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International students, refugees from Africa and Middle East report discrimination fleeing Ukraine

All day long, as trains and buses bring people fleeing Ukraine to the safety of Polish border towns, they carry not just Ukrainians fleeing a homeland under attack but large numbers of citizens of other countries who had made Ukraine

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White House builds on Russia sanctions, OKs more military aid for Ukraine – Idaho Capital Sun

White House builds on Russia sanctions, OKs more military aid for Ukraine  Idaho Capital Sun

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Russia beefs up assaults in key cities, raising fears of more civilian deaths – CNN

Russia beefs up assaults in key cities, raising fears of more civilian deaths  CNN ‘Nobody will forget’: Zelenskyy calls attack on Kharkiv ‘a war crime’ as 40-mile convoy rolls toward Kyiv. Live updates  USA TODAY Russia pummels Ukraine’s second-largest city as convoy

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CRISPR Ruling Invalidates Some Biotech Company Patents

The Broad Institute was the first to invent CRISPR-Cas9 technology for use in animal cells, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said, siding against two Nobel laureates in a long-running dispute that affects the licensing agreements of some hotly watched

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Sites in Beirut, Benghazi and Brownsville, Texas, make a most-endangered list

Beirut’s historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation. (Image credit: Chris Miller/World Monuments Fund)

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Hollywood Halts Releases in Russia, Including The Batman

NEW YORK — Warner Bros. is halting the release of “The Batman” in Russia, just days before it was to open in theaters there, as Hollywood moved to cease distribution plans in the country following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Live updates: Biden to deliver first State of the Union address amid global crisis – The Washington Post

Live updates: Biden to deliver first State of the Union address amid global crisis  The Washington Post State of the Union: World on edge, US economy teetering, Biden to make most consequential speech of his life  Fox News House centrists: Tlaib State

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Poroshenko: Putin thought he’d be greeted with flowers — but Ukrainians showed up with Molotov cocktails

Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday explained why he thinks Vladimir Putin completely misjudged the response to his invasion. Poroshenko was interviewed on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Russia paid a huge price, almost 6,000 Russian soldiers were killed in

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WATCH LIVE: House hearing reviews NASA’s planned mission to Mars

The House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee is expected to hold an online status update and review of NASA’s Artemis Initiative on Tuesday.

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Zelensky calls Russia’s deadly strike on center of Kharkiv a ‘war crime’

A Russia military strike on Tuesday hit the center of Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least six people as it badly damaged the symbolic Soviet-era regional administration building.

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