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An athlete practices behind a glass fence during a training session at the National Biathlon Center ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Too much ‘nationalism’ at the Olympics, the world says

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge shows the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The International Olympic Committee on Sunday, Aug, 29, 2021 says Jacques Rogge who led the organization as president for 12 years, has died. He was 79. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool photo via AP, file) **FILE**

Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

By Chris Lehourites - Associated Press

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to hold on to several bases in Europe over rising tensions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Belgium's Julie Allemand, center, drives to the basket between Australia's Katie Ebzery (10) and Ezi Magbegor, right, during a women's basketball preliminary round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Belgium women beat Australia 85-70 in their Olympic debut

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A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Europe floods: Search for missing goes on as toll tops 90

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, container cargo ships are seen docked in the Port of Los Angeles. More than 15 months into the coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of seafarers vital to the global shipping industry remain stranded at sea or in ports, unable to leave their ships or get to new assignments due to global travel restrictions. Friday, June 25, 2021 is International Seafarers Day, and ships around the world, from Los Angeles to Singapore to Rotterdam, planned to blare their horns in solidarity. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Merchant ship crews still stuck at sea amid pandemic

By Urooba Jamal and Ivana Bzganovic - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 28, 2021 file photo, spectators, wearing protective face masks and keeping a social distance, watch the theatre play &quot;Jonathan&quot; at the KVS theatre in Brussels. Dozens of cinemas, theatres and culture venues in Belgium are defying government orders and reopening their doors to protest the country's ongoing shutdown of cultural activities. Out of work for more than six months, owners united within the Still Standing For Culture collective said the current ban on indoor cultural events is proof of &quot;an unacceptable inequality of treatment&quot; amid the health crisis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Belgium cultural venues to defy indoor ban, reopen illegally

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 11, 2021 file photo Tottenham's Harry Kane, left, is challenged by Manchester United's Harry Maguire during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says players at the 12 clubs setting up their own Super League could be banned from this year's European Championship and next year's World Cup. (Clive Rose/Pool via AP)

Players who could be banned from Euro 2020

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Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks during a media conference, after a meeting with federal and regional officials regarding COVID-19 measures, in Brussels, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Frederic Sierakowski, Pool via AP)

Belgium eases lockdown, plans to open terraces in May

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Court orders Belgium to reframe virus restrictions as laws

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Players jump for the ball during the World Cup 2022 group E qualifying soccer match between Czech Republic and Belgium at the Sinobo stadium in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Lukaku to rescue as Belgium salvages draw vs Czech Republic

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From left, Walloon Minister President Elio Di Rupo, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Flemish Minister President Jan Jambon prepare to address a media conference after a meeting of the consultative committee of government ministers in Brussels, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Ministers met on Wednesday to discuss a possible tightening of COVID-19 measures as infections are once again on the rise. (Benoit Doppagne, Pool via AP)

Belgium reverts to tighter Easter lockdown amid virus spike

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne, left, vies for the ball with Wales' Neco Williams during a World Cup 2022 group E qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Wales at the King Power stadium in Leuven, Belgium, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgium wins Group E opener, Czech Republic thrashes Estonia

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A man walks by a closed cafe, due to COVID-19 restrictions, which is now selling books and hats and offering take-away service on the sidewalk in Antwerp, Belgium, Friday, March 18, 2021. Belgian health authorities are urging residents to limit their social contacts to a bare minimum and to massively opt for remote working to avoid another wave of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Belgium pauses re-opening plans as virus infections mount

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Real Madrid's Eden Hazard fights for the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Elche at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Belgium coach: Hazard to avoid surgery, hopeful for Euros

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont reacts during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

EU lawmakers to vote on fate of former Catalan president

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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, a restaurant staff member carries dinner boxes as she prepares part of nearly 600 take-away orders at Sergio Herman's Le Pristine restaurant in Antwerp, Belgium. The government on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 presented scientific projections of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, indicating it would be very risky to extensively loosen the current restrictions over the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Belgian projections warn not to relax measures too quickly

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People wave flags and confetti after the trial of four persons, including an Iranian diplomate and Belgian-Iranian couple at the courthouse in Antwerp, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. An Iranian official on Thursday was convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court that rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity. Assadollah Assadi, a Vienna-based diplomat detained in Belgium, refused to testify during his trial last year, invoking his diplomatic status. He did not attend Thursday's hearing at the Antwerp courthouse. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Iranian diplomat convicted of planning attack on opposition

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Police officers block a road during a nation-wide curfew in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The Netherlands entered its toughest phase of anti-coronavirus restrictions to date, imposing a nationwide night-time curfew from 9 p.m. until 4:30 a.m. which started Saturday Jan. 23, 2021, in a bid to control the COVID-19 infection rate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Belgium fears spread of Dutch riots over virus restrictions

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Travellers, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, walk along the departure hall of the Zaventem international airport in Brussels, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. European Union nations are searching ways to contain the pandemic and several are looking to limit non essential travels for the next weeks. Belgium has been at the forefront of that fight and authorities will decide late Friday whether to ban all leisure travel for a month. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgium bans leisure travel for a month to combat pandemic

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press