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Arrest last month of WNBA’s Brittney Griner only announced Sunday; Ekaterinburg player had cannabis oil in luggage, Russia says, potentially putting her in prison for 10 years

Volunteers and city employees are working to wrap monuments and protect stained-glass windows in the western Ukrainian city, whose center is on the UNESCO World Heritage List

House speaker reveals envisioned law would also aim to block Moscow from World Trade Organization; Western nations ask Interpol to boot Russia

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing. (Image credit: Daniel Cole/AP)

Paths for fleeing Ukrainian civilians to be opened in Kyiv, northeast and key southern city of Mariupol, where two rounds of evacuations have failed due to Russian shelling

A cease-fire to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol fails again  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News

Russian military to hold fire, open corridors in several Ukraine cities; Oil prices jump amid conflict: Live updates  USA TODAY NATO countries have ‘green light’ to send fighter jets to Ukraine, Blinken says  Fox News Blinken says NATO countries have “green light”

Russian military to reportedly hold fire, open corridors in several Ukraine cities; Oil prices jump amid conflict: Live updates  USA TODAY US, Poland in talks to help Ukraine acquire warplanes  Fox News Blinken says NATO countries have “green light” to send fighter

State media claims most missiles shot down by air defenses, but damage also caused to sites; reported attack marks first since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv and Mariupol, at 10am Moscow time (7am UK) today, according to reports.