Zelenskyy center stage: Facing Congress, pleading for help
Mar 16, 2022
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…
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War in Ukraine disrupts key supply chains - and lives
Mar 15, 2022
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…
World shares mixed, oil down $5.50 per barrel
Mar 14, 2022
By ELAINE KURTENBACH BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Europe after a mixed session in Asia on Monday, where Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index sank 5% after the neighboring city of Shenzhen was ordered into…
Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens
Mar 11, 2022
By YURAS KARMANAU LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia widened its military offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking near airports in the west of the country for the first time, as observers and satellite photos indicated…
Attack on Ukrainian hospital draws outrage as talks stall
Mar 10, 2022
By EVGENIY MALOLETKA and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people drew outrage on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war…
Top lawmakers reach deal on Ukraine aid, $1.5T spending
Mar 09, 2022
By ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal early Wednesday providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of an overdue…
AP Source: Biden to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine war
Mar 08, 2022
By ZEKE MILLER, MIKE BALSAMO and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a…
EXPLAINER: What would happen if the US banned Russian oil?
Mar 08, 2022
By MATTHEW DALY and CATHY BUSSEWITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia has intensified its war on Ukraine, killing civilians and triggering a mass refugee crisis, some U.S. officials across the political spectrum have called for a…
Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year
Mar 07, 2022
By DAVID RISING BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone, recorded…
US added 678,000 jobs in February in sign of economic health
Mar 04, 2022
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, another gain that underscored the economy’s solid health as the omicron wave fades and more Americans venture out to spend…