From the BBC World Service: Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer that Beijing is ready to develop a long-term strategic partnership.
Along with the economic impact in the Italian host cities of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, NBCUniversal says it has more advertisers lined up for their broadcasts than any past Winter Olympics.
The reaction among America's allies was summed up by the speech of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who said "the middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu."
Cuba is set to lose access to one of its main suppliers of oil after the Trump administration captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.