AJMEDIA News Digest: Feb. 21, 2023

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine ahead of Russia war anniv. KYIV – U.S. President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of the… Read more

Japan to give Ukraine $5.5 bil, host online G7 summit plus Zelenskyy

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced a new $5.5 billion financial aid for Ukraine and will mark the first anniversary of the war by… Read more

Japan, Britain, Italy eye defense chiefs meeting in Tokyo in March

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, Britain and Italy are planning to hold a defense ministerial meeting in Tokyo next month, sources close to the matter said Monday, in which their… Read more

Asian shares mostly higher as inflation worries dog Wall St

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday after Wall Street closed out another bumpy week marked by uneasiness over the outlook for inflation and interest… Read more

Biden walks through Kyiv to show resolve ahead of war’s anniversary

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden walked around central Kyiv on an unannounced five-hour visit to Ukraine on Monday, promising to stand with Ukraine as long as it… Read more

Another quake hits Turkey-Syria border area two weeks after disaster

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed… Read more

IAEA finds uranium enriched to 84% in Iran, near bomb-grade

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ The U.N. nuclear watchdog has found uranium enriched to 84% in Iran – very close to weapons grade – diplomats said on Monday, while the watchdog… Read more

Azerbaijani, Turkish FMs hold phone talk

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu have hold a phone call, AJMEDIA reports. During the… Read more

Azerbaijan Defense Minister meets with Chief of Georgian Defense Forces

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov received the delegation led by the Chief of Georgian Defense Forces, Major General Giorgi Matiashvili, AJMEDIA reports via… Read more

Azerbaijan-Armenia relations to be discussed at OSCE PA meeting

Tokyo, 21 February, /AJMEDIA/ MPs of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (Parliament) – head of the delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Azay Guliyev, members of the delegation Agalar Veliyev, Tahir… Read more