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Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A group of Chinese delegates visited Taiwan on Saturday, marking the first official group from China to visit the country since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The body of professional soccer player Christian Atsu was discovered under the rubble of the earthquake-damaged building where lived in Turkey, his agent confirmed Saturday.

The fierce Tropical Cyclone Freddy on Saturday was approaching Madagascar, where experts say life-threatening impacts are likely in the coming days.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted a Connecticut man and an foreign national for allegedly bribing officials to win energy contracts from state-owned Brazilian energy company Petrobas.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- NASA and Boeing said Friday they aim to launch the first manned test flight mission of the CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station in April.

SEOUL, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Ford Motor has halted production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks after a fire caused by the battery, a product line provided by South Korea's SK On.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- TikTok said Friday it's working to open two new data centers in Europe to expand data storage capacity in addition to one the company announced last year.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company Equinor on Friday said it joined Germany's EnBW to develop wind farms off the German coast, part of a growing regional energy shift.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Spain has approved a law that will allow women to take paid days off work for "menstrual leave" as part of a larger package of sexual and reproductive protections that passed in the nation's Parliament this week.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- World leaders stressed unity with Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the conference, saying there is "no alternative to Ukrainian victory."

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A former security guard at Britain's Embassy in Berlin was sentenced to 13 years in jail Friday after being convicted of spying for Russia.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in Northern Ireland on Friday for talks with political leaders to resolve an impasse over trading arrangements with the European Union that has left effectively the country without

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Lufthansa Group announced on Friday that all of its flights in Frankfurt and Munich have been canceled because of a strike, leaving more than 1,300 flights grounded.

SEOUL, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- North Korea warned Friday of "unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions" to planned joint military drills between the United States and South Korea, which Pyongyang has long condemned as preparations for war.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- European Union member states are being urged to seriously consider sending modern fighter jets to Ukraine, as the war-torn country continues to call on ally nations to commit to donating the advanced weaponry.

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Canada will deploy Navy warships to Haiti, Prime Minister Justice Trudeau said Thursday, as he unveiled a slew of measures to aid the Caribbean nation's fight against a worsening security situation due to gang violence.