World News in Brief: February 26

* Russian President Vladimir Putin is able to ship a Russian delegation to Minsk for negotiations with Ukraine on the degree of representatives of the Protection Ministry, the international ministry and the presidential administration, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Friday.

* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday reiterated his name for Russian President Vladimir Putin to carry talks to cease battle.

* The channels of dialogue have to be saved open so {that a} ceasefire will be achieved, French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned early on Friday morning over Russia-Ukraine battle.

* President Joe Biden instructed the US State Division to launch 350 USD million in navy support to Ukraine on Friday because it struggles to repulse a battle.

* British Airways (BA) mentioned it will cancel all short-haul flights from London’s Heathrow airport till noon on Saturday because it offers with an IT failure.

* Negotiators have made important progress within the final week or so on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal however very robust points stay, a senior US State Division official mentioned on Friday.

* Iran will proceed to complement uranium to twenty% purity even after sanctions on it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear take care of world powers is revived, Iranian information businesses quoted the nation’s nuclear chief as saying on Friday.

* Venezuela re-opened its land border with Brazil on Thursday, almost two years after the federal government of President Nicolas Maduro shuttered crossings over COVID-19 issues, native Venezuelan authorities mentioned on Friday.

* This 12 months’s World Staff Desk Tennis Championships in Chengdu, China has been pushed again to the tip of September from its April dates due the unfold of the Omicron variant, the Worldwide Desk Tennis Federation mentioned.

* Sweden ought to have shut venues and brought different harder measures early within the COVID-19 pandemic, although its no-lockdown technique was broadly useful, a fee mentioned on Friday.

* Italy reported 40,948 COVID-19 associated instances on Friday, towards 46,169 the day earlier than, the well being ministry mentioned, whereas the variety of deaths fell to 193 from 249.

* Brazil had 91,595 new instances of the novel coronavirus reported previously 24 hours and 770 deaths from COVID-19, the Well being Ministry mentioned on Friday.

* Canada in December recorded its first month-to-month surplus because the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas its deficit within the first 9 months of fiscal 2021/22 continued to fall in contrast with the year-ago interval, finance ministry information confirmed on Friday.

* Drugmaker Shionogi & Co 4507.T has utilized for approval to make and promote its oral COVID-19 therapy in Japan.

* Widespread flash floods unleashed by heavy rain in Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland have killed two individuals, together with an emergency providers volunteer, officers mentioned on Saturday, taking the demise toll to 4.