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Republican kingmaker Sen. Ted Cruz agreed to lift his hold on the nominee in exchange for allowing a future vote related to a Russian gas pipeline Photo: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reacts to aldermanic speeches in his honor during a city council meeting on April 10, 2019. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) 18 December 2021 | BILL…
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Photo: The grand opening of the Shinkansen bullet train at Tokyo in October 1964. Newscom/Alamy It could be said that the Olympic Games were never intended to ‘make money.’ While the IOC and broadcasters will profit from ‘ the games,’ the ‘host nation’ taxpayers are left to pay for interesting and maybe even viable ‘infrastructure’ schemes’…
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Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency-report 08 July 2021 | Eimi YamamitsuTetsushi Kajimoto | Reuters TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) – Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi daily said on Thursday, as Japan declared a coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo…
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