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‘A lot’ of Canadians have joined fight against Russian invasion of Ukraine, says spokesperson

The international volunteer force assembled to fight the Russian invasion of Ukraine has recruited a significant number of Canadians, according to the group’s spokesperson.

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Trudeau to join Biden, NATO leaders in Brussels for summit on Ukraine war: source

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head to Brussels next week for a special summit of NATO leaders that will address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Global News has learned.

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Ukraine’s president addresses parliament and calls again for a no-fly zone over his country

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Canadian lawmakers in parliament Tuesday, and again called for NATO to establish a no-fly zone over his country as Russian attacks continue to target civilians. Aaron McArthur reports.

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Local Ukrainian woman recalls harrowing escape from war-torn homeland

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia couple is reunited after the wife escaped war torn Ukraine where she was trapped while caring for her sick mother when Russia's army invaded over three weeks ago. Sean Moir and Valentyna Levytsky traveled to Ukraine in January, 6 months after the couple was married at a summer ceremony in Kyiv. Valentyna stayed behind to take care of her mother, Nadiah, who was ill with late-stage Parkinson's disease. Nadiah's condition got progressively worse just as Russia started its long-threatened invasion of Ukraine, Moir explained.

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Gas thefts are on the rise, damaging cars and making trips to the gas pump more painful

BELLMAWR, N.J. - The cost of filling up a gas tank is painful, but now there is something that may sting even more - gas thieves on the rise. They’re damaging cars and stirring up all kinds of emotions."It’s just unbelievable," says Cynthia Ross of West Philadelphia. "People go to any length to take from you, to harm you. They don’t care about your car, the money you have to put out to get it fixed and everybody is having a hard time, as it is."It’s a brazen crime that’s happening locally, as well as all across the country.Police in Allentown, Pa.

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Brent, U.S. crude below $100 for the first time since late Feb

NEW YORK, (Reuters); Oil prices tumbled more than 6% on Tuesday (15) to their lowest in almost three weeks, as Russia suggested it would allow a revival of the Iran nuclear deal to go forward and as traders worried growing pandemic lockdowns in China could dent demand.Both Brent and U.S. crude futures benchmark settled below $100 per barrel for the first time since late February.

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U.S., EU, India, S.Africa reach consensus on COVID vaccine IP waiver -sources

vaccines, sources familiar with the deal said on Tuesday.

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Students steer school bus to safety after driver suffers heart attack

TOPSHAM, Maine - Some students are being praised as heroes for steering a school bus to safety after the driver suffered a heart attack and later died.The Topsham Police Department in Maine said around 7:30 a.m. Monday the school bus operator was "believed to have experienced a medical event that left him incapacitated." The incident happened as the bus traveled east on Route 201 towards the Cathance River Bridge.Authorities said 14 middle and high school students were on board.RELATED: Cecil County crossing guard hit by car, saves studentPolice said at least two students grabbed the wheel and applied the brakes, bringing the bus to a stop on the side of the road.

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COVID-19: Hamilton public school board chair asks city’s top doc for order to keep mask mandate

In a letter to Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) chair Dawn Danko requested support to maintain mask requirements for staff and students until April 15.“As Medical Officer of Health to the City of Hamilton, we respectfully ask you to consider the calls from the medical and science communities, and to issue a Section 22 order to maintain mask requirements for all HWDSB students and staff beyond March 21, 2022,” Danko asked.

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New planets could begin to form around binary star system, astronomers say

This illustration shows a hypothetical planet covered in water around the binary star system of Kepler-35A and B. Astronomers that have been studying a binary star system — one with two baby suns — for over 30 years now believe three separate solar systems are starting to form around them. The SVS 13 binary star system, which is nearly 1,000 light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy, is still in its embryonic stage but astronomers are starting to see disks of gas and dust taking shape around both stars, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal. SVS 13 is located in the Perseus molecular cloud, which hosts an abundance of young stars, according to NASA. Perseus molecular cloud location.

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Tuesday's headlines from cars 'petrol bombed' to Covid updates following Nicola Sturgeon's statement

Good evening and welcome to today's Daily Record's headline briefing.

