## Zelensky refuses to sign document on transfer of 50% of Ukrainian mineral resources to the US - WP

Authored by unn.ua

A delegation of the US Congress in Munich wanted President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign a document that would give the US rights to 50% of Ukraine's future mineral resources, but he refused.

This was reported by The Washington Post journalist Josh Rogin in X, UNN reports.

Several lawmakers here in Munich have told me that a US Congressional delegation handed Zelenskiy a paper they wanted him to sign giving the US rights to 50% of Ukraine's future mineral resources - he wrote.

According to him, the Ukrainian leader politely refused to sign it.

Zelenskyy has previously said that he supports a strategic partnership with the United States in rare earths mining, which could be part of an agreement on economic support and security guarantees for Ukraine.

On February 11, Donald Trump saidthat Ukraine had "effectively" agreed to give the United States access to $500 billion worth of rare earth minerals in return for Washington's military aid. »

### Invasive ‘murder hornets’ are wiped out in the US, officials say

Authored by cnn.com

The Washington and US Departments of Agriculture announced the eradication Wednesday, saying there had been no detections of the northern giant hornet in Washington since 2021.

Scientists destroyed the nest just as a number of queens were just beginning to emerge, officials said.

He noted that other invasive hornets can also pose problems: Officials in Georgia and South Carolina are fighting yellow-legged hornets, and southern giant hornets were recently detected in Spain. »

### NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere

Authored by apnews.com

He insisted NATO will not be involved in any future force that might be required to police the peace in Ukraine.

NATO has also helped Ukraine’s armed forces shift from Soviet-era military doctrine to modern thinking, and has strengthened Ukraine’s defense and security institutions.

After years of cuts, NATO members committed to ramp up their national defense budgets in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. »

### It Takes Two Boss Says Studio Will Never Make A Live-Service Game

Authored by gamespot.com

Josef Fares, the director of It Takes Two and the upcoming Split Fiction, said that Hazelight Studios will never make a live-service game.

Hazelight's previous game, It Takes Two, won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021.

The studio's next game, Split Fiction, launches on March 6 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. »

### Pam Bondi's Order to Dismiss Eric Adams' Indictment Has Triggered 3 Times More Legal Resignations Than the Watergate Scandal

Authored by latintimes.com

"There is shock and dismay across the legal community, regardless of partisan allegiance.".

The number of resignations today in protest of DoJ’s order to dismiss the Adams case is now triple the number that occurred during the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre, as @ryanjreilly notes.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who had been temporarily leading the prosecution of Adams, was among those who stepped down. »

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