South River police and students join annual Torch Run for Special Olympics New Jersey
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. — Officers from the South River Police Department, joined by local school students, participated Friday in the 42nd annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to raise funds and awareness for…
Olympics-Beijing Games burst into life under shadow of COVID and conflict
By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global coronavirus pandemic…
NBC talks politics, human rights in Beijing Olympics opening ceremony coverage
By Helen Coster and Sheila Dang -During the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Friday, hosts and experts on U.S. network NBC spoke in stark terms about China’s alleged rights…
Republican senator urges U.S. to monitor China’s digital yuan push during Olympics
By Hannah Lang – A leading Senate Republican is urging the Biden administration to closely monitor the use of China’s recently launched digital currency during the Beijing Winter Olympics, where the country…
Olympics-‘We’re not best friends’: Ukrainian and Russian athletes keep distance
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Parniyan Zemaryalai BEIJING – With Russian troops massed at Ukraine’s borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olympics, helped along by…
Putin arrives in Beijing for Winter Olympics with gas supply deal for China
BEIJING – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural…
Pelosi says U.S. athletes should not anger ‘ruthless’ Chinese government at Olympics
(Refiles to fix byline) By Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the United States has a moral duty to condemn China’s rights…
Olympics-Curling kicks off Beijing Games ahead of Putin-Xi main event
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the impending arrival…
Olympics-Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – Beijing’s COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India…
Olympics-Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Games opening ceremony
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate. Chinese-claimed Taiwan…
Olympics-Chinese figure skating judge banned for bias back at Beijing Games
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – A Chinese figure skating judge who served a suspension for giving preferential marks to his compatriots will serve on a technical judging panel at the Beijing Winter…
Olympics-China reports 34 new COVID-19 cases among Games-related personnel
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING -Thirty-four new COVID-19 infections were detected among Olympics-related personnel, the Beijing 2022 Winter Games organising committee said on Sunday, including Poland’s short track medal hopeful Natalia Maliszewska. Of…
Amid pandemic and protest, Olympics return to a changed China
By Tony Munroe BEIJING – The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that…
For Beijing’s chief hockey ice maker, it’s all about the layers
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING – Most fans at an ice hockey game devote their attention to the whizzing puck and crunching body checks. Rick Ragan fixates on the frozen white surface on…
Beijing’s local COVID cases rise before Olympics; more areas find Omicron
BEIJING -Beijing reported 14 local confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily count in its current outbreak, less than two weeks before the Winter Olympics are set to start in the…
NBCUniversal lowering its TV ratings expectations for Winter Olympics
By Helen Coster – NBCUniversal is lowering its TV ratings expectations for the Beijing Winter Games by as much as half depending on the time of day and the platform, the company…
U.S. House Republicans probe NBC over Beijing Olympics coverage
-U.S. Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Comcast Corp NBCUniversal executives on Tuesday raising concerns asking “about the level of influence the Chinese Communist Party and the International Olympic Committee has in…
Beijing adds COVID test before Olympics; outbreak linked to cases in four provinces
BEIJING -A district in China’s capital will begin a new round of COVID-19 tests among its roughly 2 million residents on Tuesday, as flare-ups persisted in the city ahead of the Winter…
Beijing introduces more COVID measures as cases mount before Olympics
BEIJING -Beijing’s city government on Sunday introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of COVID-19, as China’s capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two weeks…
NHL Withdraws From Beijing Olympics, Will Not Send Any Athletes
The National Hockey League (NHL) announced Wednesday that it will not allow its players to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after surging COVID-19 cases rip through the league. “The National…
Artist Says Billboard Companies Banned His Artwork Criticizing China Ahead Of Olympics
Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao, whose work is critical of the Chinese Communist Party, claimed that his artwork was banned from all Brisbane, Australia, billboard companies due to pressure from China. “All Brisbane billboard companies…
China Cuts Checks To American Social Media Influencers To Hype Olympics, Downplay Boycotts
China’s government is paying social media influencers in the U.S. to promote the Beijing Olympics and distract from diplomatic boycotts over its human rights violations, according to disclosures filed with the Department…
UK To Boycott Beijing Olympics
The U.K. will join Australia and the U.S. in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday. The U.K. will not send any government ministers…
EXCLUSIVE: Haley Calls Biden’s Diplomatic Olympics Boycott A ‘Joke’ Because China Doesn’t Care If He Shows Up
Former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley called reports that the Biden administration is set to announce a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics a “joke,” because China doesn’t care if he…
Biden Administration To Announce Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Olympics
The Biden administration is set to announce a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, The Wall Street Journal reported. The announcement is planned for this week, while the decision…
China Pressures American Corporations To Push Back On Calls To Boycott Olympics
Sebastian Hughes on December 2, 2021 China is attempting to push back on scrutiny over its human rights violations as the Beijing Olympics approach, pressuring American corporations to fight calls to boycott…
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