Medics in Mariupol continued to treat patients, using cellular phone lights and other tools to care for injured residents while shelling continued to hit the snow-covered town on Friday.

Elsewhere in Mariupol, residents lined up at a grocery store but had difficulty getting supplies on Thursday. A day later, people were salvaging food from a supermarket that was on fire following shelling. .

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Russia widens assault on western Ukraine

Russia’s deadly bombardments are striking more of western Ukraine. Mike Armstrong explains how Ukrainians are reacting, and how hundreds of volunteers are working around the clock to send out food and supplies.

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Russia shifts attack tactics around Kyiv

There are signs Russia plans to ramp up its assault on Ukraine’s capital, as Kyiv remains out of Russian hands after weeks of attacks.

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B.C. woman says process to bring Ukrainians to Canada is still complicated

A B.C. woman trying to get family members out of Poland says despite government assurances that Ukrainian refugees will be expedited, the process is still complicated and cumbersome. Rumina Daya reports.

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Local Ukrainian-American heads to homeland to help refugees besieged by war

PHILADELPHIA - A Ukrainian-American woman from Philadelphia boarded a plane to Romania on Friday night with the goal of reaching Ukraine to help evacuate women and children besieged by war.Svetlana Tikhonov is the founder of Quadrat Academy, a Montessori middle and high school in Northern Liberties. Her school has been collecting supplies for Ukrainian refugees. Tikhonov is personally collecting monetary donations through givebutter.com with a plan to use the funding on the front lines."We’re bringing the money there, and I’m going to hopefully provide supplies: medical aid, housing, anything we need to do not he ground," Tikhonov said. The husband of a Ukrainian woman shared the story of his wife's harrowing escape from her war-torn homeland as Vladimir Putin's Russian army commenced a full-fledged invasion two weeks ago.Tikhonov grew up in Kiev and left Ukraine with her family when she was 14.

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Ukraine at ‘turning point,’ Zelenskyy says, as Russia closes in on Kyiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine was at a “strategic turning point” in the war as Russian forces bombarded cities across the country and appeared to be regrouping for a possible assault on Kyiv, with satellite images showing them firing artillery as they closed in on the capital.

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Are we in the undertow of an inevitably wider war?

We’re now past two weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine and there remains hope that the Russian advance can be stalled long enough for sanctions to so badly damage the invader’s economy that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be forced – one way or another – to end his war.

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Russian NHL star Ovechkin faces calls to ‘do more’ to condemn Ukraine war

Russian NHL star Alexander Ovechkin is making his way across Western Canada this week as his team, the Washington Capitals, take on the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.

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Uber adds fuel surcharge for drivers struggling with recent gas price hikes

LOS ANGELES - Rideshare drivers have been hit hard with the recent spike in gas prices and soon rideshare customers could be impacted as well. The recent surge in gas prices has prompted Uber to add a fuel surcharge in order to help drivers and couriers struggling with the recent financial burden. "Beginning Wednesday, March 16, consumers will pay a surcharge of either $0.45 or $0.55 on each Uber trip and either $0.35 or $0.45 on each Uber Eats order, depending on their location—with 100% of that money going directly to workers’ pockets," Uber wrote in a press release. "We know that prices have been going up across the economy, so we’ve done our best to help drivers and couriers without placing too much additional burden on consumers. Over the coming weeks, we plan to listen closely to feedback from consumers, couriers and drivers.

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Winnipeg high school students dedicate song to health-care workers

River East Transcona School Division has released a music video dedicated to lifting the spirits of Manitoba’s health care workers.“The project began when we had our first choir meeting of the year,” Kildonan East music teacher Janet Isaac-Martens said.“Our students and I were having ideas on how we could perform when we couldn’t perform to an audience.”About 65 students from Kildonan East Collegiate, River East Collegiate and Murdoch MacKay Collegiate spent months working on the collaborative virtual video.“A boost to them is kind of necessary,” Kildonan East Grade 12 student Aiden Ordonez said. “To just reach out on our end and let them know that they’re appreciated.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Experts fear impact of unfiltered social media clips of war on kids, teens

PHILADELPHIA - Social media feeds have been flooded with raw footage of war ever since Russia invaded Ukraine over two weeks ago. Experts wonder what kind of impact this kind of unfiltered and often times unsolicited footage is having on social media's most impressionable users. The Washington Post reported Friday that the Biden Administration hosted 30 of the top social media influencers to brief them on the situation in Ukraine.

