Canada's curling team and Sweden are embroiled in a controversy at the Winter Olympics, with each side accusing the other of improper conduct. Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials seized a massive shipment of cocaine at the Laredo Port of Entry, and the U.S. hockey team secured a dominant victory over Denmark. Additionally, a planned US-funded baby vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been criticized by the World Health Organization.
The Canadian curling team responded to allegations of cheating by the Swedish team by accusing the Swedes of filming their deliveries improperly, according to Fox News. Canadian curler Marc Kennedy told reporters that the Swedes "have come up with a plan here at the Olympics...to catch teams in the act at the hog line." The accusations arose after Sweden accused Canada of double-touching stones.
In other news, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at the Laredo Port of Entry seized 190,000 lethal doses of cocaine, worth $6.8 million, from a truck delivering flowers, as reported by Fox News. The drugs were discovered on Tuesday.
The U.S. hockey team overcame an early deficit to defeat Denmark 6-3 in the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, according to Fox News. After trailing 2-1 in the first period, the Americans scored three unanswered goals in the second period.
In Guinea-Bissau, a US-funded plan to conduct a hepatitis B vaccine trial involving thousands of newborns has been criticized by the World Health Organization as "unethical," according to BBC World. The study, funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, proposed giving one group of babies the vaccine at birth and delaying it for another group until six weeks of age. The WHO expressed "significant concerns" about the plan.
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