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• Ukraine steel plant at risk of emitting hazardous material if hit by bombs

  14-03-2022 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  A top steel company that employed nearly 40,000 people in Mariupol, Ukraine, was hit by shelling, forcing thousands of employees to live in bomb shelters, Metinvest CEO Yuriy Ryzhenko says. The plants can emit hazardous materials if they're hit by bombs while operating, forcing the company to strategize and decrease operations.
  
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• Here's how we know sanctions are hurting Russia

  14-03-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  When the Communists and Vladimir Lenin took over Russia in 1917, they repudiated old czarist debts and the country defaulted on its foreign obligations -- the largest sovereign default in history.
  
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• Russia's attack at Poland's border shattered the image of calm in western Ukraine

  14-03-2022 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  On the surface, the western Ukrainian city of Lviv does not look like a city on the edge of a war zone.
  
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• Film director apologizes to Venus and Serena Williams for 'thoughtless' comment

  14-03-2022 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Jane Campion, director of "The Power of the Dog," was championed on Twitter for her blunt response to Sam Elliot's criticism of her film. However, she faced criticism online 24 hours later for her "thoughtless" comments about Venus and Serena Williams at the Critics' Choice Awards.
  
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• Striking drone video shows devastation in Ukraine city where 2,500 are dead

  14-03-2022 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian authorities said more than 2,500 people have died as a result of bombardment in the besieged south-eastern city.
  
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• Drone footage shows devastation in Mariupol

  14-03-2022 23:17 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian authorities said more than 2,500 people have died as a result of bombardment in the besieged south-eastern city.
  
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• Pregnant woman and her baby die after maternity hospital bombing, Ukraine officials say

  14-03-2022 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Phil Black reports on the separate outcomes of two pregnant Ukrainian women whose images circulated widely following the Mariupol maternity hospital bombing.
  
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• WATCH: Waterspout sends beachgoers scrambling

  14-03-2022 21:56
  
  A waterspout sent beachgoers scrambling as it came ashore over the weekend in Southwest Florida. No injuries were reported.
  
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• China expressing openness to military and financial aid for Russia, US cable suggests

  14-03-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  • US, China officials hold high-stakes meeting
  
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• A car was headed toward a 10K race. A trooper risked her life to protect the runners

  14-03-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Toni Schuck used her vehicle to block an alleged drunk driver from entering the route of a 10K race.
  
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• UN relief chief: 'Mariupol is the center of the hell we see in Ukraine'

  14-03-2022 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  Christiane Amanpour speaks with Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the growing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
  
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• Roman Abramovich spotted at Israeli airport following UK sanctions

  14-03-2022 21:05
  
  Photograph shows Chelsea FC owner in VIP lounge shortly before jet linked to him took off for IstanbulRoman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea FC who was subjected to sanctions by the UK government last week, has been spotted at a VIP lounge at an airport in Israel.One of seven Russians who had their assets frozen last Thursday in an attempt to ratchet up the pressure on Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine, Abramovich was seen in Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Monday s
  
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• Finnish President: Putin's goal in Ukraine is not regime change

  14-03-2022 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  President Sauli Niinistö speaks to President Putin often. He tells Christiane Amanpour that the Russian President is not after regime change in Ukraine.
  
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• Why potassium iodide pills are suddenly in high demand

  14-03-2022 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  As Russia's assault in Ukraine intensifies, fear of radioactive fallout from accidental or intentional attacks on Ukraine's nuclear plants, or from the use of a nuclear bomb, has triggered surging demand for potassium iodide pills.
  
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• US urged China not to supply arms to Russia at ‘intense’ Rome meeting

  14-03-2022 20:31
  
  China had denounced reports that Moscow asked for military equipment as ‘malicious disinformation’Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe United States has held “intense” high-level talks with China in an effort to try to dissuade Beijing from supplying arms to Russia, at a meeting in Rome which the White House sees as critically important not just for the war in Ukraine but also for the future of the global balance of power.Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser,
  
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• Scientists in the US are flying planes into clouds to make it snow more

  14-03-2022 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  With 61% of the contiguous US in drought, wouldn't it be nice if we could just "make it rain" or just "make more snow?"
  
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• Fox News correspondent hospitalized after being injured in Ukraine

  14-03-2022 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who had been deployed in recent weeks to cover the war in Ukraine, has been hospitalized after being injured while reporting near Kyiv, the network said on Monday.
  
