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  1. 26 minutes ago

    Two days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Volodymyr's father and six-year-old cousin were killed when their car was shot at. He survived, just barely, with wounds to his jaw, back, arm and leg.

    Children in Kyiv hospital face the trauma of war
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  2. 55 minutes ago

    People in Germany are hoarding nonperishables again, as they did at the beginning of the COVID pandemic — but now, instead of toilet paper, sunflower oil is particularly in demand.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    In badly damaged Mariupol, residents bury their neighbors by the roadside while others hiding in basements fear food shortages. Ukrainian forces in the city have refused to surrender, as President Zelenskyy says his country would not bow to ultimatums from Russia.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Saudi Arabia is making overtures to China, threatening to upend its long-running relationship with the US.

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Returning home after being detained in Iran for six years, British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe spoke of the reunion with her young daughter — and criticized the UK government for not securing her release sooner.

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  6. 3 hours ago

    A Russian-language video alleges a 16-year-old was beaten to death by a "mob of Ukrainian refugees" in the German city of Euskirchen. However, the incident never happened.

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  7. 4 hours ago

    The Pentagon said it sees "clear evidence" that Russian forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine. "We're going to contribute to the investigative process," its spokesman said. "As for what would come out of that, that's not a decision that the Pentagon leadership would make."

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  8. 4 hours ago

    Russia's invasion of Ukraine has expedited the "Strategic Compass" security strategy, which allows the EU to form a rapid reaction force. Germany has offered to provide the "military core."

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  9. 5 hours ago

    The US Senate began confirmation hearings for the historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Republicans have been critical of her record as a public defender, while Democrats were full of praise for the first Black woman nominee.

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  10. 5 hours ago

    A Chinese plane carrying 132 people dropped thousands of meters in under three minutes, before crashing into a mountain in the southern Guangxi region. Rescuers are searching for survivors while investigators look into the cause.

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  11. 6 hours ago

    British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe spoke publicly for the first time since her return to the UK. "What's happened now should have happened six years ago... I shouldn't have been in prison for six years," she said.

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  12. 6 hours ago

    Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman confirmed its forces had hit a shopping mall on the outskirts of Kyiv, claiming that "the areas near the shopping center were used as a large base for storing rocket munitions and for reloading multiple rocket launchers."

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  13. 7 hours ago

    Russia claimed on Saturday it had fired a hypersonic missile to destroy an underground military warehouse in the settlement of Delyatyn. But Ukraine did not confirm any such strike, and the people of Delyatyn told DW they did not hear or see anything.

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  14. 7 hours ago

    Ukraine says Russian troops opened fire on demonstrators in Kherson, who were protesting the occupation of the city. Ukraine's armed forces said stun grenades were also fired. Video footage shows several hundred protesters run for cover amid clouds of smoke and gunfire sounds.

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  15. 8 hours ago

    Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador John Sullivan to condemn President Biden's remarks about President Putin, saying that they had pushed bilateral ties to the point of collapse. Biden was filmed last week telling a journalist he thinks Putin is a "war criminal."

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  16. 9 hours ago

    Shelling hit a shopping mall in the densely populated Podil district of Ukrainian capital Kyiv. At least eight people had been killed.

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  17. 9 hours ago

    The US formally declared Myanmar's military attacks on its Rohingya population as genocide. The evidence shows "a clear intent behind these mass atrocities, the intent to destroy Rohingya, in whole or in part," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

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    “We simply don't have any time to lose.” The German Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to make faster progress at the energy transition.

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  19. 10 hours ago

    These Indian women are undergoing rigorous training to become UN peacekeepers. Out of thousands who applied, only 160 made the cut.

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  20. 10 hours ago

    BREAKING: Local reports say a Russian court has banned Facebook and Instagram, labeling them 'extremist.'

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