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Joe Biden hosts Netherlands PM Mark Rutte for talks on tech chips, Ukraine

President Joe Biden praised the Netherlands for stepping up assistance to Ukraine as he hosted Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks at the White House

US Prez Joe Biden to host Netherlands PM for talks on tech, Ukraine

President Joe Biden is set to host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks as the US administration looks to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China's access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. Tuesday's wide-ranging talks are also expected to cover the countries' efforts to thwart Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and an upcoming democracy summit, according to the White House. The Biden administration has been trying to get the Netherlands on the same page since the US Commerce Department announced in October new export controls aimed at China. The restrictions are intended to limit China's ability to access advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and make advanced semiconductors. Administration officials have reasoned that the export restrictions are necessary because China can use semiconductors to create advanced military systems including weapons of mass destruction; commit human rights abuses; and improve the speed and ...

Hit by Ukraine war, inflation, global jobs growth will halve in 2023: ILO

Global employment growth is expected to slow down sharply to 1% this year compared to 2% in 2022, hit by the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine, inflation and tighter monetary policy, the ILO said

US military's expanded training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany

The US military's new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday, with a goal of getting a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fight the Russians

Deaths from strike on Ukraine apartment building rise to 25: Report

Zelenskyy reported that at least 73 people were wounded and 39 people had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon

Russian strikes will cause emergency power cuts across country: Ukraine

The Ukraine energy minister said the next few days 'will be difficult'

UK to supply tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit Kyiv: PM Rishi Sunak

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Saturday the U.K. will provide Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems to support Ukraine. Sunak's Downing Street office said in a statement that he made the pledge after speaking to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Saturday. It did not say when the tanks were to be delivered or how many. British media has reported that four British Army Challenger 2 main battle tanks will be sent to eastern Europe immediately, with eight more to follow shortly after. They did not cite sources.

Battle for salt mine town: Russian military claims victory in Soledar

Russian military has claimed that it has captured the Ukrainian salt-mine town of Soledar after a long battle

United Nation's nuclear watchdog IAEA to increase presence in Ukraine

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that it would step up its presence in Ukraine to help prevent a nuclear accident during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict

Russia says its forces took over Soledar, Ukraine denies its capture

Soledar is located in Ukraine's Donetsk province, one of four that Moscow illegally annexed in September

Ukraine's Ambassador to Turkey says peace summit likely on Feb 24

Ukraine's Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar said that a summit to discuss the peace plan for Ukraine may take place on February 24

Golden Globes 2023: Zelenskyy says 'there'll be no WWIII, not a trilogy'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a virtual appearance at the 80th Golden Globes awards ceremony, during which he said "there'll be no third world war, it is not a trilogy

Ukraine's metallurgical output sees sharp drop in 2022 due to war

According to local experts, Ukraine's metallurgical enterprises faced a series of challenges last year due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the destruction of production facilities

IAEA to send monitoring missions to Ukraine's nuclear plants amid war

The main purpose of the missions is to monitor the state of nuclear and radiation safety at the nuclear facilities amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Korikov said

Ukraine's 2022 defence expenditure accounted for 32.5% of GDP

"Financing the defence sector remains a priority for the government as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues"

CES 2023: Ukraine introduces tech solutions in medical, recycling sectors

The past year has been difficult for startups everywhere, but running a company in Ukraine during the Russian invasion comes with a whole different set of challenges. Clinical psychologist Ivan Osadchyy brought his medical device, called Knopka, to this year's CES show in Las Vegas in hopes of getting it into US hospitals. His is one of a dozen Ukrainian startups backed by a government fund that are at CES this year to show their technology to the world. Two of our hospitals we operated before are ruined already and one is still occupied. So this is the biggest challenge, Osadchyy said. The second challenge is for production and our team because they are shelling our electricity system and people are hard to work without lights, without heating in their flats," he said. He came up with the device after spending a year with his own grandmother in the hospital and finding that he had to track down nurses when she needed something. The system works by notifying nurses when a patient

Russia claims deadly attack on Ukraine, but Kyiv denies any casualties

The Russian military claimed Sunday to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks used by Ukrainian troops in retaliation for the deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in a rocket attack a week ago. Ukrainian officials denied there were any casualties. The Russian Defence Ministry said its missiles hit two temporary bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops in Kramatorsk, in the eastern Donetsk region, killing 600 of them. Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the strikes were retaliation for Ukraine's attack in Makiivka, in which at least 89 Russian soldiers died. Serhii Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukraine's forces in the east, told The Associated Press that Russian strikes on Kramatorsk damaged only civilian infrastructure, adding: The armed forces of Ukraine weren't affected. The Donetsk regional administration said seven Russian missiles hit Kramatorsk and two more hit Konstantynivka, without causing any casualties. It said an educational institution, an industrial ...

Ukraine's frontlines witness artillery fire despite 'ceasefire' by Russia

Despite the start of Moscow's order for its forces to maintain a unilateral ceasefire from mid-day in observance of the Russian holiday, there was an exchange of fire along the frontlines of Ukraine

Signs of fighting in Ukraine after Russia says unilateral truce in force

Kyiv has said it has no intention to stop fighting, rejecting the purported truce as a stunt by Moscow

Russia's ongoing war plunges Ukraine's GDP to record 30.4% in 2022

The country's GDP is expected to rise 3.2 per cent this year, according to the government's projection