Tweets Of The Day

Fresh from a meeting of their leaders at the Beijing Olympics, China and Russia have grown closer, raising the specter of an authoritarian alliance to challenge a U.S.-led West. Russia's Ukraine war is testing how far China will go in supporting Moscow. https://t.co/cCEPoCfxbn

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 28, 2022

Western parties have yet to make "political decisions" to conclude talks aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran said Monday after its chief negotiator returned to Viennahttps://t.co/yOfLAPWfSH

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 28, 2022

#UPDATE Top European Union official Charles Michel said Monday there were disagreements among the 27 member states on enlarging the bloc, as Kyiv appealed for membership in the face of a Russian invasion pic.twitter.com/QenO8yeVOa

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 28, 2022

Red-hot inflation in the United States may not cool off this year as much as many hoped, Goldman Sachs cautioned in a new report.https://t.co/CFaeDlaiVJ

— CNN (@CNN) February 28, 2022

Crude oil jumped while the rouble plunged to a record low after Western nations imposed tough new sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including blocking some banks from the SWIFT global payments system https://t.co/6M8ONG3LCQ pic.twitter.com/fKUL4ry1XK

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 28, 2022

On Russia’s nuclear threat level, the thing to watch is the US-Russia military hotline. I am told that remains in place. US still has visibility on Russian nukes. Also note that Biden did not raise US threat level.

— Eli Lake (@EliLake) February 28, 2022

US closes embassy in Belarus and threatens country with sanctions if it joins Russian invasion of Ukrainehttps://t.co/rNQyQi126J

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 28, 2022

#BREAKING 20 dead in rebel attack in east DR Congo: expert sources and NGOs pic.twitter.com/Ie3wOPGeP8

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 28, 2022