Mar 03 Watch 5:40 Putin regime cracks down on independent media in Russia By Ryan Chilcote An intensifying crackdown by the Putin regime is underway against any forms of dissent in Moscow. NewsHour Special Correspondent Ryan Chilcote was in the newsroom of a leading independent media outlet in Russia that has now been silenced by the… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 5:24 Volodymyr Zelensky's improbable rise from comedian to wartime leader of a defiant nation By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes The face of Ukrainian opposition to the Russian invasion has been their leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky. His defiant vows to stay and fight have lifted a nation battling for its freedom. John Yang details Zelensky's improbable rise from comedian to… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 7:36 How the U.S. is targeting the financial resources of Russian oligarchs By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan Over the past week, the U.S. and scores of other nations have cut Russia off from much of the global economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. Now, investigators are planning strikes on Russian finances hidden here in the… Continue watching
Mar 03 UNESCO fears harm to Ukraine's heritage sites, Russian culture backlash grows By Nicole Winfield, Mike Corder, Associated Press An Amsterdam museum has cut its close links to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 03 Why military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment By Timothy A. Mousseau, The Conversation With Russian troops rolling through the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, a biologist who studies wildlife in the area describes the risks of disturbing this radioactive landscape. Continue reading
Mar 03 How to help people in Ukraine and refugees fleeing the conflict with Russia By Emily Sumlin As Ukrainians of all ages seek support both at home and abroad, here are ways you can donate. Continue reading
Mar 03 Biden seeks $10 billion for aid to Ukraine, $22.5 billion for COVID expenses By Josh Boak, Associated Press The requests would be additions to a planned budget agreement that Congress is trying to finish before a March 11 deadline. The $10 billion for Ukraine would be a rapid escalation of the $1.4 billion provided by the United States… Continue reading
Mar 03 Hundreds of Africans stopped from entering Spain for second day By News Desk Hundreds of people have tried for a second day to climb over the fences that separate a Spanish city in North Africa from Morocco. Continue reading
Mar 03 WATCH: Federal Reserve chair Powell says Ukraine invasion will worsen inflation By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Thursday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has already driven up oil prices, will likely further magnify the high inflation that has engulfed the U.S. economy. Continue reading
Mar 03 Russian forces seize strategic Ukrainian port in bid to cut country off from the sea By Jim Heintz, Yuras Karmanau, Mystislav Chernov, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russian forces have seized a strategic Ukrainian port and besieged another in a bid to cut the country off from the sea. Continue reading