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Further escalation in Ukraine could harm Americans at the gas pump and elsewhere.

The United States Women's National Team has reached a $24 million settlement over equal pay with US soccer, a historic settlement for the Olympic gold medal and World Cup winning team following years of dispute. CNN's Alexandra Field reports.

Excessive cellphone and laptop use can lead to back problems. Popular physical therapists Bob and Brad demonstrate 3 easy exercises to correct your posture and alleviate upper back pain.

Khartsyzsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Loudspeakers announce the location of evacuation centres in the city of Khartsyzsk, in eastern Ukraine, after Russia's President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into the self-proclaimed rebel republics of Donetsk and Lugansk on 'peacekeeping duties'.

Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has cancelled a planned meeting with Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov later this week, as Russia has started an invasion of Ukraine.

Hong Kong (AFP) – Construction of two temporary isolation facilities is underway in Hong Kong — with help from building crews from mainland China — to house thousands of coronavirus patients, with soaring daily caseloads threatening to overwhelm hospitals.

The U.N. Children's Fund says 10.5 million children are not attending school in Nigeria even though primary education is officially free and compulsory. To help out-of-school children in the country's north where there have been attacks by extremists, the American University of Nigeria has launched a school called “Feed and Read.

Dutch police cordon off the area and redirect traffic near the scene of a hostage situation at an Apple store in the center of Amsterdam. Police said there were several special units deployed to "get the situation under control", adding that they had been alerted of an armed robbery at 5:40 pm (1640 GMT) which had rapidly transformed into a hostage situation.

CNN's Gloria Borger said that the tone and language that President Joe Biden used when announcing new sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine "really was the language of war."

President Joe Biden announced new sanctions against Russia in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering troops into two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.

Donghai (China) (AFP) – Thousands of couples in China tie the knot on the date 22/02/2022, considered auspicious, which is also the 22nd day of the first month of the Lunar year and the second day of the week, an extra boost for a date already considered to represent good fortune.

Copenhagen (AFP) – The Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the University of Copenhagen for the first stop in her two-day visit to Denmark, a rare solo trip focused on early childhood.