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Plane Carrying 133 Crashes In China, Casualties Unknown
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Plane Carrying 133 Crashes In China, Casualties Unknown

A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in southwest China with an unknown number of casualties, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and "caused a mountain fire", CCTV said, adding that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. The report added that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. CCTV said a "China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 people has crashed in Teng county, Wuzhou, Guangxi, and caused a mountain fire." Local media reported that China Eastern flight MU5735 had not arrived at its scheduled destination in Guangzhou after it took off from the city of Kunming shortly after 1:00 pm (0500 GMT) Monday, citing airport staff. There wa...
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Russia Warns United States Not to meddle
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Russia Warns United States Not to meddle

Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world's pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart. Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council, said the United States had stoked "disgusting" Russophobia in an attempt to force Russia to its knees. "It will not work, Russia has the might to put all of our brash enemies in their place," Medvedev said. resident Vladimir Putin says that what he calls the special military operation in Ukraine was necessary because the United States was using Ukraine to threaten Russia and Russia had to defend against the "genocide" of Russian-speaking people by Ukraine. Uk...
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Russia bans officials among them US President Joe Biden from entering Russia
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Russia bans officials among them US President Joe Biden from entering Russia

Russia said it had put U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a dozen top U.S. officials on a "stop list" that bars them from entering the country. Alongside Biden, US officials on the list included Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, CIA chief William Burns, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The ban was in response to sanctions imposed by Washington on Russian officials. The foreign ministry later added Trudeau to the list of sanctioned individuals. The measures appeared to be mainly symbolic, as the Foreign Ministry said it was maintaining official relations and if necessary would make sure that high-level contacts with the people on the list could take place.
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Obama tests positive for Covid-19
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Obama tests positive for Covid-19

Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other than a scratchy throat. "I've had a scratchy throat for a couple of days, but am feeling fine otherwise," Obama wrote on Twitter. "Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative." He tested positive in DC, a person close to him said, according to CNN. The former US president added: "It’s a good reminder that, even as cases go down, you should get vaccinated and boosted if you haven’t already to help prevent more serious symptoms and giving COVID to others".
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Ukraine now using Clearview AI’s facial recognition
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Ukraine now using Clearview AI’s facial recognition

Ukraine is receiving free access to Clearview AI’s powerful search engine for faces, letting authorities potentially vet people of interest at checkpoints, among other uses, added Lee Wolosky, an adviser to Clearview and former diplomat under U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The plans started forming after Russia invaded Ukraine and Clearview Chief Executive Hoan Ton-That sent a letter to Kyiv offering assistance, Clearview said it had not offered the technology to Russia, which calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation." Ukraine's Ministry of Defense did not reply to requests for comment. Previously, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation said it was considering offers from U.S.-based artificial intelligence companies like Clearvie...
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US President Biden Announces Ban On Russian Energy Imports
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US President Biden Announces Ban On Russian Energy Imports

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his administration is banning Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports to the US in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Today I am announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia's economy. We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at US ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine." The US will make the move unilaterally, without its European allies, due to disagreement among European nations about whether to ban Russian energy imports. EU countries have significantly more exposure to Russian energy than the US. US officials decided, given the extrem...
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Thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, UN says
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Thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, UN says

Hundreds of thousands of people inside Ukraine have been cut off from life-saving aid due to the military encirclement of cities, a U.N. report said on Monday, calling urgently for safe passage. Attempts are under way to create humanitarian corridors after two days of failed ceasefires intended to let civilians flee. Such routes are also critical for bringing aid such as water, food and medicine. "Reliable and predictable 'windows of silence' and 'safe passage' are urgently needed to relocate people whose lives are at risk and provide life-saving humanitarian relief supplies," said a bulletin from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday, based on information received through to Sunday.
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Russia, Ukraine agree to set up evacuation corridors
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Russia, Ukraine agree to set up evacuation corridors

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the need for humanitarian corridors to deliver aid and help civilians exit besieged Ukrainian cities, in the first apparent sign of progress in talks between the warring sides. Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky reported “substantial progress” at Thursday’s talks –  the second round of negotiations since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine – saying the “main issue that we settled today is the salvation of people, civilians who have found themselves in a zone of military clashes”. The tentative agreement, reached in Belarus, came as Russian forces continued to surround and attack Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, and the second-biggest city of Kharkiv. Thousands are thought to have died or been wounded in the eight-day confl...
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5 Family Members Dead in Murder-Suicide Shooting in Sacramento Carlifornia
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5 Family Members Dead in Murder-Suicide Shooting in Sacramento Carlifornia

Five people are dead, including three children, after an apparent murder-suicide shooting at a church in Sacramento, California. A father walked into a church in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood and shot three of his kids -- all under the age of 15 -- before turning the gun on himself, Sgt. Rod Grassman with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said at a press conference. The fifth person found dead was identified as the wife of the shooter, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Capt. Parker Wilbourn told CNN. There were other people in The Church in Sacramento at the time of the shooting but none were involved, Wilbourn said. Most of the others were employees or congregates, he said, and no one else at the scene required medical transport. It is not known at this time if a...
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70 Ukrainian troops killed in artillery strike on the North Eastern City.
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70 Ukrainian troops killed in artillery strike on the North Eastern City.

Up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a Russian artillery strike on the north-eastern city of Okhtyrka on Sunday, according to a local official. Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the head of the Sumy region's state administration, says the strike destroyed a Ukrainian military unit, and rescuers and volunteers have been working to retrieve the bodies from the rubble. Many people have died. Currently, places are being prepared in the cemetery for about 70 dead Ukrainian soldiers," Zhyvytskyi posted on Telegram. "But the enemy also gets what he deserves," he added, saying there were "a lot of Russian bodies" in the city, which are now being given to the Red Cross. His claims have not been independently verified.
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