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Tributes lie partially covered in snow Monday at a makeshift memorial to fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv, as the conflict with…
Former prime minister Dick Schoof greets his successor Rob Jetten (right) for the portfolio transfer following swearing-in ceremony of the new Jetten cabinet in The Hague.…
Cancelled flights are displayed on a board at Logan International Airport during a winter blizzard snow storm in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., February 23, 2026. REUTERS More than 40mn people were under blizzard warnings in the northeast United States Monday, as a winter storm dumped shin-deep snow and officials in New York enforced a citywide travel ban. The so-called “Nor’easter” pummeled the region overnight, disrupting flights and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Thousands of homes and businesses were without power and officials, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, ordered residents to stay off the roads so emergency crews could clear the streets. Many schools were closed throughout the region. “I’m urging every New Yorker to please stay home,” Mamdani said. Authorities in neighbouring New Jersey and Rhode Island issued similar travel restrictions. Some were frustrated by the region’s second major winter storm in weeks. “I’m sick of it. I don’t want to see no more snow,” Vincent Greer, a resident of Wildwood, New Jersey, said as he shoveled outside his building. Meanwhile, at New York’s Grand Central station, others were admiring the city blanketed in snow. “It’s beautiful,” Chris Crowell, 45, told AFP after a walk with a friend. “So much snow, it’s just gorgeous. We did not expect to be out this long.” The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that blizzard conditions and “crippling impacts” would continue in the northeast US for much of the day. As of 11am (1600 GMT), more than 5,500 flights in or out of the United States were canceled and hundreds more delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. New York’s three major airports as well as Boston Logan Airport saw the most cancellations. At least four states – Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island – had seen 2’ (60cm) of snow by morning Monday. The storm comes weeks after the region recovered from another devastating winter weather system that was linked to more than 100 deaths. Officials did not hold back in their public warnings ahead of the latest snowfall. “New York City has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade,” Mayor Mamdani said on Sunday after declaring a state of emergency. Some 15.1” (38cm) of snow were recorded in Central Park, the most at New York City’s official reporting station from a single storm in over five years. The United Nations, which is headquartered in the city, was closed Monday due to the storm. “The worst is yet to come,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul told a briefing on Sunday, urging residents to stock up on groceries and medicines. She said she had activated 100 National Guard members to assist in Long Island, New York City and the Lower Hudson Valley – areas expected to bear the brunt of the heavy snow and coastal winds. In Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu warned of a storm of “historic proportions” and closed all public schools and municipal buildings. “We ask everyone to plan ahead, stay safe and warm, and stay off the roads to help our public works and public safety efforts,” she said. Citing the severe weather, Boston’s transit authority said that subway, bus and rail services would be limited, and ferry services canceled. Snowploughs were deployed across the northeast US as officials sought to reduce prolonged disruption from the storm. Major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Boston advertised dedicated warming centres for people caught outside in the cold. In an update on Sunday, the agency said that despite its ongoing funding lapse, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema)’s disaster-response work continues uninterrupted, including staff travel, emergency operations and critical assistance for people affected by active disasters, with life safety and property protection remaining top priorities. Last week, Reuters reported that the Trump administration had ordered the Fema to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-affected areas around the country while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is shut down.…
Afghan men gather near a damaged car after an overnight Pakistani air strike hit a residential area at the Girdi Kas village in Bihsud district, Nangarhar…
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold flags, banners and placards as they march through the streets during a rally in Sydney on February 22, 2026. (AFP) Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold…
Law enforcement kills armed man seeking to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, officials say
US Secret Service and local police shot and killed a man armed with a shotgun early yesterday after he breached a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, law enforcement officials said. Trump, who is currently in Washington, was not at the site at the time. The man in yesterday’s incident was identified as Austin Tucker Martin, 21, from North Carolina, according to a source familiar with the investigation.Martin was reported missing within the last few days, according to the source. The incident occurred at a time when the US is facing a spike in political violence. In 2024, a gunman’s bullet grazed Trump’s ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, and a man later convicted of attempted assassination was spotted hiding in the bushes of a Florida golf course with a semi-automatic rifle while Trump was on the course. The man was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can, the US Secret Service said in a statement, adding that he was observed at the resort’s north gate around 1:30am EST (0630 GMT). Two US Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy confronted the man and ordered him to drop the two items, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a press conference yesterday morning. The man put down the gas can and raised the shotgun “to a shooting position,” prompting law enforcement to open fire, Bradshaw said. The man was declared dead at the scene. No law enforcement officers were injured.White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said the Secret Service “acted quickly and decisively to neutralise a crazy person, armed with a gun and a gas canister, who intruded President Trump’s home.” Law enforcement officials did not reveal any information about the motive for the incident. The FBI has taken over the investigation and is collecting evidence from the scene, officials said. FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post that the agency is “dedicating all necessary resources” to the investigation. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he spoke with Trump after the incident. Bessent thanked the Secret Service for protecting the president and his family. “We don’t know whether this person was a mastermind, unhinged or what,” Bessent said on the Fox News programme Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. In 2024, Trump faced two assassination attempts, including one at his golf course in West Palm Beach. The perpetrator of that incident was sentenced to life in prison this month. Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota, was shot and killed in June 2025 along with her husband. Months later, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was also assassinated. Source link
