PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A man armed with a knife tried to attack a police officer near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday, resulting in a second police officer opening fire to subdue him, a police source and the mayor for Paris' 8th district said. Read full story
PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A man armed with a knife tried to attack a police officer near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday, resulting in a second police officer opening fire to subdue him, a police source and the mayor for Paris' 8th district said. Read full story
MILAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Czech Olympic debutant Metodej Jilek claimed the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters speed skating at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Friday, clocking a time of 12 minutes 33.43 seconds. Read full story
MILAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Czech Olympic debutant Metodej Jilek claimed the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters speed skating at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Friday, clocking a time of 12 minutes 33.43 seconds. Read full story
Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved, as Kurds seek to retain some authority despite a much weakened hand following the rapid advance of central government forces. Read full story
Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved, as Kurds seek to retain some authority despite a much weakened hand following the rapid advance of central government forces. Read full story
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, a move that would put two carriers in the region as tensions soar between the United States and Iran. Read full story
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier from the Caribbean to the Middle East, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, a move that would put two carriers in the region as tensions soar between the United States and Iran. Read full story
DALTON, Georgia, Feb 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may have expected his endorsement of a local prosecutor in the race to replace U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to clear the Republican field. Instead, more than a dozen Republicans are still competing, turning this deeply conservative corner of Georgia into an election-year test of Trump's hold on his Make America Great Again movement. Read full story
DALTON, Georgia, Feb 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may have expected his endorsement of a local prosecutor in the race to replace U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to clear the Republican field. Instead, more than a dozen Republicans are still competing, turning this deeply conservative corner of Georgia into an election-year test of Trump's hold on his Make America Great Again movement. Read full story
BISHKEK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan amounted to 36 million U.S. dollars in 2025, marking a nearly 24-fold increase from a year earlier, Chairman of the Kyrgyz Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev said on Friday during talks with visiting Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda. Read full story
BISHKEK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan amounted to 36 million U.S. dollars in 2025, marking a nearly 24-fold increase from a year earlier, Chairman of the Kyrgyz Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev said on Friday during talks with visiting Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda. Read full story
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- France's Quentin Fillon Maillet won the gold medal in the men's 10km biathlon sprint at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, shooting clean and clocking a total time of 22 minutes 53.1 seconds. Read full story
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- France's Quentin Fillon Maillet won the gold medal in the men's 10km biathlon sprint at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, shooting clean and clocking a total time of 22 minutes 53.1 seconds. Read full story
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PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Three skiers died after being swept away in an avalanche in the upmarket French Alpine ski resort of Val d'Isere on Friday, Cedric Bonnevie, who is in charge of the resort's pistes, told reporters. Read full story
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