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Defense Ministry Denies Thailand’s Unfounded Allegations Over Landmine Incident | Cambodian Government Responds to Thailand’s Diplomatic Actions Amid Border Tensions | PM: Cambodian Armed Forces Courageously Defending Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity | Cambodian Condemns Thailand's Aggressive Military Operations in Border Tension Areas | Cambodia Condemns Thai Military Aggression, Urges Immediate Withdrawal | Cambodian Ministry of National Defense Releases Timeline of Border Clashes on July 24, 2025 | Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodian Military Targets, Prompting Regional Anxiety | Cambodian Army Asserts Right to Self-Defence Following Thai Incursion | Hun Sen Commands Military Operations Alongside Prime Minister Hun Manet, Denies Reports of Fleeing, Says Spokesperson | Cambodian Military Claims Control of Ta Krabey, Ta Moan Thom Temples Amid Border Clashes | PM Hun Manet Urges Calm and Respect Amid Ongoing Border Clashes with Thailand | Government Spokesperson: Thailand Using Landmine Allegations as Pretext for Invasion | Border Conflict Escalates: Cambodian and Thai Forces Continue Clashes as of 6 PM | Cambodia Condemns Thai Military for Violating World Heritage Site, Calls for Immediate Action | Cambodia Condemns Thai Military Attacks and Cluster Bombing on Border Areas, Vows Firm Response | BREAKING: Heavy Thai Assault on Ta Moan Thom Temple as Cambodian Forces Resist Fiercely | US Calls for Immediate End to Cambodia-Thailand Border Conflict | TOP NEWS: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, As ASEAN Chair, Urges Cambodia and Thailand to Consider Ceasefire | UN Urges Restraint as Tensions Mount at Thailand-Cambodia Border | Thailand Seeks Diplomatic Solutions Amid Escalating Border Clashes with Cambodia; Cambodia Condemns Airstrikes | Nation Unites in Humanitarian Effort: Blood Donation Drive Supports Emergency Preparedness Amid Border Tensions | Thailand Rejects International Mediation in Ongoing Cambodia Border Conflict | Cambodia Reports Intensified Thai Attacks and Condemns Use of Cluster Munitions in Urgent Third Briefing of the Day | Cambodia Responds Firmly as Day Two of Border Skirmishes Unfold | BREAKING NEWS: Prime Minister Hun Manet Clarifies Cambodia’s Position on Ceasefire Proposal Amid Border Tensions | BREAKING NEWS: Cambodia Denounces Thailand’s Military Actions as Violations of Sovereignty and International Law | UN Urges Restraint as Thailand-Cambodia Clashes Displace Thousands; Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting | Cambodia Confirms Troops Still Holding Mount Trop as Thailand Cannot Raise Flag on Sovereign Territory | Cambodia and Thailand Clashes Enter Third Day as Casualties Rise to 33 |

Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble

International: Bartenders and waitering staff are made to wear a full hazmat suit in a restaurant at a ski resort in Zhangjiakou.

A bartender in the Chinese ski resort of Zhangjiakou wears a blue and white hazmat suit as he pours a cocktail, before passing the drink to a similarly attired waiter who shuffles across the room in blue plastic booties to deliver the drink.

The bar guests at the Nanshanli Condotel on Wednesday evening, most of them Olympics-related personnel and journalists, could see only a sliver of their servers' faces behind white masks and giant plastic face shields.

A giant "closed loop" entirely separates the thousands of international athletes, officials and journalists arriving for the start of the Games on Friday from the general public.

The scene, which some participants have likened to dystopian fiction, is playing out around Olympics venues in the capital and Zhangjiakou in neighboring Hebei province as Chinese officials try to minimize the chances of the Beijing Winter Games sparking a fresh coronavirus outbreak.

A room service order of a club sandwich and fries came wrapped in plastic and delivered by a worker again in full PPE.

Hallways and lobbies of venues and hotels are constantly sprayed with disinfectant, giving the air a distinct smell of Lysol. Most days at the media center, workers in PPE emblazoned with the colorful Olympic rings spray down floors and a robot sprays disinfectant into the air.

The "closed loop" will allow the athletes, coaches and other officials to shuttle between accommodation and Olympic venues on official transport but they are not allowed out to move freely in public.

Everyone in the "closed loop", which includes the 4,500 athletes who have arrived so far for the Feb. 4-20 Games and 20,000 local volunteers, are subjected to daily PCR tests. Officials conducted 67,137 tests on Wednesday.

Olympics organisers said on Wednesday they had recorded 32 COVID-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, 15 of them new airport arrivals. Brian McCloskey, chair of the Beijing 2022 medical expert panel, said he expected the daily number to drop once the number of participants arriving begins to decrease.


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