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses a press conference in New Delhi yesterday.(AFP) Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) urged Donald Trump yesterday to treat all countries equally after the US leader imposed a 15% tariff on imports following an adverse Supreme Court ruling. “I want to tell the US President Donald Trump that we don’t want a new Cold War. We don’t want interference in any other country, we want all countries to be treated equally,” Lula told reporters in New Delhi. The conservative-majority Supreme Court ruled six to three on Friday that a 1977 law Trump has relied on to slap sudden levies on individual countries, upending global trade, “does not authorise the President to impose tariffs”. Lula said he would not like to react to the Supreme Court decisions of another country, but hoped that Brazil’s relations with the US “will go back to normalcy” soon. The veteran leftist leader is expected to travel to Washington next month for a meeting with Trump.“I am convinced that Brazil-US relation will go back to normalcy after our conversation,” Lula, 80, said, adding that Brazil only wanted to “live in peace, generate jobs, and improve the lives of our people”. Lula and Trump, 79, stand on polar opposite sides when it comes to issues such as multilateralism, international trade and the fight against climate change. However, ties between Brazil and the US appear to be on the mend after months of animosity between Washington and Brasilia. As a result, Trump’s administration has exempted key Brazilian exports from 40% tariffs that had been imposed on the South American country last year. “The world doesn’t need more turbulence, it needs peace,” said Lula, who arrived in India on Wednesday for a summit on artificial intelligence and a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ties between Washington and Brasilia soured in recent months, with Trump angered over the trial and conviction of his ally, the far-right former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro.Trump imposed sanctions against several top officials, including a Supreme Court judge, to punish Brazil for what he termed a “witch hunt” against Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in a botched coup bid after his 2022 election loss to Lula. Lula said that, as the two largest democracies in the Americas, he looked forward to a positive relationship with the US.“We are two men of 80 years of age, so we cannot play around with democracy,” he said. “We have to take this very seriously. We have to shake hands eye-to-eye, person-to-person, and to discuss what is best for the USand Brazil.” Source link
People walk through Times Square as snow falls during a winter storm in New York City, yesterday. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani yesterday ordered the shutdown of the city’s entire traffic network for all but emergency travel ahead of a massive snowstorm expected to hit the northeast US. Tens of millions of Americans from the US capital Washington to the northern state of Maine braced for the storm, with up to two feet (60 centimetres) of snow forecast in some areas. The National Weather Service said blizzard conditions would “quickly materialise” from Maryland up to southeastern New England, making travel “extremely treacherous.” Snow could fall at a rate of two to three inches per hour at the peak of the storm, with nearly 54mn people in its path, it said.Power outages are likely due to heavy snow and strong wind gusts, forecasters said. In New York, which has more than eight mn people, Mamdani said streets, highways and bridges would be shut down from 9:00pm yesterday (0200 GMT) until noon today.“New York City has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade,” he said, explaining the state of emergency. “We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel.”The ban will not affect essential workers or New Yorkers needing to travel due to emergencies, according to Mamdani. New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency beginning midday yesterday, freeing up funds and allowing the swift deployment of resources to address the weather crisis.In Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu closed all public schools and municipal buildings today. “We ask everyone to plan ahead, stay safe and warm, and stay off the roads to help our public works and public safety efforts,” Wu said.The National Weather Service said “moderate to major” coastal flooding affecting waterfront roads and properties was possible from Delaware up to Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The storm comes just weeks after the region recovered from another devastating weather system that was linked to more than 100 deaths.“The worst is yet to come,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul told a press briefing yesterday. “Whatever you need — any groceries, any medicines you need to be refilled at the pharmacy, any pet food you need to have — do it right now.”Then, she advised, “just settle in.”“Watch some more Olympics, read a book, catch up on the news, call your family members, call your moms — especiallyyour moms.” Source link
Eighteen people were killed Monday when a passenger bus traveling from Pokhara to Kathmandu plunged into the Trishuli River in the Dhading District of central Nepal. Local authorities reported that the bus, carrying approximately 45 passengers, fell from the highway into the river, resulting in the fatal accident.A spokesperson for the local administration office said that most of the 27 injured passengers were transferred to hospitals in Kathmandu for treatment.Bus accidents in Nepal are typically blamed on poor road conditions and weather factors, with most accidents occurring during the monsoon season each year. Source link
A winter storm that struck the US East Coast disrupted air travel and forced school closures, with the National Weather Service warning of heavy snowfall and strong winds.New York City Mayor Zahran Mamdani announced at a press conference yesterday, “We expect between 33 and 43 centimeters of snow,” warning that the snow could reach “50 centimeters or more,” and urging all city residents to stay home.US authorities stated that parts of the Northeast could see up to two feet of snow and winds reaching 70 miles per hour, increasing the risk of downed trees and power outages.Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declared a state of emergency and ordered state employees to stay home. (QNA)A violent winter storm hit the region in late January, killing more than 100 people. Source link
