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Medal table at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on February 7
MILAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games after the competitions on Saturday, February 7 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals):
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Multiple avalanches leave 4 dead in northern Italy
MILAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Multiple avalanches struck the northern Italian Alps on Saturday, leaving four people dead and several others injured, local media reported.
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Unbeaten British pair lead mixed doubles curling at Milan-Cortina Games
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- British pair Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat dominated the mixed doubles curling competition after winning all seven of their round-robin games so far at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Guirassy's late goal lifts Dortmund past Wolfsburg in Bundesliga
BERLIN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Serhou Guirassy scored late to earn Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 victory at Wolfsburg on Saturday, extending its winning streak and intensifying the Bundesliga title race.
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Norway's Stroem clinches Olympic ski jumping gold in women's normal hill
PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Anna Odine Stroem of Norway claimed the gold medal in the women's normal hill ski jumping event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, edging Slovenia's title favorite Nika Prevc by just 1.1 points.
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Su Yiming earns China's first medal at Milan-Cortina Games as difficulty spikes in big air
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Su Yiming delivered China's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, claiming bronze in a fiercely contested men's snowboard big air final defined by soaring difficulty.
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China-Türkiye business conference held in Istanbul to promote deeper cooperation
ISTANBUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The 3rd China-Türkiye Business Conference was held in Istanbul on Saturday, bringing together more than 300 representatives from government bodies, business associations and enterprises from both countries to explore new drivers of trade growth and cooperation.
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Feature: No title to defend, just snow to ride for American skier Alex Hall
by sportswriter He Leijing
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Roundup: Flower festival brings color back to Sudan's capital after years of war
KHARTOUM, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Khartoum this week hosted its first Flower Festival in nearly three years, a rare sign of recovery in a city scarred by war. The weeklong event is the largest horticulture and landscaping exhibition held in the capital since fighting erupted in April 2023.
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Italy's Lollobrigida breaks women's 3,000m speed skating Olympic record to win maiden Olympic gold (updated)
MILAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Italian veteran Francesca Lollobrigida broke the Olympic record in the women's 3,000m speed skating event to win her first Olympic gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Games on Saturday.
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Carnival held in Zimbabwe to celebrate Chinese New Year
HARARE, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabweans on Saturday were treated to Chinese cuisine and traditional performances at a carnival held in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year.
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8 injured in building collapse in India's Rajasthan
NEW DELHI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were injured after a building collapsed in Kota in India's state of Rajasthan late Saturday, a local police officer confirmed over phone.
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Former French minister Lang resigns from Arab World Institute over Epstein ties
PARIS, Feb X (Reuters) - Jack Lang, a former French culture minister under President Francois Mitterrand, has resigned as president of the Arab World Institute, the French Foreign Affairs ministry said on Saturday, a decision taken under pressure over Lang's ties to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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1st LD-Writethru: Death toll rises to 7 in north China factory explosion
TAIYUAN, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Saturday's biotech factory blast in north China's Shanxi Province has risen to seven, with one person still missing, local authorities said early Sunday.
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Swiss alpine skier Von Allmen wins first gold of Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (updated)
BORMIO, Italy, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Swiss alpine skier Franjo von Allmen won the first gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics here on Saturday, capturing the men's downhill title on the daunting Stelvio course in one minute and 51.61 seconds.
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Italy's Lollobrigida breaks women's 3,000m speed skating Olympic record to win maiden Olympic gold
MILAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Italian veteran Francesca Lollobrigida broke the Olympic record in the women's 3,000m speed skating event to win her first Olympic gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Games on Saturday.
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Greenland, Denmark FMs signal "not where we want to be" in U.S. talks
NUUK, Greenland, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Saturday that ongoing negotiations with the United States are "still not where we want to be," signaling that a final agreement remains distant.
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Greenland foreign minister says US talks are positive but the outcome remains uncertain
COPENHAGEN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt said on Saturday that while it is positive that talks with the U.S. are ongoing, they are not yet where Greenland wants them to be, and it is too early to predict where they will lead.
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Russian officials voice hope for greater cooperation as Chinese New Year comes
MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- During the Spring Festival reception for Russian friends held in the Chinese Embassy in Russia on Friday, Russian officials voiced their hope for more cooperation with China while delivering Chinese New Year greetings.
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Arab publishers bring new titles back to Syrian readers at Damascus book fair
DAMASCUS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing International Book Fair in Damascus has reopened a vital channel for new books, reconnecting Syrian readers with global culture after years of war and isolation, Arab publishers said.
