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• Blinken: There will be independent Ukraine 'a lot longer' than there will be a Putin

  15-03-2022 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said there will be an independent Ukraine "a lot longer than there's going to be a Vladimir Putin," as the Russian leader continues his unprovoked invasion of the country.
  
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• Chelsea withdraw request to play FA Cup tie behind closed doors

  15-03-2022 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea withdraw their request to play Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final at Middlesbrough behind closed doors.
  
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• Athletes should not be banned from tournaments because of politics, says WTA boss Simon

  15-03-2022 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Players should not be penalised because of the "decisions of an authoritarian leadership", the head of the Women's Tennis Association says.
  
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• War in Ukraine: What happened on day 20 of Russia's invasion

  15-03-2022 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three PMs visit Kyiv, while staff at a hospital in Mariupol say they are being held like hostages.
  
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• Fox News' Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshinova killed in Kyiv

  15-03-2022 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshinova were killed when their vehicle was hit outside Kyiv.
  
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• Syrian victims of Russian war machine speak of solidarity with Ukraine

  15-03-2022 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports that many of the Russian tactics in Ukraine are familiar to Syrians who suffered a similar fate when Russia attacked Syria.
  
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• Nunez heads winner as Benfica beat Ajax to reach last eight

  15-03-2022 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Darwin Nunez scores the winner as Benfica beat Ajax to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
  
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• Girl whose body was found in Arizona desert 62 years ago identified

  15-03-2022 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  Sixty-two years ago, a school teacher looking for rocks in an Arizona desert made a horrific discovery: the burned remains of a young girl. Her identity was a mystery and investigators called her "Little Miss Nobody."
  
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• Here's what Europe is doing to wean off reliance on Russian gas

  15-03-2022 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson lays out the steps Europe has taken to find alternative gas sources and reduce reliance on Russia.
  
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• Opinion: Why women experience war differently than men

  15-03-2022 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  As the world watches Russia continue its unprovoked and vicious attack on Ukraine, no images have captured the hellishness of war quite as starkly as those taken in the aftermath of Russian troops bombing a maternity hospital in Mariupol.
  
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• For pregnant women, war is a particular kind of hell

  15-03-2022 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  As the world watches Russia continue its unprovoked and vicious attack on Ukraine, no images have captured the hellishness of war quite as starkly as those taken in the aftermath of Russian troops bombing a maternity hospital in Mariupol.
  
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• Republicans have more than just a Trump problem on their hands

  15-03-2022 22:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The conflict highlights the party's craven hypocrisy around its inability to take on Trump and their favorite right-wing media personalities for their troublesome ongoing affinity for Putin.
  
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• Russia and chemical weapons: What you need to know

  15-03-2022 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  After US intelligence accurately predicted Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it's disturbing that Americans now fear Russia is preparing to use chemical weapons during the conflict.
  
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• 'It is our duty': EU PMs risk train ride to Kyiv to meet Zelensky

  15-03-2022 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  The Prime Ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic have arrived in the capital Kyiv for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to confirm the European Union's "unequivocal support" for Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
  
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• FIA changes F1 safety car rules in wake of controversial 2021 title decider

  15-03-2022 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Formula 1's safety car rules have been changed to make it impossible for a race to be conducted in the manner of 2021's controversial title decider.
  
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• Iran close to releasing two British citizens imprisoned for years

  15-03-2022 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two British citizens imprisoned in Iran for several years could be on their way to the U.K. soon, possibly within hours, according to two sources.
  
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• 'We all will be judged': Russian prisoners of war voice shame over invasion

  15-03-2022 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  "I want to tell our commander-in-chief to stop terror acts in Ukraine because when we come back we'll rise against him."
  
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• Sex traps can lure thousands of male giant hornets to their death, study finds

  15-03-2022 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Watch out giant hornets, your next mating could be your last.
  
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• 3 journalists killed in Ukraine

  15-03-2022 21:24
  
  Three journalists, including a Fox News cameraman, have died covering the war in Ukraine.
  
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• Most people don't know these possible signs of early Alzheimer's

  15-03-2022 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  If you're not familiar with the term "mild cognitive impairment," you're not the only one. More than 80% of Americans aren't familiar with this condition that affects up to 18% of people ages 60 and older and can lead to Alzheimer's disease, a new survey has found.
  
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• Airfares are going up. Blame full planes, not fuel prices

  15-03-2022 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  Jet fuel prices are soaring along with other fuel costs. So are airfares.
  
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• Police charge man over string of shootings targeting homeless

  15-03-2022 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five people were shot in nine days in New York and Washington - all with the same "modus operandi".
  
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• Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist tells of 14-hour interrogation

  15-03-2022 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marina Ovsyannikova has been fined and released after carrying out a protest live on Russian TV.
  
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• 'Little Miss Nobody' identified over 60 years later with DNA

  15-03-2022 21:13
  
  “Little Miss Nobody” finally has a name
  
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• Two Fox News journalists killed in Ukraine

  15-03-2022 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Pierre Zakrzewski, a longtime Fox News photojournalist, was killed while reporting in Ukraine, the network said on Tuesday.
  
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• Biden to head to Brussels next week for show of unity with NATO leaders

  15-03-2022 21:11
  
  President Joe Biden will travel to Brussels next Thursday to meet with NATO leaders for what NATO's secretary-general called an "extraordinary summit."
  
