(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
The latest developments regarding Russia and Ukraine later but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Protests have resumed on the streets of Peru in opposition to the new government of President Dina Boluarte.
She was installed after last month's removal of Leftist Pedro Castillo from power through impeachment...
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS LOCAL AUTHORITIES STRUGGLING WITH THE RECENT ARRIVAL OF 500 MIGRANTS.
A NATIONAL PARK CLOSED WITH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOT YET COMMENTING ON THE SITUATION...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Iranian authorities angered by the French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo".
Its published cartoons of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and other religious leaders using sexual imagery.
The French ambassador called in over the matter with Iran saying there will be an "effective and decisive response"...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE (TURKEY)
THE POLITICAL DRAMA CONTINUES IN THE US HOUSE WITH MORE VOTES ON A NEW SPEAKER.
REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY CONTINUES TO FALL SHORT OF A MAJORITY FOLLOWING TODAY'S FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH ATTEMPTS TO ELECT A NEW SPEAKER.
THE OPPOSITION TO MCCARTHY SOME 20 HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNITING AROUND REPRESENTATIVE BYRON DONALDS OF FLORIDA.
ONE REPUBLICAN MEMBER VOTING PRESENT...(NEWS AGENCIES)
At the request of China and the United Arab Emirates the UN Security Council meeting over an Israeli cabinet minister's visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The Biden Administration condemned the visit of Itamar Ben Gvir US State Department spokesman Ned Price saying it has "the potential to exacerbate tensions and provoke violence."...TIMES OF ISRAEL
SOUTH KOREA PLANNING TO SPEND AT LEAST 60 PERCENT OF ITS BUDGET IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN SLOWING EMPLOYMENT AND EXPORTS...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Severe economic conditions in Pakistan forcing the closure of shopping malls and markets at 830 pm.
Restaurants and wedding halls ordered to close at 10 pm.
The government order designed to save money some 273 million dollars a month.
Pakistan lacks money to pay for imported goods led by energy supplies.
The government also ordering all departments to cut energy consumption by 30 percent...AL JAZEERA QATAR
NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER US ALLIED NATIONS IN IMPOSING COVID TESTING ON TRAVELERS FROM CHINA.
NEW ZEALAND COVID 19 RESPONSE MINISTER AYESHA VERRALL SAYING THERE IS:
"minimal public health risk to New Zealand from the current situation"...
THE DECISION FOLLOWS A STATEMENT FROM CHINA THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT NEEDED.
CHINA SAYING THERE WOULD BE RETALIATION FOR RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELERS FROM CHINA...
MEANWHILE IN RECENT DAYS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATON HAS BEEN TAKING A NEW STANCE TOWARDS CHINA AND COVID NOT SEEN BEFORE.
THE WHO SAYING CHINA NEEDS TO BE OPEN WITH DATA ABOUT COVID...AFP-TIMES OF ISRAEL
WALL STREET MOVING UPWARDS.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 133.40 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ ROSE 71.78 POINTS.
THE PRICE OF OIL DECLINING DURING THE DAY TODAY BEGINNING TO RISE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AT 73 DOLLARS AND 41 CENTS A BARREL...MARKETWATCH
SOUTH AFRICA, CHINA AND RUSSIA HOLDING JOINT NAVAL DRILLS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA NEXT MONTH.
TWO RUSSIAN WARSHIPS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISES BETWEEN FEBURARY 17TH AND 24TH...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
MACRON PLEDGES USED FRENCH ARMORED VEHICLES TO UKRAINE
UKRAINIAN SHELLING CAUSES CASUALTIES IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION
RUSSIA SHOOTS DOWN DRONES IN CRIMEA
UKRAINE-WIDE AIR RAID ALERT
The French President Emmanuel Macron promising his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky light armored vehicles that the French military has been phasing out of use in recent years...TASS RUSSIA
Five dead and 15 wounded in Ukrainian shelling in the Zaporozhye Region this afternoon...TASS RUSSIA
Two drones shot down near Sevastopol in Crimea today. They were approaching an airfield when confronted by Russian air defenses...TASS RUSSIA
An air raid alert across all of Ukraine today...TASS RUSSIA
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