China at UN urges restraint by all sides on Ukraine on February 22, 2022United Nations: China on Monday called for restraint by “all sides” to avoid further escalation in the Ukraine crisis, urging a diplomatic solution during an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting. “All parties concerned must exercise restraint and avoid any action that may fuel tensions. We welcome and encourage every effort for a diplomatic solution,” […]
Fed official says March rate hike will depend on data on February 22, 2022Washington: A US Federal Reserve official said Monday she expected high inflation through at least the first half of 2022 and therefore backs an interest rate hike in March, though by how much would depend on data. “I support raising the federal funds rate at our next meeting in March,” governor Michelle Bowman said, stressing […]
S. Africa police kill 8 would-be robbers in shootout on February 22, 2022Johannesburg: South African police killed eight would-be robbers during a foiled heist on a vehicle carrying cash, the police minister said Monday, in one of the country’s deadliest shootouts in recent years. Police acted on a tip-off and deployed a helicopter to fend off a planned cash-in-transit robbery in southern Johannesburg’s suburb of Rosettenville. The […]
EU ‘ready to react if Putin recognises Ukraine separatists on February 22, 2022Brussels: The European Union is “ready to react” if Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes Ukraine’s separatist territories as independent, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday. “We call upon President Putin to respect international law and the Minsk agreements and expect him not to recognize the independence of Lugansk and Donetsk oblasts,” Borrell […]
Mine blast kills 55 in Burkina Faso: medical, local sources on February 22, 2022Ouagadougou: An explosion at an artisanal mine in Burkina Faso Monday afternoon killed at least 55 people and wounded a similar number, local and medical sources told AFP. The blast, at a gold-panning site at Gomgombiro in the southwest of the country, happened when a stock of dynamite blew up, said, local officials and hospital […]
Iranian fighter jet crashes, three killed: state TV on February 21, 2022Tehran: An Iranian fighter jet crashed Monday in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz killing three people, including two crew, state television reported. The head of the local Red Crescent organization said the plane smashed into a school and that one of the dead was a resident of the neighborhood. Local official […]
Images show new Russian troop deployments near Ukraine: US company on February 21, 2022Washington: Satellite images show new deployments of Russian troops and military equipment near the Ukrainian border, a US company said Sunday evening. The pictures show “multiple new field deployments of armored equipment and troops” departing from existing military sites into forests and fields approximately 9 to 19 miles from Russia’s border with Ukraine, US satellite […]
Myanmar to contest ICJ Rohingya case, without Suu Kyi on February 21, 2022The Hague: Myanmar’s junta is set to replace Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court Monday as it seeks to dismiss a case over the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims. Suu Kyi personally presented Myanmar’s arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) when the case was first heard in December 2019, but […]
Chile’s Niemann wins second PGA Tour title at Riviera on February 21, 2022Los Angele: Joaquin Niemann’s gritty even par 71 was enough to give the 23-year-old Chilean his second US PGA Tour title on Sunday, a two-shot triumph in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. Niemann couldn’t match the fireworks of the back-to-back 63s he shot on Thursday and Friday. But his 19-under total of 265 […]
Clashes at international far-right meeting in Bogota on February 19, 2022Bogota: Police clashed Friday with masked and hooded anti-fascism protesters who threw stones and broke windows at a hotel hosting a meeting of far-right political groups from Spain and Latin America. The meeting of representatives of Spain’s Vox party and far-right groups from Colombia, Peru, Cuba, Venezuela, and Chile, attracted about 100 leftwing protesters with […]