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The US is considering boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics:<\/strong> The Biden administration is exploring a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China as one possible option to punish the country for its treatment of its ethnic Uighur minority, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n

IN DIPLOMACY: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry pushed efforts to form a new <\/strong>Lebanese government in a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun<\/strong> in Beirut yesterday. Shoukry also met with caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri and House Speaker Nabih Berri, according to a Foreign Ministry statement<\/a>. Shoukry\u2019s visit is part of a France-led push to see Lebanon appoint an emergency cabinet that will agree to reforms and unlock international assistance needed to stave off an economic collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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