CARACAS – Venezuela must reinforce its separation of powers, especially the independence of its judicial branch, to give more autonomy to its electoral commission and improve the voting process, the European Union’s electoral observation mission said on Tuesday.

The move is yet another sign that Ukrainians are bracing for the worst as Russian aggression continues on the border.

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified friendship treaties with two Moscow-backed Ukrainian breakaway republics on Tuesday, the Kremlin said.

SYDNEY – Australia will spend just over A$804 million ($578 million) to buy drones and helicopters and set up mobile stations in Antarctica to strengthen Australia’s national interests, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.

World leaders are getting over the shock of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his forces into separatist regions of Ukraine and are focusing on producing as forceful a reaction as possible.

OTTAWA – Canada’s parliament on Monday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that have blocked streets in the capital Ottawa for more than three weeks.

U.S. President Joe Biden has made clear the United States intends to deploy sweeping financial penalties, not American troops, to hit Russia over President Vladimir Putin’s moves against Ukraine.

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President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as long as that country holds off on what U.S. officials believe is an imminent assault on Ukraine.

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior.