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As Russia batters Ukraine, both sides ready for more talks
AP
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia renewed its assault Wednesday on Ukraine’s second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as both sides said they were ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the new devastating war in Europe.
State of the Union: Biden vows to halt Russia, hit US inflation
AP
WASHINGTON, USA — Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus.
COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally- WHO reports
ASSOCIATED PRESS-
GENEVA — The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization.
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
CNN
WASHINGTON DC, USA - President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation.
Russia attacks Ukraine as defiant Putin warns US, NATO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.”
COVID patients have higher risk of cardiovascular disease- Study finds
USA TODAY
People who have been infected with the coronavirus are much more likely to encounter cardiovascular disease compared to those who were never infected, a new study published in the Nature Medicine journal found.
25 years later, Legion of Christ victims seek reparations
AP
VATICAN CITY — A Connecticut newspaper exposed one of the Catholic Church’s biggest sexual abuse scandals by reporting 25 years ago Wednesday that eight men had accused the revered founder of the Legion of Christ religious order of raping and molesting them when they were boys preparing for the priesthood.
UN investigator calls for 60M vaccine doses for North Korea
AP NEWS
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United Nations’ independent investigator on human rights in North Korea has called for the international community to provide 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the isolated authoritarian nation, which has recently showed signs of easing one of the world’s most restrictive pandemic border closures.
UK ending isolation laws & mass free testing
BBC NEWS
All Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from 1 April.
Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for Covid-19
NBC NEWS
LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for Covid-19, Buckingham Palace said in a statement Sunday.
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