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Millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage once COVID-19 public health emergency ends

our health care system, serving millions of children, pregnant women, seniors, those living with disabilities and other adults, and its enrollment only skyrocketed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.However, millions of Medicaid enrollees risk losing their coverage once the official public health emergency ends in the United States. One analysis by the Urban Institute, an economic and policy think tank, projects this could be as many as 15.8 million people, depending on its end date. The analysis, co-authored by senior fellow Matthew Buettgens, aims to highlight the massive scale of coverage transition that awaits — and what happens to those losing coverage.

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Global COVID-19 deaths may be 3 times higher than recorded

Today in The Lancet researchers say excess deaths data indicate that the global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than officially record.

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The Wanted's Tom Parker shares health update amid inoperable brain tumour battle

Tom Parker has been seen using a wheelchair following his return from a cancer treatment facility in Spain.Earlier this week, the singer made an emotional return to the stage with his The Wanted bandmates at their Bournemouth gig after he was forced to pull out of several shows due to intense cancer treatment.The dad-of-two joined Max George, Nathan Sykes, Siva Kaneswaren and Jay McGuinness, emerging from underground while sitting on a throne. Bandmate Siva took over his lines in their hit song, Glad You Came while he sat with a pair of sunglasses on.Now, Strictly star Max George has shared behind-the-scenes snaps with his pal, who was left sitting in a wheelchair.The Walks Like Rihanna singer was wearing a leather jacket along with a pair of black aviator style Ray-Bans and a cream beanie hat as he offered a peace sign towards the camera.Captioning his post, Max typed: "I mean...

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Strictly's Shirley Ballas details 'difficult' and 'tough week' amid recent health woes

Shirley Ballas, 61, has been the head judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing since the departure of Len Goodman in 2017.The ballroom dancer has taken to Instagram to share that she has had a "tough week" in the midst of her recent health issues.Shirley took to her Instagram story to share a video of herself at the Mamma Mia party, held at London's O2 Arena.She captioned the video in view of her 237,000 followers: "OMG what a tough week personally. (sic)"I needed this show to lift my spirits and it did.

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Putin is ‘preparing a terrorist attack’ on Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine claims

UKRAINE - According to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is "preparing a terrorist attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant," the government agency claimed Friday. According to a social media post on Twitter, the department said that a "man-made catastrophe" is planned at the plant and will be manipulated to appear as if Ukraine was responsible for it."Putin is preparing a terrorist attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A man-made catastrophe is planed [sic] at the CNPP controlled by Russian forces, for which the occupiers will try to shift responsibility to Ukraine," the department wrote.These claims come just days after Ukraine closed the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was disconnected from the nation’s power grid by Russian forces, potentially jeopardizing the cooling of nuclear material at the site.

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Chinese provincial capital locks down as country's COVID cases rise

China's COVID-19 cases today continue to rise to their highest levels since February 2020, with the capital of Jilin province, Changchun, now on lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.

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Greater Manchester's coronavirus infection rates rise in all ten boroughs again

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Former Latvian president calls Putin ‘unhinged’

Former Latvian president Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga said Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin has become “notably unhinged,” adding that his invasion of Ukraine is “not the actions of a sane man interested in the welfare of his country.” Vīķe-Freiberga says Putin is a “megalomaniac with really strong paranoid tendencies.”

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Inflation costing average American household nearly $300 per month: report

A person shops for groceries at Lincoln Market on March 10, 2022 in the Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.The Labor Department reported that consumer inflation rose 7.9% over the past year, the largest rise si Skyrocketing inflation rates are costing the average American household $296.45 in extra expenses, according to a recent analysis.Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, came to the number following the latest Labor Department data revealing that consumer prices spiked 7.9% in February, according to data obtained by FOX Business. Sweet took the average spending of U.S. households in February and compared it to what would have been spent in 2018 and 2019, when inflation hovered at 2.1%.The CPI over just the past six months rose 2.5% — a staggering level of growth, with an increase of .8 in February alone before Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Gabby Logan opens up on 'stressful' time with husband Kenny amid health struggles

Making Babies, Gabby Logan, 48, made a guest appearance and discussed her difficulties conceiving.

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Kids with asthma not at higher risk of COVID-19, study finds

Children and adolescents diagnosed as having asthma are at similar risk for COVID-19 infection as those without asthma, according to a study today in Pediatrics that controlled for factors tied to SARS-CoV-2 testing.

