Around 130,000 Russian troops – equipped with everything from tanks and artillery to ammunition and air power – are now surrounding Ukraine on all sides, but Moscow denies it is planning an invasion.

A race against time is under way for the U.S. Navy to recover an F-35 fighter jet that fell into the sea – before the Chinese get there first.

For the first time at the Winter Olympics athletes will compete entirely on man-made snow, in a region with an average snowfall of just 21cm each year and a year-round scarcity of water.

Apple is developing a way for small businesses to turn their iPhones into payment terminals – negating the need for third-party hardware such as market-leading Square’s range of card readers and terminals.

Western countries, such as the U.S., Britain and the Baltic states, have stepped up arms deliveries to Ukraine, but it says it needs more in order to resist Russia’s bigger and better-equipped army.

The retirement of Stephen Breyer, a liberal member of the U.S. Supreme Court, gives President Joe Biden the opportunity to fulfil his pledge to nominate a Black woman to the country’s top judicial body.

A spent SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon, likely the first time a piece of “space junk” will unintentionally strike the lunar surface. The rocket is expected to impact the far side of the moon on March 4.

An estimated 100,000 Russian troops remain stationed near the border with Ukraine, although Moscow has denied any plans to invade its ex-Soviet neighbour.

The United States is in talks with liquefied natural gas (LNG)-producing countries to boost LNG exports to Europe if a Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to gas shortages in Europe.

President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, amid fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine.

Most countries have made little to no progress in bringing down corruption levels over the past decade, according to an annual survey by anti-graft watchdog Transparency International.

Apple is gearing up for its first product launch event of the year, with a new iPhone SE and iPad expected in the spring. It’s hugely anticipated AR/VR headset could debut by the end of the year.

The undersea volcano near the island nation of Tonga erupted with an explosive force that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, according to NASA scientists.

China’s air force flew 39 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) Sunday, while establishing a constant naval presence close to the disputed Senkaku Islands of Japan, east of Taiwan.

The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers demanding the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight Islamist militants.

Events in February include the Beijing Winter Olympics, military exercises between Belarus and Russia that are unnerving the West, elections in five Indian states, the Lunar New Year, and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

The U.S. government has given the go-ahead for the Baltic States to send U.S.-made missiles and other weapons to Ukraine. The move comes as President Joe Biden predicted Russia would “move in” on Ukraine.

The Doomsday Clock, which indicates how near our planet is to annihilation, stands at 100 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been – for the third year in a row.

Airlines resumed flights after AT&T Inc. and Verizon agreed to halt their respective 5G rollouts around U.S. airports, following concerns that new 5G services could interfere with aircraft instruments.

A 19-year-old British/Belgian girl has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, and the youngest person to undertake the 52,080.3km, 200-hour voyage in a microlight plane, when she completed her journey Thursday.

More than 1m people around the world die each year from infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, making antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a leading cause of death.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia in Geneva on Friday as the U.S. warns that Russia could soon invade neighbouring Ukraine.

Russia’s President Putin continues to threaten a potential invasion of Ukraine with a major military build-up near the Russian-Ukrainian border, including armoured vehicles, artillery and short-range ballistic missiles.

As President Joe Biden nears the one-year mark of his presidency, the daily poll of polls from Five Thirty Eight shows that 42.3 per cent of likely U.S. voters approve of Biden’s job performance, while 52.4 per cent disapprove.

President Biden meets the press for just his second solo White House news conference as he begins his second full year in office. At the end of his first year, Joe Biden has held fewer news conferences than his five predecessors.

North Korea’s latest missile test was the fourth in 2022, with previous launches involving “hypersonic” missiles capable of manoeuvring after lift-off, and another test on Friday using a pair of missilesfired from a train.

Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash.

China’s birth rate dropped to a record low in 2021 despite government efforts to encourage families to have more children. There were 10.62 million births in 2021, the data showed, compared with 12 million in 2020.

A tree-planting controversy in Israel’s Negev has threatened Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s fragile ruling coalition. With no seats to spare in the eight-party coalition, the Islamist United Arab List party has boycotted votes.

Novak Djokovic has left Australia after judges upheld the government's cancellation of his visa and his deportation. Djokovic has blamed his agent for an incorrect declaration prior to arriving for the Australian Open.