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• ‘The enemy is the same’: Idlib’s message to Ukraine as Syrian war enters 12th year

  15-03-2022 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Rebel enclave hopes global outcry against Russia, the Syrian regime’s main backer, will renew interest in their causeThousands of protesters in the rebel enclave of Idlib have marked 11 years since the start of Syria’s anti-government uprising, buoyed up by the global outcry over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.More than 5,000 people gathered on the main square in the north-western city on Tuesday in one of the largest rallies the region had seen in months. Many demonstrators hope
  
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• VR headsets are headed to your car's backseat

  15-03-2022 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Forget the stereo. Your next car could come with a virtual reality entertainment system.
  
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• No charges against 2 Chicago officers in fatal shootings

  15-03-2022 20:58
  
  A prosecutor says no charges will be filed against the Chicago police officers who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez during foot pursuits within days of each other last year
  
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• Not just Covid-19 but polio, measles, cholera could surge in Ukraine, doctors warn

  15-03-2022 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  Global health officials have warned that there will be a rise of Covid-19 cases in Ukraine tied to Russia's invasion, but doctors also worry about a surge in other infectious diseases: polio, cholera and measles.
  
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• Senate votes to make daylight saving time permanent

  15-03-2022 20:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent in the U.S. starting next year.
  
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• 'He's universally loved': CNN reporter remembers Fox cameraman killed in Ukraine

  15-03-2022 20:28 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Scott McLean remembers Fox cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, who was killed in Kyiv while covering the Russian-Ukraine war. He is the second journalist to die while covering the conflict.
  
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• Zelenskyy appeals for help from Canada in emotional speech

  15-03-2022 20:26
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Canadians to imagine bombs landing in their communities as urged the nation to apply great economic and military pressure on Russia — including a no-fly zone over his country
  
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• Ukraine detains 'hacker' accused of aiding Russian troops amid broader struggle to secure communications

  15-03-2022 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian authorities have detained a "hacker" who was allegedly helping the Russian military send instructions via mobile phone networks to its troops, Ukraine's SBU security service said Tuesday.
  
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• WATCH: Soldier surprises his waitress mom at her workplace, and she has the best reaction

  15-03-2022 20:12
  
  Adam Mazzeo, a US Army soldier stationed in Riverside, California, surprises his mom at the restaurant where she works in Rochester, New York, after not seeing her in eight months.
  
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• Boris Johnson going ‘from dictator to dictator’ for oil, says Starmer

  15-03-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader warns about replacing dependence on Russia with reliance on Saudis, as PM prepares for Gulf visitKeir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of “going cap in hand from dictator to dictator,” as the prime minister prepares to fly to Saudi Arabia to seek alternatives to Russian oil supplies.Johnson has a personal relationship with the Saudi leader, Mohammed bin Salman, and government sources suggest he could help persuade the Saudis to increase oil production. The prime minist
  
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• Why is turning to Saudi Arabia for oil so controversial?

  15-03-2022 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nations like the US and UK need to keep in with Saudi Arabia, as they turn away from Russian oil.
  
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• 1st cuts to COVID efforts will hit Americans next week as funding stalls: WH

  15-03-2022 19:47
  
  The White House detailed which programs are at-risk of cuts in a letter to Congress on Tuesday.
  
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• Russian state TV employee fined for live anti-war protest

  15-03-2022 19:45
  
  A Russian state television employee who interrupted a live news program by protesting the war with Ukraine has been ordered to pay a fine by a Russian court
  
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• Ukraine refugees: Bringing my mother to the UK

  15-03-2022 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marianne filmed her experiences of using the Home Office's Ukraine Family Scheme in Poland.
  
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• Manolo Blahnik and Birkenstock: Why high fashion finds this functional footwear brand irresistible

  15-03-2022 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  Famed luxury shoe designer Manolo Blahnik and Birkenstock have unveiled a "proudly glamorous" collaboration that reimagines two classic styles from the German brand -- known for cork-soled comfort -- in bright jewel colors and opulent materials.
  
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• See biker ditch motorcycle before nearly crashing off raised drawbridge

  15-03-2022 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  Police say Mark Hagen told them he was clearing water off his helmet shield when he drove past the warning lights that signaled the drawbridge was raised.
  
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• Russia sanctions Biden, Hillary Clinton and other US political figures

  15-03-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Russia on Tuesday imposed sanctions against a wide range of American officials, including President Joe Biden, marking another escalations in tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the West as Russian military forces continue their invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Russia issues sanctions against Biden and a long list of US officials and political figures

  15-03-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Russia on Tuesday imposed sanctions against a wide range of American officials, including President Joe Biden, marking another escalations in tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the West as Russian military forces continue their invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Proud Boys leader indicted in Jan. 6 conspiracy ordered detained until trial

  15-03-2022 19:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Enrique Tarrio of the right-wing Proud Boys organization was ordered detained until trial on Tuesday in connection with Jan. 6.
  
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• US seeks regional approach to migration and asylum seekers

  15-03-2022 18:54
  
  The U.S. is faced with the likelihood of eventually reopening its southern border to asylum seekers, and the government is urging allies in Latin America to shore up their immigration controls and expand their own asylum programs
  
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• Masks on planes requirement dropped by some UK airlines

  15-03-2022 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  As Covid restrictions ease despite persistent infection numbers, several UK-based airlines are removing the requirement for inflight face masks on select routes from March 16.
  
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• Russia sanctions Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others

  15-03-2022 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The measures block their entry into Russia but will not impede necessary high-level contacts.
  
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• F1 rips it up and starts again, but the shadow of Abu Dhabi remains

  15-03-2022 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three months on from the tumultuous climax to 2021, a new season begins with the shadows of that day still hanging over the sport.
  
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• Ukraine war: Protester exposes cracks in Kremlin's war message

  15-03-2022 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marina Ovsyannikova's moment of protest on TV was extraordinary - but she now faces prosecution.
  
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