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China amplifies unfounded Russian claim of US funding Ukraine biolabs

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front L) and China's President Xi Jinping (C) arrive for a banquet for leaders in Beijing, China. (Nicolas Asfouri - Pool/Getty Images) BANGKOK - As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, it is getting a helping hand from China in spreading inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that the U.S.

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Russia's 'most favored nation' status to be revoked by US, allies over Ukraine invasion

was - President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke "most favored nation" trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.That's according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the announcement. Each country would have to follow its own national processes, the person said.

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Dua Lipa faces 2nd copyright lawsuit over song ‘Levitating’

Dua Lipa has been sued twice for copyright infringement in regard to her 2020 single, Levitating. The first complaint was filed last week by the Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System and it claims Dua Lipa plagiarized their 2017 song Live Your Life.A second complaint was filed on Friday by songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin approves bringing 'volunteers' fighters from Syria, elsewhere

Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its third week, Russian forces appeared to expand the offensive by striking new areas in the west and President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of "volunteer" fighters from Syria and elsewhere.The war has forced more than 2.3 million people to flee Ukraine as others try to seek refuge in basements, subway stations and underground shelters.Ukraine's president said 100,000 people were evacuated over the past two days in the north and center of the country. Humanitarian corridors to facilitate the exodus were agreed to by Russia and Ukraine during ceasefires in those areas.More evacuations are expected Friday, though repeated attempts to reach the besieged city of Mariupol in the south have failed under continued Russian shelling.On Friday, Russia appeared to be pushing its offensive westward with authorities in Ukraine saying airstrikes hit two cities that had been far from Russia’s main targets elsewhere.Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarus counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 11, 2022.

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China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in COVID-19 cases

Residents queue to undergo tests for the Covid-19 in a residential area in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province on March 11, 2022. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) BEIJING - China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.Residents are required to remain home, with one family member permitted to venture out to buy food and other necessities every two days.

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'We're not done': Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher raise over $20M for Ukraine in a week

LOS ANGELES - Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher said their campaign has raised more than $20 million in less than a week for Kunis’ native country of Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion. "But we’re not done," Kutcher said in an update posted Thursday to Instagram. "Our goal is $30 [million] and we’re gonna get there."The couple and "That '70s Show" stars announced their intent last week to raise donations via GoFundMe and vowed to match another $3 million.

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Ukrainian civilians bear the brunt of slow-moving Russian advance

Russian troops appear to be deliberately targeting civilians, shelling apartment buildings and even hospitals, as they slowly advance through Ukraine. Aaron McArthur reports.

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China locks down the city of 9 million people amid new Covid wave

Here are the key highlights of lockdown in Changchun city of China:

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Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to take ‘sensible precautions’ as concern grows over Covid case rise

Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots to continue with “sensible precautions” against Covid-19, with the number of hospital patients infected with coronavirus at a 13-month high.

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Chinese city of 9 million locks down amid Covid surge

A northeastern Chinese city of nine million people was ordered to lock down, as authorities scramble to halt a fresh Covid-19 outbreak that has pushed nationwide case counts to their highest in two years.

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Victoria charity putting together massive ‘care package’ for Ukrainian refugees

One Victoria charity is putting its experience to work with a giant ‘care package’ for refugees along the Ukraine-Poland border.Sharron Bates reports.

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Footage shows Ukrainians' attack on Russian tanks in Kyiv suburb, forcing 'retreat,' officials claim

KYIV, Ukraine - Footage shared by Ukraine’s defense agency appeared to show Ukrainian forces taking out a Russian military tank regiment on the outskirts of Kyiv and forcing their retreat — one of many examples of the country’s rising will to fight since being invaded. The video, shared early Thursday by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, showed a large convoy of tanks in the Brovary area, just outside of Kyiv, before several explosions are seen. The defense agency said its attack on Russia’s military caused "significant losses in personnel and equipment," according to a statement translated to English. It also claimed to have taken out its commander, Col.

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Price Hike: Rice Pack, Kottu & Short-eats prices increased

COLOMBO (News 1st); The All Ceylon Restaurant Owners’ Association has said that the prices of rice packets, Kottu, and Short Eats will be increased from Friday (10)The Price of a rice packet will go up by Rs. 20/-, Kottu up by Rs.

