In figure skating, the quadruple axel is generally considered the most difficult jump. Until 2022, when US skater Ilia Malinin—currently riding high as the “Quad God” at the 2026 Winter Olympics—started doing them, they seemed impossible. Landing one, naturally, can give an athlete a…
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European Commission announces EU-wide ‘action plan’ to combat cyberbullying
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The European Commission outlined an action plan against cyberbullying at the European Parliament on Tuesday, aimed at helping young victims of online…
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Ukraine’s female luge athletes finish in top 20 at Milano–Cortina 2026, first time since Vancouver
The final runs of the 25th Winter Olympic Games in women’s singles luge took place in Italy.
Ukrainian athletes Yulianna Tunytska and Olena Smaha finished in the top twenty, placing 18th and 20th respectively among…
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RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees
A 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring boxing legend Mike Tyson and paid for by the nonprofit MAHA Center encourages viewers to avoid processed foods and visit realfood.gov. The government website, which Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promoting, provides resources on…
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Ireland pushing to free citizen held by ICE in Texas – POLITICO
Culleton has been Ireland’s top news story since the Irish Times on Monday reported on his case and on the allegedly appalling conditions he faces in Camp East Montana, the ICE facility inside Fort Bliss army base near El Paso.
The same day, Culleton appeared live on air on Ireland’s…
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Ukrainian athlete vows to wear banned helmet in Winter Olympics skeleton race on Feb 12
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych vowed Feb 10 that he would wear a helmet that depicts victims of the war with Russia “on race day” at the Milan-Cortina Games despite a ban imposed by Olympic chiefs.
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Epidemic threshold exceeded in eight regions, children most affected
The epidemic threshold for acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) has been exceeded in eight regions of Ukraine. In the Kyiv, Poltava, and Khmelnytskyi regions, the exceedance is at a medium level, while in the Volyn, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Sumy, and Cherkasy regions it is at a low level.
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Ukraine Sports Minister Condemns Calls for Russia’s Olympic Return
Ukraine’s officials have firmly criticized the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) potential shifts regarding Russian athletes’ participation in future Games. Current circumstances allow 13 Russian…
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Frenchman indicted for raping and assaulting 89 minors: appeal for witnesses launched
The 79-year-old man perpetrated the crimes between 1967 and 2022, in France and nine other countries. The man, who was indicted and imprisoned in 2024, also admitted to the killings of his mother and his aunt.
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