Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war and ignoring Russia's security concerns over Ukraine.
- United KingdomUK's Johnson tries to reset premiership with 'levelling up' policies
Britain's government will set out its plan to "level up" the country on Wednesday as it tries to move on from the scandal of lockdown parties in Downing Street by turning to one of the big policy pledges that put Boris Johnson there in 2019.
- EnergyOPEC+ seen sticking to policy despite oil price rally -sources
OPEC+ will likely stick to existing policies of moderate output increases on Wednesday, five sources from the producers' group said even as it expects demand to rise to new peaks this year and as oil prices trade near their highest since 2014.
- Autos & TransportationSelf-driving car companies zoom ahead, leaving U.S. regulators behind
- Middle EastU.S. to send fighter jets to assist UAE after Houthi attacks
The United States said it is sending fighter jets to assist the United Arab Emirates following missile attacks on the Gulf state launched by Yemen's Houthi movement, including a foiled attack aimed at a base hosting U.S. forces.
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsWorld's 1st trial deliberating infecting young adults with COVID found to be safe
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsOmicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as 'original' -WHO
- Asia PacificAustralia's COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to lowest in weeks
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsU.S. considers authorization of first COVID vaccine for children under 5
- COVID-19Virginia governor sued again over order to make masks optional in schools
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsMany countries yet to see peak in Omicron wave, should ease curbs slowly -WHO
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsA tenth of England's 2022 COVID cases suspected reinfections, data suggests