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  • USA's players raise their sticks after winning the men's play-off semi-final ice hockey match between USA and Slovakia at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, on February 20, 2026. USA won 6-2.
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  • Referee Jan Hribik drops the puck for the start of the men's preliminary round Group C Ice Hockey match between USA and Germany at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, on February 15, 2026.
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  • Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones of Team USA celebrate after competing in the Bobsleigh Two-Woman Heat 4 on day fifteen of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on February 21, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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  • California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2026.
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    Trump’s damage is done. Democrats – and Europe – are struggling to define what’s next
  • (From left) Germany’s chief of defense, Gen. Carsten Breuer, and the UK’s chief of defense staff, Air Marshal Sir Richard Knighton
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  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/Pool
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  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 14, 2026 in Munich, southern Germany. Heads of state and government as well as foreign and defence ministers from all over the world are expected to attend the security policy talks from February 13 to 15, 2026.
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  • People attend a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that the Arctic island be ceded to the U.S., calling for it to be allowed to determine its own future, in Nuuk, Greenland, January 17, 2026.
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