Year: 2022

ABC News:Biden administration plans to lift border restrictions

Video Player is loading. Play Current Time 0:00 / Duration 1:04 Loaded: 9.34% Unmute 0 LQ Captions Fullscreen Biden administration to end border restrictions Click to expand The Department of Homeland Security is expected to move forward this week with lifting Title 42 restrictions — the Trump-era order giving the government authority to expel migrants at the southern border under […]

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Evening Standard:Ukraine troops will fight for ‘every metre of our land’, says Volodymyr Zelensky

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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Thursday that his troops would fight for “every metre of our land” as he braced his nation for a Russian onslaught in the eastern Donbas region. © AP kyiv suburbsHe stressed that Vladimir Putin’s troops were massing for new attacks on the region which includes the Donetsk and Luhansk areas

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AFP:Record-setting Giannis lifts Bucks over Nets

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© AL BELLO Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks in the Bucks’ 120-119 NBA overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets Giannis Antetokounmpo forced overtime with a milestone three-pointer and drained two free throws to seal a 120-119 Milwaukee victory over Brooklyn Thursday that clinched the NBA champion Bucks’ playoff berth. Milwaukee superstar Antetokounmpo finished with 44 points, 14

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Associated Press:Russia war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low

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For decades, the free flow of trade across much of the world allowed the richest nations to enjoy easy access to low-priced goods and supplies. It meant solid economies and stable markets. © Provided by Associated Press A damaged building and car after recent shelling, in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 27, 2022. (AP

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Putin demands payment in roubles for Russian gas supplies or contracts will be ‘halted’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, from tomorrow, countries buying gas from Russia must pay in roubles or their contracts will not be honoured. © Sky News Screen Grab Vladimir Putin is imposing new restrictions on the sale of Russian gas In a televised statement on Thursday, Mr Putin said he had signed a decree to

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AFP:Police ‘ready to arrest’ Smith after Oscar slap: producer

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Police officers were ready to arrest Will Smith after he attacked comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, the show’s producer said Thursday. In his first public comments since the shocking episode that marred Hollywood’s most important evening, Will Packer said he had sat with Rock when officers came to speak to him. © Robyn Beck Will

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Associated Press:China’s Xi strongly backs Afghanistan at regional conference

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© Provided by Associated Press In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for photos next to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at left and Taliban-appointed Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at right during a meeting held in Tunxi district in eastern China’s Anhui province on Wednesday, March

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Newsweek:Lawyer Cleared Over Response to Meghan, Harry ‘Georgina Floydina’ Gibe

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A lawyer says she has been cleared by a regulator after suggesting Meghan Markle should have honored her mother in picking her daughter’s name, writing: “Don’t Black names matter?” In 2021, Joanna Toch replied to a post by journalist Julie Burchill, who suggested on Twitter that the Sussexes should have called their second child “Georgina

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Bloomberg:Inflation Unrest Sparks Clashes at Sri Lanka President’s Home

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(Bloomberg) — Hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s private residence, yelling slogans against surging prices and long power cuts stemming from an escalating foreign-exchange crisis. “Go home Gota,” local TV channels showed protesters screaming at the house on the outskirts of Colombo. Tear gas and water cannons were fired

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Reuters:Ukraine negotiations to resume, Europe faces Russia gas deadline

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By Vitalii Hnidyi and Pavel Polityuk TROSTYANETS/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – European buyers of Russian gas faced a deadline to start paying in roubles on Friday, while negotiations aimed at ending the five-week war were set to resume even as Ukraine braced for further attacks in the south and east. © Reuters/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO Service members of

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