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US to give $1.1 billion in military aid to Ukraine as Russia moves toward annexation
timesofisrael.com - Lolita C. Baldor
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US will provide an additional $1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, with funding for 18 more advanced rocket systems and other …
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Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Forming PAC, Hosting Weekly Podcast
nbcnewyork.com
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking his biggest steps yet to return to public life, more than a year after resigning in the wake of a bevy of …
NBC News
3 hours ago
Las Vegas police catch inmate who escaped prison while serving life for fatal bombing
NBC News - Chantal Da Silva
Las Vegas police have apprehended a man who escaped prison earlier this week while serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort. Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 42, was taken into custody by patrol officers "without incident," the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police …
NBC News
1 hour ago
Russia to annex occupied Ukrainian regions at Putin ceremony
NBC News - Alexander Smith
Russia will formally annex four regions of Ukraine partially controlled by its military, the Kremlin announced Thursday, in a major political escalation of the war against its neighbor. It comes after Moscow-backed authorities staged votes in the occupied regions of Ukraine's east and south that …
Associated Press
7 hours ago
Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years
Associated Press - By GRANT PECK
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar’s official secrets act, a legal official said. Suu Kyi received a three-year …
NPR
7 hours ago
Financial markets are a mess around the world. Big investors have someone to blame.
NPR - David Gura
Markets are a mess, and not just in the United States, where the three major stock indexes are down more than 20% each from their highs. Around the world, markets are reeling with unpredictability. The values of currencies are plunging. Oil and other commodities are getting hammered. There is fear …