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Ukraine and Russia play big roles in food production. The war is exasperating hunger

8:20am March 06, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

The war in Ukraine is pushing up already record-high food prices around the world — threatening the lives of millions of people in poor countries struggling with hunger. Here's why it's not hopeless.

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Gabriel Boric will be Chile's youngest president, and the most left in decades

8:11am March 06, 2022

by Adrian Florido

Adrian Florido speaks with Chilean journalist Francisca Skoknic about Chile's new president, Gabriel Boric, who will take power on Friday.

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Some countries are choosing to maintain their ties with Russia

7:59am March 06, 2022

While most countries have opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many others are keeping their Russia ties intact. Their reasons range from practical matters — such as trade — to ideological.

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Relationships across the Ukraine-Russia border feel the strain of war

7:59am March 06, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Russia's attack on Ukraine has splintered personal relationships. Ukrainians are angry with family and friends who live in Russia, wrestling with just how average Russians could support the war.

Ukrainian president asks Congress members to back no-fly zone, sanction Russian oil

7:59am March 06, 2022

by Adrian Florido

Adrian Florido speaks with Congressman Jim Himes about Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky's video call with U.S. Congress members about the Russian invasion of his country.

Some Russians in the U.S. fear sanctions' impact on family back home

7:59am March 06, 2022

by Matt Sepic

Many Russian immigrants in the U.S. express solidarity with Ukraine while worrying about how the tough sanctions on Russia will affect their loved ones back home.

A view of a former power plant damaged during the Bosnian war in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, March 4, 2022.

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Watching Ukraine, Bosnians relive the trauma of their war

3:12am March 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to Sarajevo in the early 1990s. Some 350,000 people were trapped, subjected to daily shelling and cut off from regular access to electricity, food and medicine.

Ukrainian servicemen carry a baby stroller after crossing the Irpin river on an improvised path under a bridge that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike.

Putin says Ukraine's future is in doubt as cease-fires collapse

1:33am March 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West's sanctions on Russia to "declaring war" as Russian troops continued to shell encircled cities

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, issued strong words over the West's sanctions against his country as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. The remarks were issued during a meeting Saturday with employees of national airline Aeroflot.

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Putin calls sanctions a declaration of war as Zelenskyy pleads for more aid

8:18pm March 05, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Russian President Vladimir Putin also said that any attempt to install a no-fly zone in Ukraine would cause catastrophic consequences for Europe and the world.

Rehina Solodovnik, a 20-year-old student in Ukraine, was also tutoring Russian students online before the war. One sent her a text after the fighting began: ''I am so sorry for our government. I know they won't apologize to you for whatever damage they're

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Nearly 1 million Ukrainians have fled. More than 40 million have stayed — for now

6:25pm March 05, 2022

by Greg Myre

Before the war, Ukrainian Rehina Solodovnik tutored Russian students online. The teaching has stopped, but she's still getting text messages. "I am so sorry for our government," one student said.

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