A selection of news stories that happened overnight, Feb 17, 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China’s President Xi Jinping about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a US fighter jet shot down early this month after it transited the United States.Mr Biden, in his most extensive remarks about the Chinese balloon and three unidentified objects downed by American fighters, did not say when he would speak with Mr Xi, but said the United States was continuing to engage diplomatically with China on the issue.
“Israel stands firmly in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and remains committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Mr Cohen said, during a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, Mr Dmytro Kuleba. As Russia’s President Vladimir Putin wages war in Ukraine, Argentina has gradually become the destination of choice for Russian expectant parents fleeing the threat of conscription and seeking new passports in the South American country.
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, a life-long supporter and founder of chemicals group INEOS, is one likely bidder, along with US private equity firms and possibly Qatari investors, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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