⚡ US Expected to ban Russian aircraft from American airspace - Wall Street Journal

❗The Biden administration is expected to ban Russian aircraft from US airspace.

The order is expected to be issued within the next 24 hours and will apply to all Russian-owned-and-operated aircraft, the reports said on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

🇨🇦 Canada has imposed sanctions against all of the Russian Security Council’s 18 members in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, Global Affairs Canada said.

"Canada is imposing new sanctions in response to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. The new amendments impose restrictions on 18 members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation responsible for these actions," the statement issued on Tuesday read.

While Canada announced personal sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and a few other senior official last week, the new decree affects the entirety of the Security Council, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Furthermore, Ottawa is expanding the scope of the sanctions against the Russian Central Bank, National Wealth Fund and Ministry of Finance.

The sanctions go into effect immediately, according to Global Affairs.

⚡⚡Boeing suspending parts, maintenance and technical support services for Russian airlines

🚀 First Artemis Manned Mission to Moon Will Not Launch Until 2026

The Artemis 3 manned mission to the Moon will not take place until 2026 and may be as late as 2027, senior NASA officials told a hearing of the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

“Given the time needed to develop and fully test the HLS [Human Landing System] and NASA’s next-generation spacesuits needed for lunar exploration, the date for a crewed lunar landing likely will slip to 2026 at the earliest,” NASA Inspector General Paul Martin told the hearing on Tuesday.

Over the past six years, NASA has increasingly relied on public-private partnerships and alternative acquisition approaches to further its deep space exploration and Artemis ambitions but now these projects face multiple technical, financial, and programmatic challenges, Martin said.

The window for the manned landing, originally scheduled for 2024, might even have to be put back until 2027.

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❗ The first State of the Union address by US President Joe Biden is taking place before a joint session of Congress

🚢 3 ocean carrier alliances control 95% of shipping between Asia and the US and have hiked rates more than 1,000%. The White House wants to shake their control

Expensive shipping costs are the target of a new initiative that the White House announced, which directs the Justice Department to use anti-trust laws to push the industry's largest companies to be more competitive with each other.

When freight costs go up, the prices of consumer goods go up too, and White House experts estimate that shipping will add a full percentage point to inflation in the coming year. These ballooning prices have been good for shipping companies' profit margins, soaring to 56% in the third quarter of 2021, compared with 3.7% in 2019. For President Biden, such fat profits in such a historically low-margin business are evidence of anticompetitive practices.

Other sectors that have come under the microscope include beef producers and oil companies.

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WATCH | Whoops! Biden stumbles, confuses 'Iranian' With 'Ukrainian' in first SOTU address

What Did Biden Say in His First State of the Union?

🇺🇸 US will close American airspace to all Russian aircrafts
🇺🇸 Vows American troops will not engage in Ukraine crisis, and that Americans ‘are going to be ok’ in spite of anti-Russian sanctions
🇺🇸 US will soon be on its way to win economic competition with China
🇺🇸 Social media platforms must be held accountable
🇺🇸 US needs to fix immigration system, secure borders
🇺🇸 Introduced ‘unity agenda’ to tackle opioid epidemic, mental health issues, end cancer and provide support for US vets
🇺🇸 Urged lawmakers to pass voting access legislation, paid leave, extend child tax credit and raise minimum wage

The US Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration have since detailed that the order will go into force by the end of Wednesday.

‼️The directive applies to all aircraft owned, certified, operated, registered, chartered, leased or controlled (or for the benefit of) any Russian citizen.

⚡️ Twitter says it will comply with EU anti-Russian sanctions when required

Twitter said that it "intends" to comply with the EU's sanctions against Russian state-affiliated media outlets Sputnik and RT when a corresponding order takes effect, according to Reuters, citing an emailed statement.

⚡️ School damaged as a result of overnight shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian forces, DPR says

❗️ Russia's Sberbank leaves European market

⚡️ Google reportedly blocks apps connected to Sputnik, RT from Play App Store across Europe

⚡️ Mariupol blocked, DPR militia spokesman Eduard Basurin says