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Russia says it has used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine
Gulf News 19 Mar 2022
War rages in Ukraine for the 24th day on Saturday as Russian troops besiege and bombard cities in the biggest attack on a European nation since World War Two, which has also led to the biggest refugee crisis since then. Russia says using hypersonic weapons in western Ukraine ... 10.44AM ... (0700 GMT)," Gaiday said. 07.50AM ... 06.30AM ... EDT) ... 05.08AM ... 05.00AM.
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More than 3.3 mn flee Ukraine, 6.5 mn internally displaced
Urdu Point 19 Mar 2022
Geneva, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Mar, 2022 ) .More than 3.3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the United Nations said Saturday, while nearly 6.5 million are thought to be internally displaced within the country ... "Aid is vital but can't stop fear. Only stopping the war can." .. ....
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy calls for urgent peace talks and warns of catastrophe in Mariupol
The Guardian 19 Mar 2022
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has called for “meaningful and fair” talks without delay to Russia’s invasion, framing it as a chance for Moscow to limit the damage created by its own mistakes. In a video address early on Saturday, Zelenskiy said. “It’s time to meet. Time to talk ... The UN has reported 816 confirmed civilian deaths ... ....
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Xi tells US to handle Taiwan ‘properly’ to avoid damaging ties
Al Jazeera 19 Mar 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told US President Joe Biden on Friday that the Taiwan issue needs to be “handled properly” to avoid having a negative effect on relations between the two countries, according to Chinese state media ... The carrier was shadowed by a US destroyer ... Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo] ... .
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Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short
Al Jazeera 19 Mar 2022
The United Nations and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the war-torn country ... “The outlook for next year looks very bleak for Yemen. This is the bleakest situation we’ve had so far in the country.” ... Famine conditions ... .
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Spain endorses Moroccan plan for autonomy in Western Sahara
La Prensa Latina 19 Mar 2022
Madrid, Mar 18 (EFE).- Spain announced Friday a dramatic shift in its policy toward the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, embracing Morocco’s plan to allow some autonomy to the territory Rabat seized 47 years ago ... Morocco invaded the region in 1975 as Spain withdrew ... Western Sahara is a mostly desert expanse of 266,000 sq.km. (103,000 sq.
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Trump's 'America First' policy is dead
CNN 19 Mar 2022
(CNN)If the last two years have shown us anything, it's that America's strength depends on its international alliances ... The pandemic revealed that the only way to handle a devastating virus in an age of global movement is through international coordination and cooperation ... Read More. The only way to guarantee nuclear weapons are never used ... .
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Moscow and Kiev find common language on key issues
Pravda 18 Mar 2022photo: AP / Roscosmos
Russian cosmonauts wear Ukraine colours to International Space Station
Irish Independent 19 Mar 2022
Three Russian cosmonauts have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) wearing flight suits in yellow and blue colours that match the Ukrainian flag ... But in fact, we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it ... “That’s just Dmitry Rogozin. He spouts off every now and then ... .
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The mistakes pharmaceutical companies made with their Covid vaccines
Moneyweek 19 Mar 2022
Covid-19 was no game-changer for Big Pharma. © Matthew Horwood/Getty Images. Rewind only a year, and it seemed reasonable to assume that Covid-19 would transform the prospects of the major pharmaceutical multinationals ... What went wrong?. True, a lot of money has been made over the last couple of years ... No one is making a fortune out of Covid-19 anymore.
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China insists it 'opposes war' after President Biden warned the US would 'impose costs' if it backs Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Daily Mail 19 Mar 2022photo: Creative Commons / Пресс-служба Президента РФ
Ukraine war: Putin has redrawn the world - but not the way he wanted
BBC News 19 Mar 2022
Vladimir's Putin's invasion of Ukraine has changed the world. We are living in new and more dangerous times - the post-Cold War era that began with the fall of the Berlin Wall is over. It is a rare thing to live through a moment of huge historical consequence and understand in real time that is what it is ... The Berlin Wall had been torn down.
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Syria’s Assad visits UAE in first trip to Arab state since 2011 - Al Jazeera
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2022
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai, the Syrian presidency said in a statement, in his first visit to an Arab state since the Syrian war began in 2011.
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F1 champ Verstappen leads final practice ahead of qualifying
The Associated Press 19 Mar 2022
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Formula One champion Max Verstappen warmed up for the first qualifying of the season by leading the third and final practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, while Lewis Hamilton again struggled to keep up ... Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr ... He said Red Bull and Ferrari are considerably quicker ... ___ ... .
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Ex-Google Employee Files Lawsuit Against Company for Racial Discrimination - Reports
Urdu Point 19 Mar 2022
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th March, 2022) A former employee at Google filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing the company of systematic discrimination against Black workers, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing the complaint ... ....