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The Washington Post:Town by town, Ukrainian prosecutors build Russian war crimes cases

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Views: 0KOSIV, Ukraine — Sitting stage left in an empty auditorium at School No. 2 in this sleepy village about 30 miles from the Romanian border, a woman and her adult son described to a Ukrainian prosecutor how Russian tanks arrived in their village outside Kyiv on March 25, how part of their roof collapsed […]

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Reuters Zelenskiy says Ukraine-Russia talks the only option to end war

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Views: 0LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Ukraine had no option but to negotiate with Russia to end fighting but that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might not personally hold talks. © Reuters/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy visits the town of Buch Zelenskiy was speaking after accusing Russian troops of

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Sri Lanka is among 30 Asian countries to have banned social media

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Views: 1 © Provided by Quartz Social media platforms blocked in Sri Lanka amid curfew, opposition protestSri Lanka is the latest Asian country to block social media. Bushwacked by a critical economic crisis that has also spawned civil and political unrest, the island nation, on April 3, banned the use of social media and messaging platforms such as Facebook,

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Sri Lanka president revokes emergency order amid deepening crisis

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Views: 1 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has revoked a state of emergency after dozens of MPs walked out of the ruling coalition, which has been struggling to quell protests over economic downturn. © ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images FILE – Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (C) addresses the nation along with Navy Chief

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Car Importers Decry URA Directive On Clearance

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Views: 0By Julius Mugaga/KMA Updates. Kampala, Uganda: It is not just to clear cars at the port of entry, its hard for our agents and us buyers – KACITA to URA. Car bond in Uganda/Courtesy Photo. A week back , Uganda Revenue Authority publicized a directive to motor vehicle importers issuing that with effect from

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AFP:More Ukrainians move west as Russia turns focus to Donbas

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Views: 0Hundreds wait for a train to take them west out of the path of the Russian advance at the station in Kramatorsk, the de facto capital of Ukrainian-controlled territory in Donbas. “It’s been like this since the end of last week. Almost 2,000 people a day are boarding trains west for Lviv or elsewhere,”

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Reuters:Ukrainian president says Russian actions in Ukraine make negotiations harder

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Views: 0BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday it had become harder for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia since Kyiv became aware of the scale of alleged atrocities carried out by Russian troops in Ukraine. Zelenskiy spoke on national television from the town of Bucha in the Kyiv region, where tied bodies shot

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Reuters:U.S., Europe plan Russia sanctions as Ukraine warns of more civilian deaths

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Views: 0LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – The United States and Europe were planning new sanctions on Tuesday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned more deaths were likely to be uncovered in areas seized from Russian invaders. © Reuters/STRINGER A boy walks past graves with bodies of civilians, who according to

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The Hill:US to move to suspend Russia from UN human rights council

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Views: 0The United States will push to remove Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council over Ukraine’s accusation that invading troops massacred civilians in the town of Bucha, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday. A spokesperson for Thomas-Greenfield tweeted that the UN ambassador would seek the suspension. © Provided

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The Washington Post:Ukraine had the world’s biggest plane. Russia’s assault destroyed it.

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Views: 0© Stringer/Reuters A Ukrainian service member walks in a front of an Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, the world’s biggest aircraft, destroyed by Russian troops amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, at an airfield in Hostomel, Ukraine on April 2, 2022. Russia has failed in its efforts to take Ukraine’s capital, but the suburbs around

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