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First Lady Jill Biden head to Eastern Europe to visit Ukrainian refugees

First Lady Jill Biden is departing on a trip to Eastern Europe to visit Ukrainian refugees, as well as U.S. personnel in the region. It's her most high-profile endeavor since her husband took office.

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Sunflowers: Popular, Native and, for Some, Newly Meaningful

The annual sunflower (Helianthus annus) has a long history in North America, with evidence of its cultivation for food, ceremonial and medical use by Native Americans dating back to at least 1,000 B.C. Sunflower seeds are said to have been brought to Europe by Spanish explorers around the late 16th…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Far from home, Ukrainian refugees pray at Easter for peace

Far from home and unsure when or even if they will ever return, Ukrainians displaced by war gathered at churches across Eastern Europe on Sunday for the Orthodox Easter holiday

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Crypto Miner BitRiver Sanctioned By US Over Russian Operations: Bloomberg

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned crypto mining firm BitRiver, targeting one of the industry’s top data-center service providers over its operations in Russia, Bloomberg reported. The Swiss-based company BitRiver provides Bitcoin miners worldwide with energy sources, mining facilities, and large-scale management solutions, including those in Eastern Europe and Russia. Treasury announced…

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Grid Dynamics Boosts Q1 Revenue Outlook; Expands Workforce Outside Of Eastern Europe

Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GDYN) announced an upward revision of its Q1 2022 financial performance outlook. Grid Dynamics raised its Q1 quarterly revenue guidance to at least $65 million from the previous guidance of $55 million - $60 million, against the consensus of $57.3 million. Grid Dynamics continues to swiftly grow its engineering…

Benzinga

Top General Urges More US Troops in Eastern Europe

The United States should look at the development of more bases in Eastern Europe to protect against Russian aggression, but rotate forces through them rather than make permanent deployments, the top USmilitary officer told Congress on Tuesday. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top general urges more US troops in eastern Europe

The top U.S. military officer says the United States should look at the development of more bases in Eastern Europe to protect against Russian aggression

The Independent UK

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Genentech's Ocrevus Shows Benefit In Disability Progression & Cognitive Decline In Multiple Sclerosis

Genentech, a member of the Roche Holdings AG (OTC:RHHBY), announced new Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) data shows a benefit on disease progression and cognitive outcomes in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS0 and secondary progressive MS (SPMS). The company noted that 75% of patients achieved no evidence of progression (NEP) in a one-year interim analysis of the…

Benzinga

Time to look at NATO's permanent basing in eastern Europe-US general

Russia's invasion of Ukraine should prompt a re-examination of NATO's permanent presence in eastern Europe, the U.S. general that serves as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe told Congress on Wednesday.

Reuters

Romania's Iași pogrom, one of the worst massacres of Jews during World War II

During World War II, one of the worst massacres of the conflict took place in Eastern Europe, in Romania's second city of Iași. A tenth of the city's population – more than 13,000 people – was murdered in the space of a few days, simply because they were Jews. More…

France 24

In emergency meetings, Biden, NATO allies bolster response to Russia over Ukraine war

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and leaders of NATO allies agreed to double the organization's troop presence in Eastern Europe Thursday during a flurry of wartime summitry in Brussels, an effort to keep the alliance united in its effort to isolate and punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

NATO to set up units in Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary -Biden

NATO leaders on Thursday agreed to bolster defenses, particularly in Eastern Europe, and will deploy four new combat units in Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement.

Reuters

NATO to bolster ranks, help Ukraine counter chemical attack

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts are ready to order more forces into Eastern Europe to deter Russia from invading any member of their ranks

The Independent UK

Europe struggles to meet mounting needs of Ukraine's fleeing millions

More than 3.5 million people have fled abroad from the war in Ukraine, United Nations data showed on Tuesday, leaving Eastern Europe scrambling to provide them with care, schools and jobs even as daily numbers crossing borders ease.

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Suzuki Italia Is Helping Ukrainian Refugees Through Unicef

With war ongoing in Eastern Europe, Suzuki Italia chips in to help ease the suffering of Ukrainian refugees through a sizeable donation of money and goods.

Wales Online

New P&O crews drafted in from Eastern Europe are being paid just '£2.60 an hour' to work on 'slave ships'

In a controversial move, the ferry company suddenly axed 800 employees last week and replaced them with agency staff on a tenth of the wage

Reuters

Dutch, Germans to send 3 Patriot missile defence systems to Slovakia

The Dutch government on Friday said it would send a Patriot missile defence system to Sliac, Slovakia, as part of NATO moves to strengthen air defences in Eastern Europe.

Benzinga

European Demand For US Drones, Missiles Increases After Russian Invasion: Reuters

Reuters reported that European governments approached the U.S. government and defense contractors with a shopping list of arms, including drones, missiles, and missile defenses, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drives renewed demand for U.S. weaponry. Germany, along with its potential deal for 35 Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) F-35 jet fighters, has inquired…

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Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Thursday, many hoping that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv may end the war soon, though more people were expected to flee in the days ahead.

Reuters

Eastern Europe helps Ukraine refugees feel at home with school places, jobs

Thousands more refugees from Ukraine crossed into Eastern Europe on Wednesday, where authorities are providing food, social services and school places to help people rebuild their lives away from war.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war may lead to rethinking of US defense of Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and his push to upend the broader security order in Europe may lead to a historic shift in American thinking about defense of the continent

Wales Online

Ukraine peace talks with Russia were 'pretty good' - President Volodymyr Zelensky's full speech in English

Glimmer of hope for peace in Eastern Europe on Day 20 of Russia's invasion

Football London

What Arsenal did for Ukraine's Oleg Luzhny ahead of crucial Leicester Premier League fixture

Arsenal News: The former Gunner has made a big sacrifice in his coaching career to help out his home nation back in Eastern Europe

The Conversation

Ukraine: How citizenship and race play out in refugees’ movements in Europe

As millions of refugees flee Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion, one question that has been raised is: Why have Ukrainians been welcomed into eastern Europe, unlike Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and Eritreans? Is it because they are white?

Reuters

Europe girds for Ukrainian refugees from cities under bombardment

Eastern Europe braced for a surge of refugees from shelled towns and cities in Ukraine on Thursday as fighting following Russia's invasion intensified and the United Nations said more than 2.3 million people had now fled the country.

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