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Russia shifts focus to try to grind Ukraine’s army in east
Mar 28, 2022 by Rick Watts
By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine’s military in the east…
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Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming
Mar 25, 2022 by Rick Watts
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it…
Zelenskyy pleads for aid as Biden, allies begin summits
Mar 24, 2022 by Rick Watts
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, LORNE COOK and AAMER MADHANI BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “military assistance without limitations” as he addressed an emergency NATO summit on Thursday, the first of three urgent…
Tornado rips into New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1
Mar 23, 2022 by Rick Watts
By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA ARABI, La. (AP) — A tornado flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area, part of a…
Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages
Mar 22, 2022 by Rick Watts
By NEBI QENA and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces said they retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv early Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the…
Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
Mar 21, 2022 by Rick Watts
By CARA ANNA LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the…
Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital and outskirts of Lviv
Mar 18, 2022 by Rick Watts
By CARA ANNA LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the capital Kyiv and the outskirts of the western city of Lviv,…
St. Patrick’s Day parades turn pandemic blues Irish green
Mar 17, 2022 by Rick Watts
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) — St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope…
Zelenskyy center stage: Facing Congress, pleading for help
Mar 16, 2022 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.S. Congress, the actor-turned-wartime leader’s latest video speech as he uses the West’s great legislative bodies as a global stage to orchestrate support against Russia’s…
War in Ukraine disrupts key supply chains - and lives
Mar 15, 2022 by Rick Watts
By MATT O'BRIEN The Associated Press - It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete a variety…
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