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• China has expressed some openness to providing military and financial aid to Russia, US cable suggests

  14-03-2022 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  • Top US and Chinese officials hold high-stakes meeting in Rome
  
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• Sleeping with even a small amount of light may harm your health, study says

  14-03-2022 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Sleeping for only one night with a dim light, such as a TV set with the sound off, raised the blood sugar and heart rate of healthy young people participating in a sleep lab experiment, a new study found.
  
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• Ford will start shipping Explorers without all the parts — and add them later

  14-03-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  The auto industry has a saying: You can't build a car with 99% of the parts. But the computer chip shortage is proving that adage wrong.
  
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• Russia's attempts to install officials in occupied cities met with resistance

  14-03-2022 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  Russia is facing new forms of resistance in the cities it has seized in Ukraine, where attempts to abduct and replace political leaders have been met with legal pushback and defiant public protests.
  
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• Justice Clarence Thomas' wife acknowledges she attended Trump's Jan. 6 rally

  14-03-2022 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  Conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas said in an interview published Monday that although she attended a rally on January 6, 2021, she "played no role" in planning the events that day and that she doesn't involve her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in the political work she does pushing conservative causes.
  
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• Russia's Putin looks to import Syrian mercenaries to do the 'dirty tricks' against Ukraine’s population

  14-03-2022 19:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin begins recruiting Syrian armed forces as Russian soldier numbers continue to decline during Russia-Ukraine war.
  
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• ‘Nothing was stolen’: New Zealanders carry on borrowing from closed, unstaffed library

  14-03-2022 19:00
  
  Door security error meant one of country’s largest city libraries was left open for hours, allowing hundreds to browse shelvesAs New Zealand celebrated a national holiday, one of the country’s largest city libraries was closed, with staff and security given the day off. But an error with the automated door programming meant Tūranga’s doors opened to the public as usual – and the unstaffed and unsecured library was happily used by the public, who browsed and checked o
  
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• Ukraine conflict: What military and economic support could China offer Russia?

  14-03-2022 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two have close economic and military ties - but could China come to Russia's aid?
  
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• Johnson faces uphill task to convince Saudis and UAE to boost oil production

  14-03-2022 18:11
  
  Analysis: PM will try and succeed where Biden failed but is unlikely to get a sympathetic hearingBoris Johnson plans Saudi Arabia visit to seek oil supply increaseRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesBoris Johnson is facing criticism both domestically and in the Gulf as he tries to persuade Gulf states to boost oil production.He is expected to visit Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states such as the United Arab Emirates as western powers seek extra oil supplies to loosen the west’s depende
  
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• Iran's strike on Iraq puts US in awkward position amid nuclear talks

  14-03-2022 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  The United States appears to be keen to tell the world that it wasn't the target of Iranian missile strikes in Iraq on Sunday.
  
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• Frozen reserves: Russia could default on its debt within days

  14-03-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Russia has sent the clearest signal yet that it will soon default — the first time it will have failed to meet its foreign debt obligations since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago.
  
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• Tesla's cruise control woes put damper on 'full self-driving' hopes

  14-03-2022 17:41 via cnn.com
  
  Ben Morris bought his Tesla in 2020 believing that it would drive itself one day. Now he says he would settle for continuing to feel safe using its cruise control.
  
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• Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage is allowed, UK judges rule

  14-03-2022 17:25
  
  JCPC overturns decision by lower court that ban was unconstitutional, in setback for LGBTQ rightsBritish judges have ruled that Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage is permitted under its constitution, in a setback for gay rights in the British overseas territory.The UK’s judicial committee of the privy council (JCPC) – the ultimate court of appeal for Bermuda and dozens of other British overseas territories, dependencies and Commonwealth states – on Monday overturned a dec
  
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• Meta says it doesn't allow calls for assassinating heads of state

  14-03-2022 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, issued a reminder on Sunday that it prohibits calls on its platforms for the assassination of high-ranking world leaders, following intense scrutiny of the company's decision last week to relax hate speech policies in Ukraine.
  
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• Tough to maintain healthy food habits? Shift to these weekly goals

  14-03-2022 17:15 via cnn.com
  
  Going 100% vegan, cutting carbs or attempting to lose 30 pounds quickly is daunting, drastic and difficult to sustain. And such lofty goals may not be healthy choices for you.
  