North Korea launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms that extracted nearly $400 million worth of digital assets in 2021, one of its most successful years on record.

Beijing is going to great lengths to make sure Covid-19 does not impact the Winter Olympics. Athletes, media and observers, who must be fully vaccinated, will stay in three distinct bubbles, and foreign spectators are barred.

The orbital test flight of SpaceX’s Starship will see Serial Number 20 (SN20) fly atop a giant Booster 4 launcher. Booster 4 will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico while SN20 orbits Earth.

Australia has equalled its hottest day on record after the Western coastal town of Onslow saw the mercury soar to 50.7°C. The temperature in Onslow matched a record set in 1962 in South Australia.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said that associates of his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev needed to share their wealth with the public to help alleviate discontent after a week of violent unrest.

Boeing’s deliveries of new planes surged in 2021 but the company still ended the year behind chief rival Airbus, which remained the world’s largest jetmaker for the third year running.

Boris Johnson is facing fresh scrutiny after ITV News claimed another party took place in the garden of 10 Downing Street, breaking strict United Kingdom Covid-19 lockdown rules in place at the time.

The United Nations has launched its largest ever single-country funding appeal, saying it needs more than $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in 2022.

Surgeons in the U.S. have transplanted the heart of a genetically modified pig into a human, marking a step in the decades-long quest in using animal organs for life-saving transplants.

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British sovereign to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee -- 70 years of service -- having acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952. She is currently the world’s longest reigning monarch.

Senior U.S. and Russian officials launched negotiations in Geneva on Monday as part of efforts to defuse tensions over a Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine.

2021 was the fifth hottest year on record, with an average temperature 1.1-1.2C above 1850-1900 levels. The last seven years were the world's warmest on record according to new data from the European climate agency Copernicus.

This year’s awards season got off to a muted start on Sunday night, nonetheless, the winners include Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story and the Western film The Power Of The Dog with three wins each.

The head of Israeli military intelligence, Major General Aharon Haliva, told ministers during a Cabinet meeting on January 2 that Israel would be better off if the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna led to a deal, rather than collapsing without one.

North Korea has fired a “hypersonic gliding warhead” that detached from its rocket booster and manoeuvred 120km laterally before it “precisely hit” a target 700km away, according to reports.

The United States brought 20 prisoners to the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in 2002, and added some 760 over the years. Approaching the 20th anniversary, just 39 prisoners remain.

Demand for electric vehicles is pushing the biggest car companies in the world to spend billions introducing EVs in a bid to catch up with pioneer and pacesetter Tesla.

Russian-led troops have been deployed at the request of the Kazakh president, to quell the worst unrest in the Central Asian country for decades.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark marks the 50th anniversary of her succession to the throne of Europe’s oldest continuous monarchy.

On Jan 6, 2021, as Congress gathered to certify Joe Biden as the next U.S. President, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, the heart of government.

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp outsold General Motors Co in the United States in 2021, marking the first time the Detroit automaker has not led U.S. auto sales since 1931.

Electric carmaker Tesla has opened its 211th Chinese showroom in Xinjiang even as other international companies withdraw from the region due to alleged human rights abuses.

After more than four decades of dictatorship and 10 years of civil war, most Libyan voters want their first-ever presidential election to go ahead after being postponed from December.

James Webb Space Telescope controllers will take until Wednesday to deploy its massive sunshield, a five-layer shield the size of a tennis court designed to keep the $10 billion observatory cool enough for science.

Tensions surrounding Russia and Ukraine may mean that European consumers will see little respite from volatile gas prices this winter. Europe gets more than a third of its natural gas supplies from Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his demand for guarantees from the U.S. and its allies that NATO will not expand eastwards, blaming the West for “tensions that are building up in Europe.”

A European Mars orbiter has found water ice in the heart of the Valles Marineris – a 3,000 kilometre-long canyon at the equator of the Red Planet that is ten times longer and five times deeper than the Grand Canyon.

