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Moeller, Alphand injured in first men's downhill training at Milan-Cortina Games
BORMIO, Italy, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Norway's Fredrik Moeller and France's Nils Alphand were injured on Wednesday during the first official men's downhill training session in alpine skiing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games, with both athletes reported in stable condition but their Olympic participation uncertain.
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Maduro ally Saab arrested in Venezuela, US official says
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a former businessman once held in the U.S., was arrested in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of a joint operation between U.S. and Venezuelan authorities, a U.S. law enforcement official said.
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Fifty-five thousand Ukrainian soldiers killed on battlefield, Zelenskiy tells French TV
PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The number of Ukrainian soldiers killed on the battlefield as a result of the country's war with Russia is estimated at 55,000, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told France 2 TV on Wednesday.
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Finnish forest giants UPM, Stora Enso post lower Q4 profits of 2025
HELSINKI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Profits at Finland's two major forest industry groups, UPM and Stora Enso, fell in October-December 2025 as low pulp prices and subdued demand continued to weigh on the sector, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Iran-U.S. talks to take place in Oman on Friday, U.S. official confirms
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. talks with Iran will take place on Friday in Oman, a U.S. official confirmed on Wednesday, after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that nuclear talks with the U.S. are set to be held in the Omani capital Muscat at around 10 a.m. on Friday.
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Roundup: Traditional pubs in UK grapple with economic strains
LONDON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Industry figures show that pubs and bars across Britain have been closing at an average rate of one a day, with the total number of licensed premises down by around 25 percent since 2000.
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Successive storms leave 11 people dead in Portugal
LISBON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Successive storms have left 11 people dead in Portugal since late January, with the latest victim a 64-year-old man who died on Wednesday after his car was swept away by floodwaters while he was attempting to cross a road near the Amoreira Dam in Pias, in the municipality of Serpa, southern Portugal.
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U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Wednesday.
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Belarus' gold, foreign reserves at historic high: central bank
MINSK, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Belarus' gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at 15.7 billion U.S. dollars as of Feb. 1, setting a new historic high, the country's central bank said Wednesday.
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Flash: Iranian FM says nuke talks with U.S. to be held in Muscat on Friday
Flash: Iranian FM says nuke talks with U.S. to be held in Muscat on Friday
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Zambia's coach targets win against Uganda in U20 Women's World Cup qualifier
KAMPALA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Zambia coach Florence Mwila has clarified her team's target of a win against Uganda in their upcoming FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup qualifier.
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French president's top diplomat held talks in Moscow on Tuesday, sources say
PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's most senior diplomat was in Moscow on Tuesday to hold talks with Russian officials, said a source who was aware of the meeting and two diplomatic sources.
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Uganda's Cheptegei, Kiplimo to face tough competition in London Marathon
KAMPALA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's top runners Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will face tough competition in the 2026 London Marathon scheduled on April 26.
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Samaranch re-elected as IOC vice president as 3 new EB members elected
MILAN, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president Juan Antonio Samaranch of Spain was elected for a second four-year term on Wednesday.
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Portugal jobless rate falls to 6 pct in 2025
LISBON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Portugal's unemployment rate fell to 6 percent in 2025, the lowest annual level since 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
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Italy probes 80-year-old over alleged Sarajevo 'sniper tourism'
MILAN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors have placed an elderly Italian man under investigation as part of an investigation into alleged "sniper tourism" in Sarajevo in the 1990s, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
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Tunisian police arrest member of parliament who mocked president
TUNIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Tunisian police arrested lawmaker Ahmed Saidani on Wednesday, two of his colleagues said, in what appeared to be part of an escalating crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied.
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U.S. targets figure skating team gold with 16-strong squad in Milan
MILAN, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The United States is tipped as the favorite to defend its team title as the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic figure skating competition begins with the team event on Friday.
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Exclusive-EU rethinks climate diplomacy after bruising COP30 summit, document shows
BRUSSELS, Feb 4 - The European Union is mulling a new strategy in its diplomatic efforts on climate change after a bruising U.N. summit last year where it struggled to rally support for faster, more ambitious action to cut planet-heating emissions, an internal EU document seen by Reuters showed.
