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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Russian troop withdrawal ‘noticeable’, says Zelenskiy; US gives Kyiv $300m more in – live | World news
Agence France Presse has filed a dispatch from Irpin after a Russian retreat returned it to Ukrainian control. The city suffered extraordinary levels of destruction and an evacuation operation continues. The last survivors in the ruins of Irpin have just one word to describe the Russians who have retreated after one of the pivotal battles …
Russia’s Gazprom exits German business amid crisis in energy ties
Model of petrol pump is seen in front of Gazprom logo in this illustration taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said on Friday it was quitting its business in Germany at a moment of crisis in the vital …
US and allies set to revoke normal trade relations with Russia over Ukraine war, says Biden – follow live | US news
12.05pm EST 12:05 Julian Borger The UN security council hearing is underway. We have this dispatch from our world affairs editor, Julian Borger. The UN security council is holding a hearing called for by Russia to make its allegations about a Ukrainian biological weapons lab. The UN high commissioner for disarmament, Izumi Nakamitsu, has been …
WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs | Russia-Ukraine war News
WHO tells Reuters it advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens to prevent disease spread. The World Health Organization (WHO) advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease among the population, the agency told the Reuters news agency. Biosecurity experts say Russia’s …
Health care should not “ever, ever be a target”
The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 18 attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine so far, Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. So far, WHO has verified 18 attacks on health facilities, health workers and ambulances, including ten deaths and 16 injuries,” Tedros said in a media briefing. “More than 2 million people …
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking Mariupol ceasefire and shelling humanitarian corridor – live | World news
The mayor of the Polish town of Przemyśl, near the main crossing point with Ukraine, has confronted Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s right-wing League party, over his previous support for Vladimir Putin. Przemyśl Mayor Wojciech Bakun, invited Salvini, to visit a war-refugee centre while wearing a T-shirt with Putin’s face on, reports the Guardian’s …
Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Zelenskiy discuss more support for Ukraine as Visa, Mastercard pull out of Russia – live | World news
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke earlier by phone with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, who said Beijing opposes any moves that “add fuel to the flames” in Ukraine, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and as reported by the Associated Press. Yi said the “evolution” of the situation in Ukraine is “something China …
Zelensky urges Biden to send strong message on Russia and says: ‘I’m not iconic. Ukraine is iconic’
In the rare interview on Tuesday afternoon, Zelensky said that as long as Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian cities continued, little progress could be made in talks between the two nations. “You have to speak first of all. Everybody has to stop fighting and to go [back] to that point from where it began five, six …
US passes 600,000 deaths from coronavirus – live | US news
The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports: Joe Biden is officially tapping a leading voting rights lawyer for a role on a federal appellate court. Biden is nominating Myrna Pérez, the director of the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice, to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd circuit, …
G-7 gathers to pledge 1B coronavirus vaccine shots for world – The Associated Press
G-7 gathers to pledge 1B coronavirus vaccine shots for world The Associated Press Biden announces US will donate 500 million Covid-19 vaccines CNN Heart inflammation in young men higher than expected after Pfizer, Moderna vaccines -U.S. CDC Yahoo News Biden is showing that the U.S. can help vaccinate the world — and lead it The Washington Post Biden Meets …
