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Ukraine: Nato will respond if Russia uses chemical weapons, warns Biden
BBC News 25 Mar 2022
US President Joe Biden has said Nato "would respond" if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine. The president - who is in Europe for talks with allies - did not spell out what that might mean ... Mr Biden is travelling to Poland on Friday where more than two million Ukrainians have fled from the fighting ... "We would respond if he uses it ... .
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Putin accused of forcibly removing 400,000 Ukrainians to Russia with fears they may be used as ‘hostages’
Irish Independent 25 Mar 2022
We can't stop even for a minute, for every minute determines our fate, our future, whether we will live."He said thousands of people, including 128 children, have died in the first month of the war. Across the country, 230 schools and 155 nurseries have been destroyed ... 0px; color. inherit; transition-property. var(--t8n_p1); border-width.
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Kim Jong-un: N.Korea ready for confrontation with US
Independent online (SA) 25 Mar 2022
Seoul - North Korea on Friday confirmed that it successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), marking an end to its self-imposed moratorium on long-range missile testing that had been in place since 2017 ... DPRK stands for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... IANS .
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Number of people facing extreme hunger in Sudan predicted to double
The Guardian 25 Mar 2022
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2 Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other, Doomed to Collide in the Future, Discovered
Technology Org 25 Mar 2022
Until recently, one of the closest orbiting each other pairs of supermassive blackholes was found in NGC 7727. That pair is about 89 million light-years away from Earth. Those black holes are only 1,600 light-years apart from each other. Another pair in OJ 287, about 3.5 billion light-years from Earth, are only separated by about 0.3 light years ... S.
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Biden's LNG export pledge to Europe corresponds to Russia's annual LNG export share
Anadolu Agency 25 Mar 2022
The volume of LNG that US President Joe Biden vowed to send to Europe corresponds to the annual total volume of LNG that Russia exported to Europe last year, data collated by Anadolu Agency from the International Gas Union (IGU) shows ... .
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Ethiopia’s Tigray region say committed to observing humanitarian ceasefire
Metro USA 25 Mar 2022
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Rebellious Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia have said they will respect a ceasefire proposed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government as long as sufficient aid is delivered to their war-scarred northern region “within reasonable time” ... .
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U.N. General Assembly again overwhelmingly isolates Russia over Ukraine
The Villager 24 Mar 2022
Almost three-quarters of the U.N. General Assembly demanded aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine on Thursday, and criticized Russia for creating a "dire" humanitarian situation after Moscow invaded its neighbor one month ago ... U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has blasted Russia's "absurd war." ... U.S ... Moscow denies attacking civilians ... ....
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Erdogan Meets With Macron on Sidelines of NATO Extraordinary Summit - Reports
Urdu Point 24 Mar 2022
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held closed-door negotiations with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on the sidelines of the extraordinary NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, Turkish media reported ... ....
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Erdogan says Turkey’s position on procurement of Russian S-400s unchanged -media
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Australia declares 'mass bleaching' at Great Barrier Reef
RTE 25 Mar 2022
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, reef authorities said today ... Coral suffered despite the cooling effect of the La Nina weather phenomenon which is currently influencing Australia's climate, the authority said ... .
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EU approves controversial new DMA law putting clamps on big tech
Indian Express 25 Mar 2022
European Union negotiators ironed out the final details to a new law that will force sweeping changes to how big tech companies operate in Europe, with significant fines or, in extreme cases, banning the worst offenders from acquisitions ... Key rules lawmakers set for gatekeepers include ... Read more .Explained. What Facebook’s vision of ‘privacy’ shows ... .
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NATO aims to up 'costs' for Russia to halt Ukraine war
Independent online (SA) 24 Mar 2022
Nato leaders pushed Thursday to raise the cost for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine by bolstering weapons supplies to Kyiv and strengthening the alliance's eastern flank ... “Putin cannot win this war,” she said. “We have to stop the war criminal.”" ... “We are waiting for meaningful steps ... “At these three summits we will see.
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Three years on, US still views Syria’s Golan as Israeli territory
Al Jazeera 25 Mar 2022
Washington, DC – When powerful states flout the rules of international law, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Security Council last May, “it sends the message that others can break those rules with impunity” ... “They have to be clear that the world today cannot allow annexation to be permitted,” he told Al Jazeera ... .
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Biden faces worsening North Korea threat with fewer options
Metro USA 24 Mar 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, his future policy chief for the Indo-Pacific region said the new administration would have to decide quickly its approach to North Korea and its nuclear and missile programs ... North Korea called this evidence of “hostile” U.S ... “But now – the moment is gone,” Town said ... .