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Canada’s defence chief warns Russia has reoccupied Arctic bases

Russia has reoccupied abandoned Cold War bases in its Far North.Speaking at a defence conference in Ottawa, Gen. Wayne Eyre said defending NATO’s northern flank “is a key area of concern” for the Canadian military.Eyre said the threat of a Russian incursion into Canada’s Arctic from the North is very low at the moment.

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Lanka IOC increases fuel prices with effect from Thursday (10)

COLOMBO (News 1st): Lanka IOC, the Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka increased petrol and diesel prices by Rs. 50/- and Rs. 75/- from Thursday (10) .Lanka IOC Statement:CBSL has announced flexibility in foreign exchange rate and the Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated twice in last 7 days against the dollar, initially to Rs 230 per USD and then again to an exorbitant level of Rs.

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Russian convoy outside Kyiv has redeployed into firing positions, satellite photos show

New satellite images show the massive Russian military convoy that has been stalled outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for over a week has now redeployed, with artillery — including probable rocket launchers — moving into firing positions.

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House leader asks for Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to speak in Canadian parliament next week

Government House leader Mark Holland has asked House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to approve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking to Canada’s Parliament next week.

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukrainians mourn fallen soldier with funeral in Lviv

A funeral was held in Lviv, Ukraine for a Ukrainian solider killed in the war with Russia. According to a local priest, this is happening more and more often as the conflict rages on, and many men are dying too young.

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Ukraine-Russia peace talks fruitless amid Moscow’s claims about hospital bombing

Ukraine and Russia’s first face-to-face peace talks during this war have gone nowhere.

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'That's not the norm': Sharp inflation leads to noticeable rise in grocery prices

PHILADELPHIA - The United States Labor Department on Thursday reported its highest consumer inflation jump in nearly four decades propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing. A gallon of regular gas in Pennsylvania will cost motorists $4.43 on average, according to AAA. And neighboring New Jersey and Delaware will only save drivers pennies.

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Philadelphia man reunites with Ukrainian wife who escaped war-torn homeland

PHILADELPHIA - The husband of a Ukrainian woman shared the story of his wife's harrowing escape from her war-torn homeland as Vladimir Putin's Russian army commenced a full-fledged invasion two 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, Nadia, who was ill with late-stage Parkinson's disease. Nadia's condition got progressively worse just as Russia started its long-threatened invasion of Ukraine, Moir explained.

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Covid-19 update: India records slight rise in Covid-19 cases, logs 4,194 fresh cases, 255 deaths in 24 hours

Covid-19 cases as well as the number of Covid-19 deaths. India's daily Covid-19 cases rose by 4,194, taking the Covid-19 tally up to 42.98 million, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data. The daily Covid-19 deaths rose by 255 on Friday, taking the total death toll up to 515,714, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data further revealed.

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Pentagon dismisses Russia’s claims of U.S. bio-warfare labs in Ukraine as ‘laughable’

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby denied on Wednesday renewed Russian accusations that the U.S.

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Ticks survive 27 years in a lab, 8 without food, study shows

Soft tick (Argasidae), a carrier of the Lyme disease, close-up view, 1953. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

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Ukrainian embassy draws US volunteers to join fight against Russian invasion

WASHINGTON - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given the smaller nation’s embassy in Washington an unexpected role: recruitment center for Americans who want to join the fight.Diplomats working out of the embassy, in a townhouse in the Georgetown section of the city, are fielding thousands of offers from volunteers seeking to fight for Ukraine, even as they work on the far more pressing matter of securing weapons to defend against an increasingly brutal Russian onslaught."They really feel that this war is unfair, unprovoked," said Ukraine’s military attaché, Maj. Gen. Borys Kremenetskyi.

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Russia has confirmed use of weapon capable of vaporizing human bodies in attack on Ukraine

FILE IMAGE - Russian Army TOS-1A "Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun)" multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank. (Photo by Leonid Faerberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Russia has used a weapon in Ukraine capable of vaporizing human bodies and the UK Ministry of Defence says Russia has confirmed its use.Thermobaric weapons consist of a fuel container and two separate explosive charges, with the first detonating to disperse the fuel particles and the second igniting the dispersed fuel and oxygen in the air.It creates a blast wave of extreme pressure and heat that creates a partial vacuum in an enclosed space.

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Ukrainian mother, son living with group in makeshift bomb shelter as Russian shelling continues

Katerina Litvin and her 9-year-old son are among a group of people living in a makeshift bomb shelter in Ukraine as Russian shelling continues. "Every night we hear aircraft coming to our city dropping bombs," Litvin told FOX 29.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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