Mar 14 Israel grapples with fate of oligarchs as Ukraine war rages By Josef Federman, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Israel is grappling with how to deal with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs as Western nations step up sanctions on businesspeople with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
Mar 14 'Stealth omicron' variant drives multiple outbreaks in China By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press The “stealth omicron” variant is fueling China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years, with 1,337 local cases tallied across the mainland. Continue reading
Mar 14 Ukraine's Zelensky to deliver virtual address to joint session of Congress By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies. Continue reading
Mar 14 Ukraine and Russia resume peace talks as fighting in Kyiv continues By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press A fourth round of high-level discussions between Ukrainian and Russian officials is underway even as Moscow's troops press their assault on Kyiv and other cities. Continue reading
Mar 14 'All day crying from the pain': number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war hits 2.8 million By Rafal Niedzielski, Justin Spike, Associated Press More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine have entered neighboring countries since the invasion began 19 days ago. Continue reading
Mar 13 Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard earlier this week. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 4:41 'The streets are largely abandoned': On the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine By Jane Ferguson Russian forces continued indiscriminate shelling and artillery fire resulting in civilian deaths, including the death of American journalist Brent Renaud—another American journalist was also wounded. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jane Ferguson reports on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine. Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch 7:57 Belgium authorities are intercepting cocaine, but most makes it into Europe anyway By Willem Marx, Joan Martelli Antwerp, Belgium, is one of the largest entry points into Europe and home to what Europol believes to be one of the most active cocaine trafficking networks. Local police raided dozens of locations last month and arrested 45 people as… Continue watching
Mar 13 Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine By Pamela Sampson, Associated Press The 50-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas, native was gathering material for a report about refugees when his vehicle was hit at a checkpoint in Irpin, just outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 3:48 'We are all at war:' Desperation grows among Ukrainian diaspora By PBS NewsHour Victoria Pidlisetska is a Ukrainian living in Los Angeles who rarely puts down her phone as she waits to hear from family and friends stranded back home in Ukraine. Her parents spend most of their time in a bomb shelter… Continue watching