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Paralympics open with Russian athletes booed in ceremony

Paralympics open with Russian athletes booed in ceremony

The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics started on Friday with an opening ceremony marked by Russian athletes being booed as they paraded behind their national flag for the first time since 2014. Despite Russia's ongoing war with Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allowed six Russian athletes and

Two dead, dozens injured as tram derails in Milan

Two dead, dozens injured as tram derails in Milan

A tram derailed and smashed into a building in Milan on Friday, killing two people and injuring at least 38 others, police told AFP. One of the dead was hit by the tram as it derailed and the second victim was a passenger, the city's mayor Giuseppe Sala