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Russian skier Varvara Voronchikhina has delivered a standout performance on Monday to win the women’s super-G standing event at the Winter Paralympics in Cortina, securing a historic gold medal for Russia. The 23-year-old athlete finished 1.96 seconds ahead of France’s Aurelie Richard, who claimed silver in the race. The victory marks Russia’s first Winter Paralympic…
Russia has dismissed allegations that it operates any state-backed scheme to recruit Nigerians for combat roles in the ongoing war in Ukraine, describing such claims as unfounded and disconnected from official government policy. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Andrey Podyolyshev, said Moscow has no programme authorising the recruitment of Nigerians…
China has pushed back against growing international pressure to join nuclear disarmament talks, insisting its position remains unchanged following the expiration of the US-Russia New START treaty, the last major agreement limiting the world’s largest nuclear arsenals. The treaty lapsed on Thursday, intensifying concerns among arms control advocates that the absence of legally binding limits…