Queen Elizabeth II canceled scheduled online engagements on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has cancelled plans to meet his Russian counterpart in Geneva later this week as Russia presses ahead with recognition of separatist regions of Ukraine.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
President Joe Biden has announced the U.S. is ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs, declaring that Moscow has flagrantly violated international law by invading Ukraine.
Hong Kong's leader says the city will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press
Western leaders say that Russian troops have moved into rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin’s recognized their independence.
Canadian lawmakers have voted to extend the emergency powers that police can invoke to quell any potential restart of blockades by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK, Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering forces to “maintain peace” in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, hours after the Kremlin recognized the area's independence.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says emergency powers are still needed despite the progress police have made in stamping out paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he is scrapping the last domestic coronavirus restrictions in England, including the requirement for people with COVID-19 to self-isolate.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK, Associated Press
KSL's Alex Cabrero was one of the few NBC affiliate reporters who traveled to China for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He was also there for KSL, reporting on the 2008 Summer Olympics, and says the lasting legacy of 2022 will be very different.
The terrarium of a Winter Games that has been Beijing 2022 came to its end Sunday, capping an unprecedented Asian Olympic trifecta and sending the planet’s most global sporting event off to the West for the foreseeable future.
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LORI HINNANT, JIM HEINTZ and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as long as that country holds off on what U.S. officials believe is an imminent assault on Ukraine.
Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace said, adding that the famously stoic 95-year-old monarch still plans to carry on working.
Crews are clearing fallen trees and working to restore power to about 400,000 people in Britain as Western Europe cleans up from one of the most damaging storms in years.
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JIM HEINTZ, DASHA LITVINOVA and LORI HINNANT, Associated Press
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and seek a resolution to the crisis.
Hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of Canada’s besieged capital Saturday, arresting or driving out protesters, towing away their trucks and finally retaking control of the streets in front of the country’s Parliament buildings.
Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine are heightening Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe and U.S. President Joe Biden saying he’s “convinced” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade.
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ROB GILLIES, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED, Associated Press
Police in Canada say they have made more than 100 arrests and progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
U.S. President Joe Biden says he’s “convinced” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to launch a further invasion of Ukraine, saying Friday he has “reason to believe” it will occur in the “coming days” and will include an assault on its capital, Kyiv.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
Authorities in Canada are beginning to arrest protesters who have paralyzed traffic in Ottawa for three weeks in a demonstration against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.OOTA