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Biden to talk Ukraine with NATO in Europe, White House says

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week for face-to-face talks with European leaders about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday.Biden will meet with NATO and European leaders at a summit in Brussels on March 24. He will also attend a scheduled European Council summit, where efforts to impose sanctions and further humanitarian efforts are underway."While he’s there, his goal is to meet in person face-to-face with his European counterparts and talk about, assess where we are at this point in the conflict in the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

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American mom in Ukraine races to get adoptive daughter out of Russian war zone

The girl, identified only as "M," wants to go home to Kentucky with her new American parents. The war in Ukraine has complicated everything.

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Justin Trudeau among 313 Canadians banned from Russia

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been banned from entering Russia, according to a press release on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.

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Study highlights risk of low COVID vaccine uptake in prison staff

Stanford University researchers report that 61% of custody staff and 36% of healthcare staff at California state prisons were unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of Jun 30, 2021, posing risks to inmates, other staff, and the surrounding community.

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Ford says he’ll keep wearing a mask for a ‘few days’ in Ontario legislature after mandate lifts

Doug Ford says he will continue wearing a mask for a “few days” in the legislature after the province’s mandate lifts next week for most indoor settings.The province’s mask mandate is set to lift Monday for many areas, excluding public transit, hospitals, long-term care homes and other high-risk settings.Ford was asked during a press conference Tuesday if Progressive Conservative MPPs have been told whether or not they should wear masks at the provincial legislature once the mandate lifts. A look at Ontario’s timeline for lifting all COVID measures “No, that’s going to be up to them,” the premier said, noting that any rules regarding masking in the legislature would be up to the speaker.“Everyone’s going to follow the proper protocols and if you want to keep your mask on, God bless you.

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Zelenskyy says Russia wants to ‘annihilate’ Ukrainians, urges no-fly zone

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First State Brewing crafts special brew to support Ukrainian defense forces

PHILADELPHIA - First State Brewing is brewing a batch of Ukrainian beer in order to support Ukrainian defense forces! The Middletown brewery is calling the beer ‘Putin Kilo’ which translates to an expletive involving the President of Russia. Quality manager Joe Spearot got the beer recipe from Pravda Brewing in Lviv, Ukraine. Pravda is not brewing at the moment, and instead have shifted from making beer to making Molotov cocktails. FOX 29’s Hank Flynn reached Pravda Brewing’s Taras Maselko via WhatsApp, and he confirmed that for the near future his brewery will be making bombs – not beer. "At the moment we just, we mobilize to do anything we can do here.

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Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine attack that wounded reporter

From left to right: Fox News' Pierre Zakrzewski, Steve Harrigan and Senior Field Producers Yonat Frilling and Ibrahim Hazboun. (Fox News) Pierre Zakrzewski, described as a veteran Fox News cameraman, has passed away after being injured alongside Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall in Ukraine on Monday."It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news this morning regarding our beloved cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski.

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Quebec adds 20 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations rise by 5

COVID-19 pandemic as the province saw another small rise in patient numbers Tuesday.Hospitalizations linked to the disease stood at 1,082, an increase of five. This comes after 79 people were admitted and 74 were discharged in the last day.Officials say 66 patients were in intensive care, a rise of five.The daily tally included 1,023 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

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Slight rise in numbers with Covid-19 in hospitals

There has been another slight rise in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals.

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Bombs fall in the heart of Kyiv

For the first time in the war, Russian bombs fell in the heart of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, Monday. The development cam as Ukraine’s president prepared to address Parliament Tuesday morning.

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Canada slaps new sanctions on 15 Russians ahead of Zelenskyy’s address to Parliament

Canada is imposing new sanctions on 15 Russian officials who it says helped Russian President Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine.

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3 COVID-19 tests recalled after FDA warns about ‘high risk’ of false results

A Walmart worker uses a nasal swab in one of the new government-issued COVID-19 Antigen Rapid test kits she received as she self-tests while at home on February 8, 2022 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) The maker of a certain brand of COVID-19 tests has issued a recall because the tests are not authorized, cleared or approved by the U.S.

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China could aid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here’s why experts say that isn’t likely

Ukraine could have a serious impact on the conflict, experts warn. But it’s unlikely China will grant the reported Russian request, which Chinese leadership has denied they even received, and the Kremlin says was never made.“I don’t think China can afford to be a full-throated backer of Russia,” said Melinda Haring, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.“Russia’s becoming increasingly isolated.

