EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
Three dead and 213 injured after two new earthquakes in southeastern Turkey and 130 others injured in Syria
Ankara/Beirut. At least three people have died and 213 others have been injured in two new magnitude 6.4 and 5.8 earthquakes in Turkey’s Hatay province, one of eleven that were devastated two weeks ago by two earthquakes that had killed at least 41,000 people and injured more than 105,000. This was announced by Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, who warned of the possibility of more people being trapped in the ruins of buildings that collapsed today. In Syria, more than 130 people were injured in varying degrees in opposition areas of northwestern Syria by the earthquakes in Turkey today.
UKRAINE WAR
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BIDEN
Biden arrives in Poland after an eight-hour train journey from Kyiv
Warsaw. United States President Joe Biden arrived in Warsaw on Monday evening after a more than eight-hour train journey from Kiev to the border town of Przemysl and a flight on Air Force One to the Polish capital. The White House had not revealed until now how Biden entered Ukraine and how he planned to leave for security reasons. However, with the president already out of Ukrainian territory, the only reporter accompanying him, from the Wall Street Journal, was able to inform the rest of the reporters that Biden had traveled by train both to Kyiv and to Russia. Poland. .
BIDEN
Biden visits Kyiv and announces $500 million in military aid
Kyiv. US President Joe Biden traveled to Kyiv on Monday to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelensky, and announce $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, in a gesture of solidarity to mark the anniversary of the invasion Russian which falls on February 24. The two leaders met at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv and later appeared before the press, at which Biden told reporters he wanted to leave no doubt about Washington’s “unwavering” support for Kyiv and announced a new military aid program which include artillery ammunition, howitzers and Javelin missiles, a portable weapon designed to destroy tanks and other heavy vehicles.
UKRAINE WAR
EU urges sharing of existing ammunition with Ukraine, weighs joint orders
Brussels. The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, urged the EU-27 on Monday to continue sharing their stocks of artillery ammunition with Ukraine, while preparing a proposal to jointly acquire new orders. “It is clear that we must put procedures in place to increase the capacity of European industry to produce more and faster,” Borrell told a press conference after a Council of EU foreign ministers, when he was about a year after the Russian invasion.
SITUATION
Ukraine bets on the attrition of Russian troops on the Eastern Front
Moscow/Kyiv. The situation on the battlefronts seems to be at a standstill in a duel where Ukraine is betting on the wear and tear of Russian troops in the east of the country, where the fiercest fighting is taking place at a high cost in human lives for both parties, and prepares to counterattack. In recent weeks, Russian troops have intensified their attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and made little progress.
CHINA
US warns China that if it arms Russia it will have problems with many countries
Ankara. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China on Monday that if it delivered lethal weapons to Russia, it would have “a real problem in its relations with many other countries, not just the United States”. “We are concerned that China is planning to support Russia’s war effort in Ukraine with lethal aid, something we are watching very, very closely,” the US Foreign Minister told a conference. press in Ankara. “I’m not going to lay out what the consequences would be,” added Blinken, who said he forwarded the content in Munich, on the sidelines of a security conference, to the director of the Communist Party’s Foreign Affairs Committee office. of China (CCP). ), Wang Yi.
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RAINS IN BRAZIL
Brazil is searching for storm survivors with 40 dead and 2,500 evacuated
Sao Paulo. Brazil mobilized hundreds of soldiers on Monday to find possible survivors of the strong storm that hit the coast of Sao Paulo and left 40 dead, around 40 missing and nearly 2,500 evacuated, in more material damage in this tourist region. Intense rains over the weekend caused severe flooding and landslides, leaving behind a trail of destruction in half a dozen municipalities in São Paulo, which had welcomed dozens of tourists for Carnival these days .
AFGHANISTAN TALIBAN
EU gives Afghanistan six months for aid to reach women
Brussels. European Union (EU) foreign ministers agreed on Monday to give Afghanistan a six-month “trial period” during which they must ensure that the humanitarian aid it sends reaches the population in a non-discriminatory way, after the Taliban banned women from working in NGOs. Meeting in Council, ministers agreed that EU humanitarian and subsistence aid to Afghanistan would continue, “as long as it can be provided in a non-discriminatory manner and in accordance with the principles agreed by the international donor community humanitarians”. As they have decided, this will be closely monitored and decided on a case-by-case basis for a trial period of six months.
EU WEDDING
Mali summons EU charge d’affaires over Michel’s “aggressive” remarks
Bamako. The Malian Foreign Ministry summoned the European Union’s charge d’affaires in Bamako, Pascal Perennec, on Monday to express its protest against the “unfriendly, erroneous and aggressive remarks” of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. , in an interview. In a press release, the Malian ministry refers to an interview granted by Michel in which, according to Bamako, he accuses the Malian authorities of “having broken off relations with European partners”.
GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
Another day of protests in Israel against Netanyahu’s judicial reform
Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered outside the Parliament building in Jerusalem today for the start of the vote on judicial reform promoted by the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu, which would undermine the independence of the judiciary and which sparked a major protest movement. Monday’s demonstration comes a week after another massive demonstration outside the Knesset (parliament) and after Saturday’s mass concentration in the city of Tel Aviv.
AUTOMOTIVE MEXICO
López Obrador confirms that Tesla will set up a factory in Mexico
Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed on Monday that the electric car company Tesla will set up a factory in the country, but warned that he would meet with his top manager, tycoon Elon Musk, to define his exact location. The president made the announcement after announcing last week that he would speak with Musk amid controversy because the federal government wants him to relocate near Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), a work priority for López Obrador, but the northern state government of Nuevo León claims to be the destination.
CURE HIV
Third patient cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
Barcelona Spain). A patient in Dusseldorf, Germany has become the world’s third confirmed HIV cure after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat leukemia, bringing the possibility of a large-scale treatment one step closer. . The case was studied by the IciStem consortium, jointly coordinated by the University Medical Center of Utrecht (Netherlands) and the Institute for AIDS Research IrsiCaixa de Badalona (Barcelona, Spain), a center jointly promoted by the Foundation La Caixa and the Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
BERLIN CINEMA
The Mexican “Totem” excites the Berlinale with a beautiful family agony
Berlin. The Mexican film “Totem” moved the Berlinale to healthy tears today, through the family agony of a young man, whom director Lila Avilés covers with all possible love until the farewell is turns into a celebration. The protagonist is a “little body” – in the words of the director – called Sol, the girl played by Naíma Sentíes. That is, the daughter of Tona, a talented painter who was also the prettiest boy on the beach, now terminally ill with cancer.EFE
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