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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Russian athletes taking part at this month’s Beijing Olympics will be competing without their flag and national anthem because of doping sanctions. Here is why sanctions were imposed on Russian sport and what they mean for the c…

By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Bitcoin is beginning to reassert its dominance over challengers to its cryptocurrency crown. The original digital coin was assailed by thousands of new “altcoin” competitors in 2021 – from solana an…

By Manojna Maddipatla and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environm…

By Praveen Menon (Reuters) – A report released by Rio Tinto on Tuesday outlined a culture of bullying, harassment and racism at the global mining giant, including 21 complaints of actual or attempted rape or sexual assault over the past five years. Nea…

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday from seven-year highs, pressured by speculation that producer group OPEC+ could decide to boost supply by more than flagged previously as well as expectations of a rise in U.S. inventories. Wh…

TAIPEI (Reuters) – 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 has feared Beijing could “down…

By Supantha Mukherjee and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) – The New York Times Co’s acquisition of Wordle has created uproar on social media, with fans expressing fears that the popular online word game, which is currently free to play, might be put behind a p…

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and Germany’s BioNTech SE are expected to submit an emergency use authorization request on Tuesday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for vaccines for children aged six months to 5 years, the Washington Post reported …

(Reuters) – The United States on Monday ordered the family members of its government employees in Belarus to leave the country as it warned against travel there amid tensions between Washington and Russia over Ukraine. “Due to an increase in unusual an…

(This Jan 31. story corrects sixth paragraph to show that mediator Shelley Chapman is a sitting, not former, U.S. bankruptcy judge) By Tom Hals and Mike Spector (Reuters) – Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP are nearing an agreement…