Feb 28 What Trump and Zelenskyy said during their heated argument in the Oval Office By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press "This is going to be great television. I will say that," President Donald Trump said after a minuteslong fight with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in front of cameras during a visit to the White House. Continue reading
Feb 28 UN biodiversity talks end with nations backing $200 billion per year plan to protect nature By Steven Grattan, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press COP16’s successful conclusion is the first United Nations meeting in many months that ended on a positive note, as various meetings all through last year related to dealing with the global plastic pollution, climate change and the earlier biodiversity meeting… Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: Zelenskyy ‘needs to resign’ or ‘change’ after tense meeting with Trump, Sen. Lindsay Graham says By Associated Press Graham called the meeting a “complete, utter disaster” and said he’s “never been more proud” of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: Zelenskyy departs White House after Trump and Vance chastise him in tense meeting By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Justin Spike, Associated Press Ukraine's leader left the White House shortly after President Donald Trump shouted at him, showing open disdain. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: Trump and Vance blast Zelenskyy in Oval Office meeting, suggesting he needs to be more grateful By Associated Press President Donald Trump chided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Vice President JD Vance, one of the administration’s most skeptical voices on Ukraine, said Zelenskyy was being disrespectful for debating Trump in the Oval Office in front of the American media. Continue reading
Feb 28 Mexican cartel leaders to be arraigned in NYC after their surprise transfer By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Rafael Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 and had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is a former leader of… Continue reading
Feb 28 Top cleric and 5 others killed in bombing at Pakistan seminary ahead of Ramadan By Riaz Khan, Associated Press An attacker blew himself up Friday in a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. Continue reading
Feb 28 Pope inhaled vomit after coughing fit, in setback from pneumonia recovery By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The development marked a setback in what had been two successive days of increasingly upbeat reports from doctors treating Francis at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since Feb. 14. Continue reading
Feb 28 Trump’s talks with Zelenskyy cut short after Oval Office confrontation By Justin Spike, Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump shouted at Ukraine's leader on Friday during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office, berating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “gambling with millions of lives” and suggesting his actions could trigger World War III. Continue reading
Feb 28 Israeli mourners bury returned hostage as talks start for ceasefire future By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Tsachi Idan’s body was one of four released by Hamas overnight Wednesday to Thursday, in exchange for over 600 Palestinian prisoners, the last planned swap of the ceasefire’s first phase, which began in January. Continue reading