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China's Qi wins freeski men's aerials gold

Xi, Macron hold phone talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on all parties to resolve tensions over Ukraine through dialogue and consultation.

He made the remarks during a phone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

The Chinese leader is urging adherence to a political settlement and the full use of multilateral platforms such as the Normandy format.

Chinese four-time Olympian Qi wins men's aerials freestyle skiing gold at Beijing 2022

China's Qi Guangpu has claimed the gold medal in men's aerials freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics.

He collected 129 points to win China its seventh gold at the Games.

Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took silver while Ilia Burov of the Russian Olympic Committee finished third.

More results from short-track speed skating

In short track speed skating, Team Canada claimed the title in the men's 5,000 meters relay with China in fifth place.

In the women's 1,500 meters competition, South Korea's Choi Min-jeong won the gold while China's Han Yutong finished 7th.

Putin, Bolsonaro hold meeting in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with his Brazilian counterpart in Moscow to discuss bilateral relations.

Reports say Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro focused on trade cooperation as Russia is a key source of fertilizers.

Foreign and defense ministers from the two countries also held talks as the two leaders met.

Russia announces end of Crimea military drills, troops leaving

Russia has announced the end of military drills in Crimea, a peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Moscow says soldiers are returning to their garrisons.

The move came a day after Russia announced a partial troop pullback from its border with Ukraine.

Putin, Scholz agree on need to avert war amid Ukraine tensions

President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed that Russia does not want war over Ukraine.

He made the comments following his meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Putin has also confirmed the partial pullback of forces from its border with Ukraine.

Biden says Russian invasion distinctly possible

President Joe Biden says the U.S. has not yet verified Russia's claim that some of its forces have withdrawn from the Ukraine border.

"That would be good, but we have not yet verified that. We have not yet verified that Russian military units are returning to their home bases. Indeed, our analysts indicate that they remain very much in a threatening position."

Biden reiterated his call to Americans in Ukraine to leave before it's too late.

He also acknowledged the likelihood that U.S. and Allied sanctions on Russia would have significant blowback on the American economy.

54 more unmarked graves found at another Canada indigenous school

Another indigenous community in Canada has discovered 54 unmarked graves at two former residential schools, adding to a growing tally of such burials that shocked the nation last year.

The latest discovery happened in the province of Saskatchewan.

About 150,000 Indigenous children were made to attend 139 Indian Residential Schools beginning in the 1820s.

Many of them were reportedly subjected to physical, mental and sexual abuse.

Reports say about 4,500 students died at the schools.

More than 1,800 graves have been located since last year.

Hack shows Canada truckers funded largely by U.S. donors

A hacker has revealed over 90,000 names, email addresses and locations of people who donated to the Canadian trucker protests.

The hacked records show more than half of the donors were from the United States.

Protests against Canada's vaccine mandate for cross-border travel into the U.S. and other COVID restrictions broke out late last month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in the nation's history, calling the protests "illegal" while enabling the government to block funds from reaching protesters.

Lt. Col. Damiba sworn in as Burkina Faso's new president

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba has been sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso.

His inauguration came around three weeks after a military junta took power.

The military has promised to stem terrorist violence that has killed thousands of people and displaced nearly 1.5 million.

Over 1,400 New York City employees fired under COVID-19 vaccine mandate

More than 1,400 municipal workers have been fired in New York City for failing to meet the vaccination deadline last Friday.

The majority are teachers and other staff from the education department.

It was reported that around 3,000 city employees could lose their jobs after the deadline last week.

The fate of around 10,000 New York City employees is pending as their exemption requests on medical and religious grounds are being processed.

The city has around 370,000 municipal workers.