German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is going to Israel for a snap visit on Tuesday as war rages in Europe. It comes after Israel's Foreign Minster Yair Lapid spoke with his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, about Israel's offer of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.

Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to visit Israel

A new model of artificial intelligence has shown hidden turbulence in the atmosphere of the Sun. The research, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, shows multi-scale deep learning for estimating horizontal velocity fields on the solar surface.

New artificial intelligence model shows hidden turbulence in Sun's atmosphere

The Taliban have clamped down on Afghans leaving the country as, separately, their forces continue a massive security sweep, going house-to-house across the capital Monday in a "clearing operation".

Taliban ban Afghans from evacuating amid massive security sweep

Myanmar's military government complained on Monday of biased coverage by foreign media, which it said was misreporting events in the country and being swayed by distorted information from "terrorists" determined to create instability.

Myanmar junta accuses foreign media of 'persistent bias'

The United States Treasury Department said on Monday that the country has banned all US transactions with Russia's central bank effective immediately. "This action effectively immobilises any assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation held in the United States or by US persons, wherever located," the Treasury said of the measure taken in coordination with Western allies.

Ukraine invasion: United States Treasury bans transactions with Russia’s Central Bank

Kremlin on Monday said that Russia will ride out the sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom, European Union and other countries. "The Western sanctions on Russia are hard, but our country has the necessary potential to compensate the damage," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

'Russia will compensate the damage': Kremlin on Western sanctions

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday announced a "historic" shift in Germany's foreign and defence policy, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine forces Europe's biggest economy to ditch decades of reluctance in raising its military profile.

'A new era': Germany rewrites its defence, foreign policies

Facilities for storing dead bodies at hospitals and public mortuaries in Hong Kong are at maximum capacity due to a record number of COVID-19 fatalities, the Hospital Authority said on Monday, as officials battle to control a surge in cases.

Hong Kong mortuaries hit capacity as COVID deaths climb

The Vatican is "ready to help" negotiations to stop the war in Ukraine after Moscow's invasion, Pope Francis's number two said in interviews published Monday. "The Holy See, which in recent years has followed the events in Ukraine constantly, discreetly and with great attention, offering its availability to facilitate dialogue with Russia, is always ready to help the parties to resume that path," Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

Vatican 'ready to help' negotiations with Russia

Russia's central bank announced Monday it was raising its key interest rate to 20 per cent from 9.5 per cent. "The Bank of Russia's board of directors has decided to raise the key rate to 20 percent," the central bank said in a statement.

Central Bank of Russia hikes key rate to 20% from 9.5% amid sanctions

The European Union is preparing to grant Ukrainians who flee the war the right to stay and work in the 27-nation bloc for up to three years, senior EU and French officials said.

EU plans to grant Ukrainians right to stay for up to 3 years

Nigeria on Monday urged border officials in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to treat its citizens equally amid mounting reports of racial discrimination against Africans fleeing the Russian invasion.

Nigeria condemns reports of racism at Ukraine border

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