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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky travels Friday to Berlin and Paris where he is due to sign security deals with the two European giants and seek further support for Kiev's battle against Russia.

Kansas City, Missouri, was marred by tragedy as a local radio DJ, Lisa Lopez-Galvan, lost her life in a shooting incident following the celebratory Super Bowl parade. Confirmed by KKFI radio station and reported by People magazine, Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two, fell victim to the violence, leaving behind a devastated community.

Amidst escalating tensions on the global stage, the United States has issued a stark warning to Congress and its European counterparts regarding fresh intelligence concerning Russia's nuclear capabilities, potentially posing a significant international threat.

The United States is facing a new and "serious" national security threat, top officials warned Wednesday, with two media outlets reporting it involves a Russian attempt to build a space-based nuclear capability.

ABC News and The New York Times quoted unidentified officials saying that Russia was developing a nuclear, space-based anti-satellite weapon.

Argentina's monthly inflation slowed slightly in January, but the prices of key goods and services rose 254 percent year-on-year.

President Javier Milei had warned that the country's battle with inflation was far from over when he took office in December, riding a wave of fury over decades of economic mismanagement.

Convening the "Committee of Eight", by top Democrats and Republicans in Congress, they have two days to be briefed

"Ukraine will not be able to win a war with Russia, the Ukrainian army will not be able, even with the support of hundreds of billions of dollars from the West, to expel the Russian army from the region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has no industrial potential, as neither NATO nor the United States have", he said.

The Biden administration has assured the US Congress that it will closely monitor Turkey's behavior towards Greece, particularly focusing on potential overflights of Turkish F-16s over Greek islands and violations of Greek airspace, Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says in an interview with Kathimerini, emphasizing that there will be consequences

He was transferred to the hospital with an emergency bladder problem and transferred authority to his deputy, the Pentagon said.
Austin was hospitalized yesterday for treatment of "symptoms suggestive of an urgent bladder problem," Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said, according to the AP.

The United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, has been hospitalized for symptoms of a bladder issue, leading to the transfer of duties to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. The development was confirmed by Pentagon Press Secretary Major Gen. Pat Ryder on Monday.