A newly discovered species of millipede has set a new world record for the greatest number of legs, with 1,306. Previously no millipede had been found with more than 750 legs.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev of Russia contest the men’s singles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea target their first Club World Cup trophy as five continental competitions plus nominated teams from Oceania and UAE compete for the title

Ashleigh Barty of Australia and Danielle Collins of the United States contest the women’s singles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The Six Nations Championship is played each year between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, who are defending champions having claimed their 28th title last year.

Reigning champions Wales begin their title defence against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, in Dublin, as the northern hemisphere’s premier rugby union tournament kicks off.

Athletes will compete in a record 109 events over 14 sports at Beijing 2022: Skiing (Alpine, Cross-country, Freestyle), Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton, Curling, Ice hockey, Figure skating, Ski jumping, Snowboarding, Speed skating and Short track

Six countries have won medals at every Winter Olympics – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the U.S., but Norway tops the all-time medal table ahead of Beijing 2022 with 132 gold medals.

Beijing makes Olympic history, becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter Games, when it opens the XXIV Winter Olympics

The Africa Cup of Nations reaches the knockout stages, as hosts Cameroon take on debutants Comoros, and perennial challengers Egypt clash with Cote d'Ivoire

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 have been held in Zurich. Bayern forward Robert Lewandowski has been named Best FIFA Footballer, with Alexia Putellas crowned best female player

The 12th edition of the tournament -- organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) -- will see 16 teams competing to be crowned continental Champions.

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, takes place in Melbourne, as home favourites, resurgent talent and rising stars all target the first major trophy of the season.

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, takes place in Melbourne, as attention switches from legal court battles to more familiar action on the tennis court.

The schedule, announced to June, features the first three Grand Slams of the year -- Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon -- as well as five WTA 1000 events.

The new season could see World No.1 Novak Djokovic overhaul the total of 20 Grand Slam titles shared with his great rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

The biennial EHF European Men’s Handball Championship is co-hosted by Hungary and Slovakia, featuring 65 matches at five venues over three weeks

Algeria aim to defend their title under talismanic captain Riyad Mahrez but Mohamed Salah of Egypt and Franck Kessié -- Cote d’Ivoire’s influential midfielder, will also be targeting silverware.

The Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men’s football championship of Africa, takes place in Cameroon with 24 teams competing to be crowned continental Champions.

New F1 World Champion Max Verstappen opens the defence of his title in the 73rd Formula One World Championship at the Bahrain Grand Prix, which concludes, after 23 races around the world, in Abu Dhabi.

The draw for the knockout round play-off in the UEFA Europa League – group stage runners-up and third-ranked teams from UEFA Champions League play off for remaining berths in Last 16.

The UEFA Champions League reaches the knockout stages, with ties of the round including 2020 finalists PSG, with Lionel Messi, against 13-time champions Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid facing Manchester United.

Twelve nations will battle it out for the final three European places at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar -- set to kick-off next November.

The winter Olympic Games take place in Beijing, China, from Feb 4-20, 2022. They repurpose five 2008 Summer Olympic venues, including the National Aquatics Centre which has been frozen to accommodate Curling.

The 2022 winter Olympic Games, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, take place in Beijing, China. There will be 109 medal events, with at least 327 medals being awarded in total.

Ten European nations plus Brazil and Argentina have already sealed qualification and join host nation Qatar in the draw for next year’s showpiece, with 19 places still to be decided.

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the premier international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, taking place at more than 30 venues in 12 countries. The season concludes in March at the World Cup finals

The draw for UEFA Futsal Euro 2022, to be staged in the Netherlands from January 19 to February 6, pits the host nation against reigning champions Portugal in the group stage of the tournament.

The anniversary season will celebrate the iconic moments that have defined the growth of an American dream to global popularity.

The 2022 Tour de France will begin with a 13km individual time trial in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 1, and finish in the Champs Elysees in Paris on July 24.

The 2022 winter Olympic Games, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, take place in Beijing, China, in February, and include a record 109 events over 15 disciplines, in seven sports.

England’s 30th Premier League season is underway, with Champions League qualification, fierce rivalries, title glory or relegation all set to be decided over 380 enthralling matches.

Europe’s premier club competition opens with the group stage on September 14, featuring 32 teams bidding to be crowned European Champions. The St. Petersburg Stadium, Russia host the final on May 28.