UN urges Olympic truce for 2026 Winter Games after Russia-Ukraine war

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly four years after Russia violated the Olympic truce by invading Ukraine just days after the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, the U.N. is urging all nations to observe the truce this time around. The plea was made at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, saying a halt to fighting during one of the world’s premier sporting events can be “a tool to promote peace, dialogue, tolerance and reconciliation,” ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The adoption of the resolution by consensus in the 193-nation world body was greeted with applause from diplomats,…