Feb 23 Ukrainian president pleads for peace amid increasing Russian threat By Associated Press In an emotional address to the nation late Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected Moscow's claims that his country poses any risk to Russia and lamented that a Russian invasion would cost tens of thousands of lives. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 4:35 Ukraine declares state of emergency as U.S. warns Russia is prepared for invasion By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran The Pentagon said Wednesday that Russia is 80-percent prepared for a full invasion of Ukraine. That word came as Ukraine put in force a state of emergency, and Moscow said the separatists that Russia backs in eastern Ukraine had asked… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 4:53 Russia uses disinformation on Ukraine military aggressions as a pretext for war By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran Russia this week claimed Ukraine’s military crossed into Russia and even released a video of an invading tank, while Russian media highlighted supposed attacks inside the self-declared separatist republics. The U.S. and Ukraine accuse Russia of staging videos to justify… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch How U.S. lawmakers are reacting to the escalating Ukraine crisis By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Matt Loffman As the United States on Wednesday warned Ukraine to be prepared for an imminent Russian invasion, we take a look at how U.S. lawmakers are reacting to the latest situation in Ukraine. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 5:31 Alarming new climate report predicts 'catastrophic' global wildfires in the coming years By William Brangham, Claire Mufson There's grim new reports about potential causes and effects of climate change. The United Nations Environment Program has projected intense wildfires linked in part to climate change could increase 50 percent by the end of the century, and the International… Continue watching
Feb 23 International Space Station 'largely isolated' from tensions over Ukraine By Alex Sanz, Associated Press In 2020, the space station marked two decades of people continuously living and working in orbit. Russia kept station crews coming and going after NASA's Columbia disaster in 2003 and after the space shuttles retired in 2011. Continue reading
Feb 23 Majority in U.S. oppose major role in Russia-Ukraine conflict, says AP-NORC poll By Nomaan Merchant, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press President Joe Biden has acknowledged a growing likelihood that war in Eastern Europe would affect Americans even if U.S. troops don't deploy to Ukraine. Continue reading
Feb 23 Climate change is causing more wildfires and governments are unprepared, says U.N. By Matthew Brown, Associated Press A warming planet and land use changes mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades. Continue reading
Feb 23 Gambia urges UN court to continue Rohingya genocide case By Mike Corder, Associated Press Lawyers for Gambia are urging the United Nations’ top court to throw out Myanmar’s preliminary objections that seek to end a case accusing the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the country's Rohingya minority. Continue reading
Feb 23 Moscow evacuating embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine urges citizens to leave Russia By Dasha Litvinova, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia. Continue reading