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French Envoy Affirms Participation in PyeongChang Olympics
Shaw tells The Associated Press he finds it sad to know there are anti-doping rules in place that aren't being adequately enforced. U.S. Olympic Committee officials said Monday that whether the U.S. "As of now, no country has officially said it will not participate". Thousands will compete, but only a few hundred will get the chance to take home a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics .
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S'pore is 5th most visited city globally
Bangkok took the top spot for the third year running, followed by London, Paris and Dubai. London, the former No.1 destination, keeps its No. 2 spot for the second consecutive year, with more than 20 million arrivals expected. Globally, international overnight visitor arrivals across all 132 destinations have grown by 55.2 percent since 2009, significantly outpacing real GDP growth during the same period.
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Tokyo Governor Koike to Challenge Japanese PM Abe With New Party
She said her party will be conservative and push for transparency in government, women's advancement, elimination of nuclear energy and other reforms. He said he believed it was necessary to revise the constitution's pacifist article 9 to clarify the military's status but said the wording of a proposed change was up to his party.
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Mkhitaryan aims for a goal against CSKA
United, who are unbeaten this season and are joint top of the Premier League with Manchester City, are in confident mood for Wednesday's tie although they will again be without Paul Pogba , who suffered a hamstring strain against Basel and could require surgery.
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Uber Threatens To Cease Operations In Quebec Over New Regulations
Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said on Tuesday it will stop operating in the Canadian province of Quebec next month, pulling out to avoid following tough new regulations announced last week. "We can negotiate with them, but not on the basis of those two things", Gaudreault said. Under the new rules, Uber driver background checks must be conducted by the police and no longer by private companies.
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Unilever to buy Korean cosmetics firm for $2.7b
Political tensions between Korea and China, however, have had an adverse effect on some Korean brands - retailer Lotte, for example, has announced it will sell a number of its Chinese stores with the possibility of withdrawing from the country completely - and analysts appear divided on how this will play out in the beauty sector.