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Ethiopia's Addis Ababa sees nearly 700,000 int'l arrivals in 6 months

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 700,000 foreign tourists visited the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, during the first six months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year that began on July 8, 2025, according to local authorities.

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Feature: On the edge of the Arctic, Greenlanders say their homeland not for sale

by Xinhua writer Yao Yulin

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Feature: Festive red lights up Berlin city hall for Chinese New Year

BERLIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The biting winter cold outside Berlin's historic Red Town Hall did little to quiet the buzz inside on Thursday evening, as a gala for the upcoming Chinese New Year unfolded amidst a festive display of rolled-out red carpets and glowing red lanterns.

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Olympic-Alpine skiing-Men's downhill sold out as Bormio prepares to award first gold

BORMIO, Italy, ‌Feb 6 (Reuters) - A sell‑out crowd is expected to pack the ‌stands for Saturday's men's downhill in the Italian village of ‌Bormio, underscoring the enduring pull of Alpine skiing's marquee event, the first to assign gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

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U.S. consumer sentiment rises slightly in February

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index rose to 57.3 in February 2026, according to a preliminary reading released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers, up from the final reading of 56.4 in January 2026.

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South Africa releases first locally produced FMD vaccine in 20 years

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has released its first locally produced vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in nearly two decades, the country's Department of Agriculture said Friday.

Hockey

Olympics-Ice hockey-Switzerland overcome Czechs in thrilling shootout, Japan score late to beat France

MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Swiss forward ‌Ivana Wey scored in the eighth round of a thrilling shootout to seal a 4-3 win over the Czech Republic in Olympic women's ice hockey at ‌Santagiulia Arena on Friday, while Japan netted twice late to hand France its second successive loss of the Games 3-2.

Athletics

Athletics-Norway's Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen undergoes Achilles surgery

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Jakob Ingebrigtsen has ‌undergone surgery on a persistent Achilles injury that has plagued him ‌for years and forced him to miss significant training and competition time, ‌the Norwegian middle-distance runner said on Friday.

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Azerbaijan issues strong protest to Russia over lawmaker's comments on Karabakh trial

BAKU, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan issued ‌a strong protest to Russia on Friday after a Russian ‌lawmaker condemned the sentencing of 13 ethnic Armenians who had held ‌senior positions in the former breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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UK police search properties in probe into Mandelson over Epstein ties

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - British police ‌searched two addresses linked to Peter Mandelson in their probe into misconduct in ‌public office, they said on Friday, following reports about the close ties ‌between the former ambassador and late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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China bags three gold medals out of six

TIANJIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China registered three out of six gold medals in the opening day of the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships on Friday, dominating the podium in the men's triple jump and women's shot put.

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Olympics-Livigno's sky-high Big Air jump wows riders despite scaffolding surprise

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Olympic ‌Big Air jump has become an unlikely protagonist in Livigno's narrow valley, an imposing scaffolded structure rising above the town's rooftops ‌and drawing both praise and surprise from snowboarders and freeskiers.

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China pledges to bolster Asia-Pacific food security via cooperation

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to work with other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies to build a resilient, open, efficient and sustainable food system for the region, according to the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration.

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Extreme winter weather causes accidents, disruptions

BERLIN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Extreme winter weather caused numerous traffic accidents across northeastern Germany on Friday, while flight operations at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were suspended for hours before gradually resuming later in the day.

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1st Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games opens in Yulin

YULIN, China, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The first Shaanxi Provincial Winter Games opened in Yulin city on Friday, with the ground-breaking campaign featuring the Winter Olympics style program.

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China tightens regulation of virtual currencies, real-world asset tokenization

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Friday announced moves to strengthen regulatory oversight for virtual currencies and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization to prevent and resolve related risks, warning that related speculation activities have recently disrupted economic and financial order and endangered people's property security.

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Olympics-Snowboard-Austria's Karrer flips into adulthood on Milano Cortina snow

LIVIGNO, Italy Feb 6 (Reuters) - Austrian freestyle snowboarder Hanna ‌Karrer blew out 18 candles on Friday in Livigno, at ‌the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, marking her coming of age on the world's biggest winter sports stage.

Cybersecurity

Nacsa investigating alleged cyber-espionage targeting multiple government bodies

The National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa) is currently investigating alleged incidents of cyber-espionage activity targeting Malaysian government entities.

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Socialist seen beating far-right rival for Portuguese presidency with conservative help

LISBON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Moderate ‌Socialist Antonio Jose Seguro is set for a landslide win on Sunday in Portugal's presidential ‌runoff vote, opinion polls show, after prominent conservatives backed him to prevent a victory ‌for far-right leader Andre Ventura.

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Mexico's Sheinbaum aims to send humanitarian aid to Cuba by Monday

MEXICO CITY, Feb ‌6 - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on ‌Friday that her government is aiming to ‌send humanitarian aid, including food and other basic supplies, to Cuba by Monday.