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War in Ukraine: Russia reportedly asks for China’s help

Russia is leaning on China for military and economic supports, according to the U.S., spawning fears a wider, global conflict is on the horizon.

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: How Canada continues to put pressure on Moscow

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has returned home after spending a week in Europe discussing next steps to support Ukraine and push back against Russia with fellow NATO allies.

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Ukraine’s major cities pounded as more Russian forces close in

WARNING: This video contains disturbing content. Missile attacks on Ukraine’s major cities are intensifying as Russian troops slowly gain more ground. Mike Armstrong reports on the mounting carnage and destruction.

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Russia-Ukraine: Delaware County residents donate time, supplies to Ukrainian refugees

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - It’s clear from the pictures overseas that people in Ukraine need help and people in our area are being incredibly generous."They just let us know they are in most need of medical supplies and equipment. Tourniquets, bandages, wound kits.

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Local drivers notice slight dip in exorbitant prices, hope for relief at the pump

PHILADELPHIA - If only just pennies, drivers in parts of the Delaware Valley have noticed that pumped up gas prices have started to dip ever so slightly from historic highs.According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular fuel in Pennsylvania was $4.42 on Monday; 10 cents higher than the national average. Driver in New Jersey paid $4.33 per gallon, and Delaware's gas prices sat at $4.21 on average. The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S.

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Social media influencers left adrift after Russia Instagram ban: ‘My life is being taken away from me’

Russian social media influencers could be heard across the internet before going dark when Instagram was banned in the country on Monday.Russian state media regulators followed through on the promise to ban Instagram after alleging the platform is being used to call for violence against Russian citizens and military personnel.Russia has already blocked access to Facebook (owned by Meta Platforms, which also owns Instagram), limited access to Twitter and criminalized the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports, as part of President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on social media and news outlets like the BBC. Over 2.8 million refugees have fled Ukraine amid Russian invasion, UN says Many Russian influencers said tearful goodbyes to their followers before asking fans to migrate to other platforms like Telegram and VK, both of which are still permitted in Russia.NEXTA, a Belarusian media outlet, shared a video of an unnamed Russian influencer claiming to be in the “first stages of grief” over the Instagram ban.

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21 Ukrainian children with cancer safely flown to UK to receive ‘life-saving care’

will now ensure they get life-saving care in safety. Hugely grateful to everyone involved in helping get these children and their families here," Javid wrote on Twitter. Nine medical personnel from Southampton Children’s Hospital flew to Poland to retrieve the children, according to the BBC. "The families were so incredibly grateful and the stories they told were horrific," the hospital told the BBC. "I am proud that the UK is offering lifesaving medical care to these Ukrainian children, who have been forced out of their home country by the Russian invasion while undergoing medical treatment.

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The complicated reasons gas prices are so high – and what we can do about it

WASHINGTON - Gas prices are not going up because of the Keystone Pipeline cancelation or because the Biden administration paused oil extraction permits. The real reasons are more complicated than that.Last year, with the U.S. and much of the world shut down for the pandemic, driving and travel cratered – and with it, the demand for oil and gas.

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Ontario drops vaccine and testing mandates in high-risk settings

Ontario has dropped the requirement for vaccine and testing mandates at hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools and daycares. Tracy Tong reports.

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Woman disrupts Russian TV newscast to protest Ukraine invasion, urges viewers 'Don't believe the propaganda!'

A man looks at a computer screen watching a dissenting Russian Channel One employee entering Ostankino on-air TV studio during Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast, holding up a poster which reads as "No War" and condemning Moscow's military A woman went viral on Monday for crashing a newscast on Russian-state television to protest the war in Ukraine. During the evening broadcast on Channel One Russia, the most prominent news network in the country, a demonstrator with a sign rushed onto the set standing behind the anchor and chanted in Russian, "No to war! Stop the war!" RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS: RUSSIA MEDIA SPINNING COVERAGE TO ‘CONFUSE’ PUBLIC, EXPERTS SAYHer sign read in Russian, "Stop the war! Don’t believe propaganda! They’re lying to you here!" with "Russians against war" written in English. The broadcast immediately cuts away to a pre-recorded report. The anchor, Ekaterina Andreeva, is seen as an iconic figure in Russian media.The woman, identified as Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova, released a video statement before her stunt to denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin. "What’s happening in Ukraine is a crime and Russia is the aggressor.

