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Ukraine crisis: Macron says crucial days ahead after Putin summit
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the coming days will be crucial to de-escalating the Ukraine standoff, after a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Mr Putin hinted that progress had been made during his first Moscow summit with a Western leader since Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s borders.
Moscow has denied any plans to invade.
However, Western powers have become increasingly concerned by the possibility of a conflict.
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Academy Awards: Hollywood prepares for Oscar nominations
The Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, with an expanded best picture category which it is hoped will make room for a wider range of films.
The Power of the Dog, Belfast and West Side Story are among the films expected to pick up multiple nominations.
British acting nominees could include Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman and Ciarán Hinds.
Continue Reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60233331
Biden vows to stop Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Europe if Russia invades Ukraine
President Biden vowed Monday that a major European energy pipeline would be abandoned if Russia sends forces into Ukraine, intensifying pressure on the Kremlin as Western leaders attempt to stave off a renewed assault on the continent’s eastern edge.
Continue Reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/07/ukraine-russia-scholz-biden-macron/
Top White House scientist resigns after review finds he demeaned staff
Eric Lander, President Biden’s top science adviser, resigned Monday night after he acknowledged mistreating his subordinates and apologized for demeaning them, a pattern of behavior that put him at odds with one of Biden’s earliest promises — to run an administration marked by respect and professionalism.
Continue Reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/lander-white-house-apologizes/
Macron visits Kyiv after crisis talks with Putin: Live news
France’s Emmanuel Macron is in Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seeking a breakthrough in the East-West deadlock over Ukraine.
The Tuesday meeting comes a day after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for discussions that lasted more than five hours, marking the highest-profile intervention yet by a Western leader.
Continue Reading: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/macron-to-visit-kyiv-after-crisis-talks-with-putin-liveblog
COVID tames race to replace Duterte as Philippine president
Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines – Wading through a crowd of supporters, Vice President Leni Robredo moved carefully as a group of teens started to gather around her, hoisting their phone cameras, ready to take selfies. The presidential candidate obliged her mask-wearing fans as her staff repeatedly reminded the growing crowd to keep their distance because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Other supporters stood by, waving hand-made posters and rose-coloured banners with Robredo’s image, shouting her name in unison. Their voices were drowned out by the booming live music playing for a dance troupe that was swaying and twirling in native costume as it welcomed the Philippines’ highest-ranking female official.
Continue Reading: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/covid-19-tames-rowdy-race-to-be-next-president-of-the-philippines
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Venezuela demands probe after baby dies in migrant boat incident
Venezuela has demanded Trinidad and Tobago launch an “exhaustive investigation” into a deadly incident at sea, in which a baby perished and his mother wounded on board a boat carrying about 40 migrants.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley said the incident occurred on Saturday when coastguard officers attempted to shoot the vessel’s engines after repeatedly ordering to stop during what the island nation’s authorities called “security operations” involving human traffickers.
Continue Reading : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/baby-killed-mother-injured-after-trinidad-officers-fire-on-boat
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Chinese exiles: Boycott Winter Olympics over Uighur ‘genocide’
After he was arrested at the age of 20 in China’s Xinjiang and eventually escaped to Turkey in 2005, all Kuzzat Altay wanted was to live in peace in the United States, where he finally ended up in 2008.
But the Uighur refugee’s longing for a different life in his adopted homeland was disrupted in 2018 when he learned that his father had been taken by Chinese authorities from their home in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital.
Continue Reading : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/2/chinese-exiles-boycott-beijing-olympics-over-uyghur-genocide
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The airport tech helping to prevent delayed flights
Air travel comes with many annoyances, and one of the biggest is flight delays.
You are sat in the departure lounge, growing ever more frustrated and checking the flight information display every minute for your late departure.
When the board finally tells you the gate number, it can be a 15-minute walk away. And then you may face an additional wait before you can board.
Delayed flights remain a common problem on both sides of the Atlantic. Official figures show 11% of UK flights were delayed in the second quarter of last year, while 16% of US flights took off late in 2021 as a whole.
There are often multiple reasons behind delays but could include ground crews running late with aircraft refuelling, the airport struggling to deal with the sheer volume of passengers or having to wait for the pilots, or bad weather.
Continue Reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60228430
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