Kallas, a vocal critic of Putin and his war in Ukraine, told The Associated Press that the West also shouldn’t underestimate Russia’s military capabilities in Ukraine, as the military offensive launched by Russia approaches the four-month mark. She warned against pushing Ukraine to reach a negotiated peace deal with Russia in order to bring the war to an end, noting what happened after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, and seized territory in Georgia, a former Soviet republic....

Residents fleeing the fighting claimed that scores of people, including some civilians, had been killed or wounded in the Army attack. There was no word on the fate of the hostages–transportation and phone links to the island were cut off. Two of the hostages were French journalists. Immediately after the attack began, French President Jacques Chirac told Estrada in a phone call that he disapproved of the attack and would hold Manila “responsible” for the safety of the two French captives....

NEWSWEEK: Many doctors currently tell patients that taking estrogen therapy for fewer than five years to relieve menopausal symptoms is reasonably safe. Do your results mean there’s no safe length of time to take it? Dr. Christopher Li: I think you have to look at the findings in context. There are different types of breast cancer. If we look at it by histology [the microscopic structure of the tissue], the most common type is ductal carcinoma....

The aspiration of inter-regionalism is to ease access for companies to regulated markets by giving them more legal protection, better geographical access and lower investment costs. However, integration projects and a strategic association between the European Union and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) have fallen short of success. This has resulted in EU-Latin America free trade agreements that are exacerbating many of the environmental, social, economic and political crises in the world’s food basket....

The EU is pointing the finger at the pace of the AstraZeneca delivery in its stalled campaign to inoculate its populations. European Commission spokesman Stefan De Keersmaecker said Brussels, Belgium, launched the legal action against AstraZeneca on Friday due to “breaches of the advance purchase agreement.” De Keersmaecker went on to say that “some terms of the contract have not been respected” and that “the company has not been in a position to come up with a reliable strategy to ensure a timely delivery of doses....

I’ll wait . . . . Time’s up: did you come up with “apple,” to make “applesauce,” “pineapple” and “crabapple”? OK, let’s consider that a warmup. Try the same exercise—finding a word to make a compound word—with “bump,” “step” and “egg.” Did “goose” pop into your head? One more: for “back” “clip” and “wall.” . . . .It’s “paper,” for “paperback,” “paperclip” and “wallpaper.” If you’re like many people, you tried to solve each problem methodically, first finding a word that would go with, say, “sauce” and then trying it out with “pine” and “crab....

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday that De Colo told his agents of his intentions to come back to America to play basketball. De Colo averaged nearly 15 points per game with CSKA Moscow this season while continuing to establish himself as one of the Euroleague’s top guards. MORE: NBA Draft winners and losers He didn’t find the same success while playing in the NBA from 2012-14, averaging just 3.8 points, 1....

This explains why European retail is one of the few industries anywhere on the globe that have been generating a steady stream of deal making buzz. At a time when global mergers and acquisitions have fallen 81 percent from a 2000 peak of $3.4 trillion, the Safeway deal has been generating headlines since January. The bids, which started at [Pound sterling]2.9 billion, are now under review by Britain’s Competition Commission, the national trustbuster....

Whether a rivalry is based on geographical location, a previous flash point between the two clubs or by the sheer amount of times two particular teams have faced off against one another, deep-rooted derby dislike is one of the true cornerstones of world football. And it’s even worse if your team keeps getting beaten. With winless Everton looking set for another bruising Premier League day out this weekend as they face fierce foes Liverpool, we ask: what are some of European football’s most one-sided rivalries?...

The rule changes would apply to the Schengen area, a group of 26 EU and several non-EU nations that suspended visa requirements to pass between the countries, a decision that has helped the economic health and other business benefits like shipping efficiency among the member nations. The proposed changes come as concerns rise over the coronavirus restrictions that reinstituted the border checks in some countries, slowing the travel process and disrupting the region’s supply chain....

Lee, a Republican, held up a copy of the Constitution while debating McMullin, an independent, on the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Lee, according to text messages released by the House committee investigating the riot, had argued for then- President Donald Trump to challenge the 2020 presidential election in court in the weeks following the election. The text threads also recorded Lee afterward cautioning then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows of an alleged plot to send alternative state electors to Capitol Hill to challenge President Joe Biden’s certification on January 6....

Did Kane opt for the surgery to force a trade out of Winnipeg? Does this mean he quit on his teammates? MORE: Jets make right call | Vascular damage for Lundqvist Craig Oster, Kane’s agent, says it’s all “ridiculous.” “Surgery only happens when it’s required,” Oster told the Winnipeg Sun. “I don’t think any person, let alone player, wants to have surgery. This isn’t an insignificant surgery. This is a significant surgery....

The Warriors can draw on the fact that they have mastered what it takes to win, while everyone else will head into the playoffs trying to figure out on the fly what they need to do to hold up the Larry O’Brien Trophy in June. POWER RANKINGS: Rockets, Warriors battle for No. 1 As Warrior players are the first to admit, returning their top nine players from their 2017 championship team gives them a leg up on the competition....

In the video below, Goal looks through the reasons for the dip at the back and what JDT will need to do in order to find back their resoluteness at the back as they are still in contention for honours in the Super League, AFC Cup and Malaysia Cup. 

The monarch, 95, marked 70 years on the throne on February 6, a day both of celebration and of sadness as it was also the day her father, George VI, died in 1952. The whole of 2022 is supposed to be a year of celebration for the royals and a moment for the British public to come together after the isolation days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But before February has even finished, the monarchy has been plunged into scandal and crisis....

It’s not just Arizona, Texas and New Mexico—my own home state of Ohio is affected too. As Butler County sheriff Richard Jones recently pointed out in a letter to President Joe Biden, illegal immigration afflicts the entire country, straining local resources for services such as police, education and health care while introducing significant public safety threats into our communities. Month after month, there are hundreds of thousands of illegal border crossings, as people from all over the world seek to take advantage of the Biden administration’s open-borders policy....

That eclectic background makes Robert Pittman the center of attention in this deal. “I’m probably the guy with the least anxiety about the merger, because I know everybody [at both companies],” he told NEWSWEEK. “This is a homecoming, and I feel very good about it.” In fact, some observers say his brand of experience–having high-level jobs at both entertainment and Internet companies–could become the key to a gold-plated resume as these two sectors of the economy combine....

MORE: Cam Newton benched for opening drive after violating Panthers’ dress code And as it always does, the internet didn’t miss its opportunity to comment on Newton’s outfit.