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OMAHA, Neb. AP 鈥?The major freight railroads appear unwilling to give track maintenance workers much more than they received in the initial contract they聽rejected聽last week, increasing the chances of a strike.The railroads took the unusual step of issuing a statement late Wednesday rejecting the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division unions latest request to add paid sick time on top of the 24 percent raises and
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PARIS AP 鈥?French President Emmanuel Macron said the Russian flag has no place at next year Paris Olympics because of the聽war crimes聽committed by Vladimir Putin regime in Ukraine.Russia has not been allowed to fly its flag at the Olympics since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Since then, Russians have been competing at the Summer and Winter Olympics under various names because of doping issues.In an interview with L ;Equipe newspaper published Thursday, Macron said he didn ;t want them to fly their flag in Paris because of the war in Ukraine. Russia, as a country, has no place at a time when it has committed war crimes and d
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air max 1 vents.READ MORE: Russia says southeast Ukraine is now the main focus of fighting in the warThe governing bodies of most Olympic sports have either adopted the IOC policy already or are working on plans to do so. The IOC still recommends barring Russia and Belarus from team sports and excluding athletes who are contracted to the military or security forces. There can ;t, obviously, be a Russian flag at the Paris Games, I think theres a consensus on that, Macron said.As
