Kiev says it will instead focus on preventing Russian athletes from appearing at the 2024 Paris Games Ukraine has backtracked on its threat to boycott the 2024 Olympic Games, having previously claimed its athletes could skip the event in Paris after Russians and Belarusians were cleared to compete under neutral status.
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Brussels has reportedly softened restrictions amid concerns raised by Mediterranean members EU states remain divided about the possibility of selling oil tankers to Russia, Reuters reported on Monday. The bloc’s diplomats are seeking to compromise on a long-debated 12th package of sanctions on Moscow.
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The White House found the report “concerning,” while Amnesty International has called the incident a potential war crime Israel used controversial US-provided white phosphorus munitions to attack Dheira, a small village in southern Lebanon, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing its own analysis of shell fragments recovered from the scene.
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