New Zealand diplomats will not attend the Beijing Olympics, said Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. He linked this decision to the spread of the coronavirus and the logistical difficulties it caused. “We have already made it clear that we will not be present there at the ministerial level. There were many factors, but mostly due […] New Zealand refuses to
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States was weighing a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights abuses, a move that would keep American dignitaries, but not athletes, from the games. Speaking to reporters as he hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office, Biden said backing
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The United States (US) is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, President Joe Biden confirmed, as the move would be aimed at protesting China’s human rights record, including what Washington says is genocide against minority Muslims. A diplomatic boycott would mean that US officials would not attend the opening of the Beijing Winter […] US President Considers Diplomatic
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U.S. government officials will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing because of China’s human rights “atrocities”, the White House said on Monday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two superpowers.The diplomatic boycott, which leaves athletes free to travel to Beijing to compete, has been encouraged by some members of […] U.S. officials to boycott
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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL will withdraw from the Winter Olympics after the regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the announcement had yet to be made on the NHL pulling out of Beijing.
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A.M. Edition for Feb. 1. Four years ago, Coca-Cola, Visa and Procter & Gamble loudly promoted their sponsorship of the Winter Olympics. Now, sponsors of the coming Beijing Games are keeping a lower profile. WSJ’s Stu Woo explains why that is, and why other coming international competitions present a similar challenge. Luke Vargas hosts. Morning News: Beijing Olympics Advertisers, Commodity
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Cody Winters, Steamboat Springs [related_articles location=”right” show_article_date=”false” article_type=”automatic-primary-tag”] Specialty: Parallel giant slalom Age: 21 BEIJING OLYMPICS: Here are the Colorado athletes competing in the Winter Games The Steamboat Springs native is making his Olympic debut in Beijing. Winters finished second in the national championships last March. “Olympics is the highest that the sport goes; it’s the ultimate, the greatest, highest
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China Media Group has launched CCTV-8K, an 8K ultra-high-definition TV channel, to broadcast the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, state-owned news agency Xinhua reports. To deliver the channel, CMG had to accelerate development of its nascent 8K production, broadcasting and transmission operations, said the Asian Broadcasting Union. CMG has started to install giant 8K screens in public places across the
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Canada is joining the United States and other western countries in declaring a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that Canada will ban government officials from attending Beijing’s winter games, which begin in less than two months. “We are extremely concerned by the repeated human rights violations by the […] Newsline: Canada joins diplomatic
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Japan’s national broadcaster NHK also confirmed the report saying Tokyo “is leaning toward not sending cabinet ministers to the upcoming Beijing Olympics Senior japanese officials to skip Beijing Olympics.
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