Top 10 world news: Baltic countries expel Russian diplomats, and more

Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania have expelled a total of 10 Russian diplomats, the foreign ministries of the threeBalticcountries said on Friday.Russia’s war on Ukraine is causing a strategic re-think in Finland, which shares a 1300-km border with Russia.

The diplomats were expelled in a coordinated move "in connection with activities that are contrary to their diplomatic status and taking into account ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine", Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics tweeted.

According to the diplomat, the Government of Finland is looking at the security situation in Europe and discussing to prepare a White Paper assessing their security situation, which will be followed by a parliamentary discussion.

Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for rejecting the country's request for fast-tracking its EU membership.

Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere believes that the country will receive around 30,000 Ukrainian refugees this year in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion. Addressing the parliament, Stoere said that the number of refugees can reach 100,000 with many of them fleeing Ukraine every day.

Oneperson waskilledand 4woundedafterpartsof a Russianmissilefell on a residential building in thenorthernpart of the Ukrainian capitalKyivon Friday morning, emergencies services said.

Ukrainian President Volodmir Zelensky has gained a lot of popularity for his leadership during the conflict with Russia and some members of the European Parliament along with a number of European nations have asked the Nobel Committee to consider him and the people of Ukraine for the Nobel Peace Prize.

More than 3 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russia invaded on February24, according to United Nations databut the United States has only admitted several hundred Ukrainian refugees so far, leaving some critics questioning USgovernment policy.

The island nation of Samoa decided to seal their borders on Friday as they entered a nationwide lockdown after recording their first ever case of COVID-19. While the world experienced a huge number of cases over the last two years, Samoa was able to safeguard its population.

The world needs to launch a "transformation" to curb global warming, a top researcher behind an upcoming UN report onclimatesolutions said, adding that it isnevertolateto act.

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