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Ukraine crisis: Kyiv mayor proud of citizens' spirit, anxious about future

The mayor confirmed that nine civilians in Kyiv had been killed so far, including one child.

Ukraine files genocide case against Russia at UN's highest court

The case says Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine based on false claims of acts of genocide in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of eastern Ukraine

New York orders sanctions against Russia, welcomes Ukraine refugees

New York's sanctions follow those issued by President Joe Biden last week targeting Russia's financial system.

People protest in France against Russian invasion, denounce Vladimir Putin

Hundreds of people protested on Sunday in Paris and in the Riviera city of Nice against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Ukrainian flags and those of other eastern European nations hoisted high.

Ukraine conflict: ECB says Russia bank subsidiary likely to fail

The European Central Bank said early Monday that the bank had 13.6 billion euros in assets at the end of last year, but has experienced "significant deposit outflows" due to "geopolitical tensions"

European Union shuts airspace to Russian airlines, will buy Ukraine arms

The shift underscored how Russia's war on Ukraine was rewriting Europe's post-World War II security and defense policy in ways that were unthinkable only a few weeks ago

In major shift for Europe, Germany to spend $113 bn on defence

Germany announced Sunday it was committing 100 billion euros ($113 billion) to a special armed forces fund and would keep its defence spending above 2 per cent of GDP from now on

Joe Biden's Russia sanctions may let Moscow profit from oil, gas

There is a glaring carve-out in Biden's sanctions against Russia: Oil and natural gas from that country will continue to flow freely to the rest of the world and money will keep flowing into Russia.

Ukraine, Russia diplomats to meet at unspecified location Belarus border

The office of Ukraine's president has confirmed that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow's troops draw closer to Kyiv.

Fence being reinstalled around US Capitol for Joe Biden's speech

Fencing installed around the US Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday

Nearly half of Biden's 500 mn free Covid-19 tests still unclaimed

Nearly half of the 500 million free Covid-19 tests the Biden administration recently made available to the public still have not been claimed as virus cases plummet

Putin puts Russia's nuclear deterrence on alert amid tensions with West

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert amid tensions with the West over his invasion of Ukraine.

Israel has offered to mediate peace to end Ukraine fighting, says Kremlin

The Kremlin says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has offered to help broker an end to fighting in Ukraine.

Indians trying to flee Ukraine amid invasion stuck at Polish border

While countries like Poland and Hungary have welcomed fleeing Ukrainians, some foreign citizens seeking to leave Ukraine have reported difficulties at the Polish border.

Ukrainians return from across Europe to fight Russian invasion

While hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid Russia's attack on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland.

Belarus votes in constitutional referendum as crisis in Ukraine rages

Belarusians cast ballots in a constitutional referendum that nation's leader called to cement his grip on power, even as he offers the country's territory to his ally Russia to invade Ukraine

Russian troops advance on Ukraine's ports, meet resistance in city

Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south Sunday, advances that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion

368,000 Ukrainian refugees have fled the nation amid Russia invasion: UN

The United Nations' refugee agency says the latest count of Ukrainians arriving in neighbouring countries stands at 368,000 and continues to rise.

Rescue operations underway for 14 workers trapped in China coal mine

A rescue operation is underway to rescue 14 workers trapped in a coal mine in southwestern China, media reported Sunday.

Ukraine calls for Russia to lose UN Security Council seat after invasion

Ukraine's president says Russia should be thrown out of the United Nations Security Council following its invasion of his country.