the State of Qatar have resulted in the release of two American citizens

  • Iranian president says to boost ties with Azerbaijan in all areas
    on January 21, 2025

    TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran sees its ties with Azerbaijan as those "of special importance," and seeks to expand them in all areas, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday. When meeting with visiting Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, Pezeshkian described bilateral ties as "brotherly, friendly, and being based on religious and kinship bonds," which have continued and will continue

 

 

 

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