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Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall injured covering Ukraine war

Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall was injured in Ukraine Monday while reporting on the Russian invasion."Earlier today, our correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while newsgathering outside of Kyiv in Ukraine," Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement. "We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation quickly unfolds."Hall has been reporting on the war from Kyiv, which Russian forces have been attempting to encircle and capture for weeks.

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Squatters occupy Russian Oligarch’s London mansion

Squatters occupied the London mansion suspected of belonging to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who was placed on Britain’s sanctions list last week, unfurling a Ukrainian flag and a banner reading, “This property has been liberated.” Police said they were called in the early hours of Monday after it was reported that the squatters had entered the mansion in Belgrave Square.

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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch hopes to house Ukrainian refugees

amid Russia’s invasion, according to multiple reports. "It is a really shocking time to be a European two and a half hours flight away from Ukraine, and it's something that hangs over us," Cumberbatch told Sky News, according to Reuters. "We all need ... to do more than wear a badge.

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Oil falls 8% on Russia-Ukraine talk hopes, China lockdowns

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices dropped about 8% on Monday to the lowest in two weeks, as diplomatic efforts between Ukraine and Russia looked like they might end their conflict, which would boost global supplies, while a pandemic-linked travel ban in China cast doubt on the demand outlook.Brent futures fell $8.64, or 7.7%, to $104.03 a barrel by 10:59 a.m. EDT (1459 GMT).

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Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to "single combat" over Ukraine

Tesla founder Elon Musk has fighting words for Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Elon Musk Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME) (Vladimir Putin photo by Massimo Di Vita/Archivio Massimo Di Vita/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Tesla founder Elon Musk, 50, has fighting words for Russian President Vladimir Putin, 69.

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China locks down Shenzhen, province of 24 million over Covid

lockdown for at least a week and forbade people from leaving Jilin, the first time the government has sealed off an entire province since the area surrounding Wuhan was isolated in early 2020.

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Quebec reports 9 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations rise by 3

COVID-19 as the province saw patient numbers rise slightly Monday.The number of pandemic hospitalizations stood at 1,077, an increase of three compared with the previous day. This comes after 43 patients were admitted while 40 were discharged.Intensive care unit cases totalled 61, a drop of two in the past 24 hours.The province also reported 670 new novel coronavirus cases, though the daily tally isn’t an accurate representation of the situation since PCR screening is limited to certain groups.

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U.S. pledges more help for Ukraine as Russian troops move to encircle Kyiv

Bowing to pressure, the U.S. now says it will supply Ukrainian fighters with more weapons and security assistance.

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Gas vs. electric vehicles: Advantages of each car as gas prices soar

gas prices continue to reach record highs, many drivers have been feeling the pinch at the pump, while electric car owners have been reveling in their purchases. The national average for a gallon of gas hit $4.35 Friday, up from $3.92 a week ago, and it is expected to continue to rise amid Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine.This has led many car owners to question whether buying an electric vehicle is a smart move or a better option in the long run.U.S. electricity prices, which are heavily regulated in most states, have remained stable.

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Ukrainian president Zelenskyy to virtually address US Congress Wednesday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference for selected media at his official residence the Maryinsky Palace on March 3,2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images) Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will virtually address members of the U.S.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Russian troops step up deadly assaults on Kyiv suburbs

KYIV, Ukraine - Russian troops kept up the pressure on Ukraine's capital city on Monday and air raid sirens were heard across the besieged country overnight, even as both nations were expected to resume diplomatic talks.The attacks around Kyiv came a day after Russia escalated its offensive by shelling areas close to the Polish border. The Ukrainian military said Monday that Russian troops had not made great strides over the past day.

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Russia seeks military aid and equipment from China amid Ukraine conflict, U.S. official says

A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard on a street in front of a damaged church in the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 13, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - A U.S. official said Russia asked China for military equipment to use in its invasion of Ukraine, a request that heightened tensions about the ongoing war ahead of a Monday meeting in Rome between top aides for the U.S.

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Ukraine Invasion: Deadly missile strike on military base close to Polish border

The ground battle continued Sunday in eastern and central Ukraine with attacks from the air on the western region by Russian forces becoming a daily occurrence.

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