By MarketsFarm
WINNIPEG, Feb. 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
- Winter storms were causing problems across the United States, with a blizzard warning in Southern California for the first time in decades, interstate closures in Arizona and Wyoming, and thousands of flights cancelled or delayed. Schools and offices were shuttered throughout the northern U.S., with heavy snow moving from the Dakotas across to the East Coast. Meanwhile, record high temperatures were being reported in parts of the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.
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- Tensions mounted between Israel and Palestinian militants on Thursday after a gunbattle on Wednesday left 10 Palestinians dead and wounded dozens more. At least six rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel, with most intercepted by Israeli air defenses. Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft hit several targets in Gaza, with no reports of injuries on either side.
- On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin upped his rhetoric, vowing to increase the deployment of nuclear weapons – including new intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear submarines.
