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Coverage of Winter Olympics events including skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, and curling

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The articles cover a wide range of Winter Olympics events, focusing on notable performances and results. There is a consensus on several key factual claims, such as Mikaela Shiffrin's dominant slalom ...

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom by a commanding 1.50 seconds, becoming the first American skier to claim three Olympic alpine gold medals
  • China's Su Yiming won the men's slopestyle title on his 22nd birthday, with the only clean runs in the final
  • China's Xu Mengtao defended her women's aerials title at 35 years old

Coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Italy, including events like skiing, snowboarding, and curling

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The articles cover various events and storylines from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Italy, including Mikaela Shiffrin's dominant gold medal in women's slalom, Chinese athletes winning multiple golds, an...

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom by a commanding 1.50 seconds, becoming the first American skier to claim three Olympic alpine gold medals
  • Su Yiming of China won the men's slopestyle title on his 22nd birthday
  • Xu Mengtao of China defended her women's aerials title

Winter Olympics 2022 coverage including Mikaela Shiffrin's gold, China's other golds, and curling

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The articles provide extensive coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics, focusing on key events and performances. Mikaela Shiffrin's emotional gold medal in the women's slalom is a major highlight, as she...

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom, becoming the first American skier to claim three Olympic alpine gold medals
  • China's Su Yiming won the men's slopestyle and Xu Mengtao defended her women's aerials title
  • The Dutch won two speed skating golds, with Xandra Velzeboer setting a world record in the women's 500m

2022 Winter Olympics news coverage, including Mikaela Shiffrin's gold medal win in women's slalom, China's success, and curling results

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The articles cover a range of events from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy. They highlight Mikaela Shiffrin's dominant gold medal performance in the women's slalom, as well as China's...

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom event, becoming the first American skier to claim three Olympic alpine gold medals
  • China's Su Yiming won the men's slopestyle gold medal on his 22nd birthday, and Xu Mengtao defended her women's aerials title
  • Great Britain's men's curling team defeated the US 9-2, but the women's team lost to China 7-4

Coverage of Winter Olympics in Italy, including Mikaela Shiffrin's gold medal and other events

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The articles cover a range of events from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Italy, with a focus on Mikaela Shiffrin's third Olympic alpine gold medal and China's success in events like slopestyle and aerial...

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom by a commanding 1.50sec, becoming the first American skier to claim three Olympic alpine gold medals
  • China's Su Yiming won the men's slopestyle title on his 22nd birthday, with a score of 82.41
  • China's Xu Mengtao defended her women's aerials title at age 35, scoring 112.90

Winter Olympics 2022 events and medal updates

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The articles cover a variety of events and updates from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy. There is a consensus on major medal winners, including Mikaela Shiffrin's gold in the women's...

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  • Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom event, her third Olympic gold medal and becoming the first American skier to do so
  • China's Su Yiming won gold in the men's slopestyle event on his 22nd birthday
  • China's Xu Mengtao defended her women's aerials title

2026 Winter Olympics viewing guide

2 articles• 13 Feb

Two articles provide viewing guides for the 2026 Winter Olympics, both noting that the games can be streamed on 9 Now and Stan Sport. The articles feature different Australian athletes and events, wit...

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  • Games can be streamed on 9 Now and Stan Sport

Peter Mandelson resigns over Epstein links, PM's aide quits, police investigation launched

3 articles• 12 Feb

Peter Mandelson, a prominent British Labour Party figure and former UK ambassador to Washington, has resigned from the House of Lords following revelations about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Ne...

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  • Peter Mandelson, age 72, was UK ambassador to Washington until being fired by PM Keir Starmer
  • UK police launched criminal investigation into Mandelson for misconduct in public office
  • Mandelson announced resignation from House of Lords

Angus Taylor's resignation from Liberal Party frontbench ahead of potential leadership challenge

2 articles• 11 Feb

Liberal Party frontbencher Angus Taylor has resigned from his position, triggering what appears to be a broader leadership challenge within the party. Following Taylor's departure on Wednesday, additi...

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  • Angus Taylor stepped down from the Liberal Party frontbench

UK PM Keir Starmer faces leadership crisis after call for resignation from Scottish Labour leader

2 articles• 11 Feb

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced a significant leadership crisis after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for his resignation. The crisis emerged amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson s...

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  • Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for Starmer's resignation
  • Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney departed
  • Wes Streeting was accused of briefing against No 10

Australian snowboarder Valentino Guseli's 10th place finish in Winter Olympics big air final

3 articles• 10 Feb

Australian snowboarder Valentino Guseli competed in the Winter Olympics big air final after receiving a last-minute entry when Canadian Mark McMorris withdrew due to injury. Despite not originally bei...

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  • Valentino Guseli finished 10th in the men's snowboard big air final
  • Guseli got into competition after Canadian Mark McMorris withdrew due to injury
  • Guseli scored 86.75 on his second run with a switch backside 1980 tail grab

Bad Bunny's upcoming 2024 Super Bowl halftime show performance and its political significance

2 articles• 9 Feb

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar, is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show at Levi's Stadium, marking a historic moment as the performance will be primarily or entirely in Spanish. The eve...

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  • Bad Bunny won album of the year at the Grammys for 'DebĂ­ Tirar MĂĄs Fotos', first Spanish-language album to do so
  • Bad Bunny previously performed at Super Bowl LIV in 2020 as a guest with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
  • Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico and primarily performs in Spanish

Deadly Nipah virus cases detected in India and Bangladesh, prompting health screening across Asia

2 articles• 7 Feb

Health authorities are monitoring the spread of Nipah virus following cases detected in India and Bangladesh. The virus, which has no cure or vaccine, has a high fatality rate of 40-75% and typically ...

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  • Nipah virus has a fatality rate of 40-75%
  • The virus causes symptoms including fever
  • Countries in South and Southeast Asia implemented airport screening measures

Cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week 2026 and creation of alternative festival 'Constellations'

2 articles• 30 Jan

Adelaide Writers' Week 2026, Australia's longest-running literary festival, was cancelled following controversy over the disinvitation of Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah. The incident...

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  • Adelaide Writers' Week is Australia's longest-running literary festival
  • AWW is held at Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
  • AWW is traditionally a free event

Trump's Greenland claims and tariff threats affect global markets and ASX performance

2 articles• 22 Jan

Global markets experienced significant volatility due to Donald Trump's actions regarding Greenland and his threats of tariffs against European nations. The situation led to notable movements in vario...

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  • Donald Trump threatened tariffs against eight European nations related to Greenland
  • Gold prices reached new record highs
  • ASX 200 experienced losses

Death of Dame Marie Bashir, first female NSW governor and former psychiatrist, at age 95

2 articles• 21 Jan

Dame Marie Bashir, the first female governor of New South Wales and distinguished psychiatrist, has died at age 95. Her death was announced by NSW Premier Chris Minns, who confirmed a state funeral wo...

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  • Dame Marie Bashir died at age 95
  • She was the first female governor of New South Wales, serving from 2001 to 2014
  • She was the first person of Lebanese descent to be NSW governor