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• The 47 wildest lines from Donald Trump's South Carolina speech

  14-03-2022 17:15 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump traveled to Florence, South Carolina, over the weekend to deliver the latest in a series of campaign-style speeches as he hints at running for president again in 2024.
  
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• The command center on rails: How Ukrainians are keeping trains on track in war

  14-03-2022 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  A muffled sound cuts through the dim room enveloped in long, dark curtains. ASoviet-era closed-circuit phone system blares a message in Ukrainian to six men, half of whom are dressed in military green. But they're not military men, they're the executives of Ukrainian Railways.
  
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• 'Urgent' manhunt underway to find suspect in shootings of 5 homeless men in New York City and DC

  14-03-2022 17:06 via cnn.com
  
  Five shootings targeting sleeping homeless men in New York City and Washington, DC, over the past two weeks were carried out by a single suspect who is now the subject of an "urgent" manhunt, officials said Sunday.
  
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• US economy flashes a recession warning sign

  14-03-2022 17:03 via cnn.com
  
  Surging oil and gas prices have raised recession alarm bells around the world. But another economic indicator is starting to look ominous: The yield curve is flattening.
  
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• Another Champions League meltdown, star players booed and rumored departures: What next for PSG?

  14-03-2022 16:59 via cnn.com
  
  Even by Paris Saint-Germain's standards, the past week has been an eventful one.
  
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• The Rolling Stones announce new 'Sixty' tour

  14-03-2022 16:34 via cnn.com
  
  The Rolling Stones are still rocking hard.
  
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• White House having early discussions about Biden traveling to Europe

  14-03-2022 16:31 via cnn.com
  
  White House officials are having early discussions about having President Joe Biden travel to Europe soon amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning.
  
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• As fighting intensifies in Ukraine, China pushes back on reports Russia asked it for help

  14-03-2022 16:30
  
  Beijing has pushed back on reports that Russia had asked China for military equipment and other support following the start of its invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Oil tumbles below $100 a barrel

  14-03-2022 16:20 via cnn.com
  
  US oil prices tumbled below $100 a barrel on Monday, unwinding a significant chunk of the recent spike caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Boris Johnson plans Saudi Arabia visit to seek oil supply increase

  14-03-2022 16:16
  
  MPs voice deep concerns over trip after mass execution by regime and its continuing role in Yemen warBoris Johnson is facing scrutiny over a planned trip to Saudi Arabia to push for an increase in oil output amid an outcry over the regime’s biggest ever mass execution and growing fears the prime minister may try to limit media scrutiny of the visit.Downing Street would not confirm Johnson’s likely trip to Riyadh, but sources have said he wants to appeal to the Gulf state to increase
  
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• Bob Odenkirk would like to be more like Bob Saget

  14-03-2022 16:11 via cnn.com
  
  Following what he calls a "heart incident," actor Bob Odenkirk is looking to another famous Bob for a new way to live.
  
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• WATCH: Police give warning about gas thieves as oil prices rise

  14-03-2022 16:07
  
  As the price of gasoline rises, gas thefts are popping up across the country, with reports in states including Oregon, Wisconsin, California, Georgia, Virginia and Washington.
  
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• Ukrainian President Zelensky will give virtual address to members of Congress

  14-03-2022 15:59 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual address Wednesday to members of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced.
  
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• Ethiopia pledges action after video shows uniformed men burning civilians alive

  14-03-2022 15:58 via cnn.com
  
  Ethiopia's government said on Saturday it would act against the perpetrators after a video appeared on social media showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the country's west.
  
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• Interested in environmentally and socially conscious investing? Here's what you need to know

  14-03-2022 15:42 via cnn.com
  
  Climate change. Inequality. Unrest. There's a lot to consider in today's world and you may find yourself wanting to invest only in companies that aim to do business in an environmentally sustainable, socially equitable and ethical way.
  
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• Lizzo slams Texas anti-trans policies, abortion laws: 'Stay out of my body'

  14-03-2022 15:33
  
  Lizzo slammed new Texas laws and policies that restrict access to abortion and target trans children and their families during a keynote conversation at SXSW.
  
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• WATCH: Residential building reduced to rubble in central Kharkiv

  14-03-2022 15:26
  
  A video released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows the damage.
  
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• WATCH: Chicago River turns green for St. Patrick's Day

  14-03-2022 15:26
  
  The 60-year tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day continues.
  
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