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As it happened: Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a ban on US imports of oil from Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The US decision came as the UN on Tuesday said the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 surged past…

France 24

From war-torn Ukraine to North Queensland, 73-year-old reunited with daughter after fleeing Kharkiv

Through cities ravaged by missiles, trains crowded with panic, and finally into the arms of her daughter a world away, Liudmyla Prymakova feels safe for the first time since fleeing her home seven days ago.

ABC News

‘Desperate and pleading for action’: New Zealand under pressure to help Ukraine refugees

Unlike other western nations, NZ has so far refused to change its visa rules in response to the crisis

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Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy calls for more support

Ukraine news from March 8: Ukraine’s president pushed for more support in address to the British parliament.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s youngest MP helps defend Kyiv with an AK-47 strapped to his back: ‘We either fight and survive – or we fall’

Interview: Sviatoslav Yurash tells Andrew Buncombe country will ‘fight and survive to next generation – or fall’

The Independent UK

Russian shelling stops Ukraine evacuations once more as Moscow issues demands to end war

Third round of talks ends in little progress, say negotiators

The Independent UK

Asean heads gear for summit with Biden

Can Asean and the US forge a "more united than ever" relationship for the future?

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The gender equality fruits

Today marks International Women's Day, which was first announced by the United Nations in 1975.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Ukrainian officials say evacuation of civilians from bombarded cities is underway — as it happened

Ukraine officials say humanitarian corridors out of the cities of Sumy and Irpin are open, but some remain sceptical that civilians will be able to leave safely.

ABC News

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan under Taliban rule: UN

It is the first major human rights report since the Taliban seized power from the former US-backed government in August.

Al Jazeera

Children and volunteer soldiers: casualties of the war in Ukraine

UN has recorded 406 deaths and 801 injuries among Ukraine’s civilian population since 24 February

The Guardian - UK

Transport operators face £2,000 fines for bringing Ukrainians without visas to UK

Firms say they are bound by 1999 law amid reports of families being turned around at French ports

The Independent UK

The Russia-Ukraine war is almost two weeks old. This is how we got here

This time two weeks ago the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remained hypothetical. Yet the grim escalation of war between Moscow and Kyiv is now devastatingly real. This day-by-day account shows how we got here.

ABC News

The boy 'hero', 11, who fled Ukraine alone with a backpack, his passport and a phone number written on his hand

Staff at the Slovakian border managed to contact his relatives in the country using the ink-scrawled number on his skin

Manchester Evening News

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The Conversation

Ukraine: the UN’s ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine is a hollow promise for civilians under fire

Images of gaunt, exhausted faces of people fleeing bombardment and death once again dominate global news. From Mariupol to Irpin, Russian artillery attacks on Ukrainian civilians have kept them trapped in hell.

Daily Record

Communities rally to help after Dumbarton couple launch appeal to help fleeing Ukrainians

Generous residents answered Gregor and Ewelina's call which saw their home become packed with donations.

Daily Mirror

When is International Women's Day - what it's for and how it's celebrated

This year's International Women's Day is now upon us. The day will see a celebration of women's achievements, while highlighting gender-based issues that continue to cause problems over the world

The Conversation

The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe

Just as the UK was recovering from storms Eunice and Franklin, scientists of UN’s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report warning of a future with spiralling weather extremes, fiercer storms, flash flooding and wildfires.

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A milestone day for women in sport in Aotearoa

As UN International Women’s Day dawns in Aotearoa, it’s a moment to reflect on all that's been achieved for women in sport in the last five years, writes WISPA's Rachel Froggatt.

The Guardian - US

Democrats and Republicans agree on plan to suspend trade relations with Russia and Belarus – as it happened

Lawmakers draft legislation aiming to ‘stop Russia’s unconscionable and unjust war on Ukraine and hold Belarus accountable for its involvement’

The Independent UK

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues

Evening Standard

How many refugees have fled Ukraine and where are they going?

More than 1.7 million civilians have fled Ukraine because of the Russian invasion, according to the United Nations (UN).

The Guardian - UK

International court of justice to fast-track ruling on Russian invasion

Ukraine accuses Russia of illegally justifying war with false genocide claim

Reuters

U.S., allies urge Russia at U.N. to allow safe passage of civilians, aid in Ukraine

The United States and its allies on Monday urged Russia at the United Nations to allow safe passage to civilians in besieged Ukrainian cities and aid to areas of fighting, saying the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine was rapidly deteriorating.

Reuters

UK says India's UN vote swayed by dependence on Russia

British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Monday India had a level of dependency on Russia which might go some way to explain its decision to abstain in a vote at the United Nations to deplore Russia over Ukraine.

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