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Thinking small: Biden scrounges for ways to break through

The White House says the public focus on the war in Ukraine is understandable and it's realistic about the challenges facing Biden in breaking through

US facing pressure to give Ukraine more intelligence on Russia: Report

Biden has called Russia's war on Ukraine a genocide but his administration has struggled with how much intelligence it is willing to give the Ukrainian forces that are trying to stop Putin

Wall Street mixed at open as investors eye Musk, Twitter drama

Musk offered to buy the social media company for $54.20 a share, two weeks after revealing he'd accumulated a 9% stake

Putin warns Western countries against phasing out Russian gas

Speaking Thursday, Putin said European attempts to find alternatives to Russian gas shipments will be quite painful for the initiators of such policies

Kim gives North Korea's most famous newscaster a luxury home

Experts say Kim is trying to boost his support from elite North Koreas while the country deals with pandemic hardships and a diplomacy stalemate

Joe Biden signs order aiming to advance racial equity in govt

After more than a year of review, more than 90 federal agencies, including all major Cabinet departments, were releasing their equity action plans on Thursday

Sri Lankan protestors celebrate traditional New Year near Gotabaya's office

Sri Lankans shared milk rice and oil cakes to celebrate their traditional new year on Thursday opposite the president's office, where they camped out for a sixth day demanding his resignation

Ukraine says missiles hit Russian flagship, crew forced to evacuate

Russia's Defence Ministry confirmed the ship was damaged but not that it was hit by Ukraine it said ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire of as-yet undetermined causes

Neighbours back Ukraine, demand accountability for war crimes

Russia invaded on Feb 24 with the goal, according to Western officials, of taking Kyiv, toppling the government and installing a Moscow-friendly one.

Earthquakes recorded near Alaska volcano dormant for 800 years

The cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, a volcano near Sitka that resembles Mount Fuji in Japan, are not known

Russia-Ukraine war threatening developing economies, warns UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a report stressing that the war is supercharging a crisis in food, energy and finance in poorer countries

Covid-19 cases and deaths fall for 3rd consecutive week, says WHO

New cases and deaths are falling in every region of the world, including the Western Pacific, where a surge of infections has triggered severe lockdown measures in China

Gunman sets off smoke bomb, shoots 11 in rush-hour New York subway car

Preliminary information indicates the gunman who fled was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.

War in Ukraine to curb trade and economic growth this year, says WTO

The WTO said its projections for world trade take into account factors like the impact of the war, sanctions on Russia and shrinking worldwide demand amid lower business and consumer confidence

Drugs running out, surgeries cancelled as Sri Lanka's health system buckles

The lack of foreign exchange has left President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government unable to import essentials including medicines and fueL

US inflation jumped 8.5% in past year, highest in over 40 years

Prices have been driven up by bottlenecked supply chains, robust consumer demand and disruptions to global food and energy markets worsened by Russia's war against Ukraine

Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are indirect victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion.

US pulls non-emergency staff from Shanghai amid Covid-19 surge

Many residents in the city of 26 million have been confined to their homes for up to three weeks as China maintains its zero-COVID strategy of handling outbreaks with strict isolation and mass testing

Zuckerberg money won't be in next round of aid for US elections

The 2020 effort by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, amid the COVID-19 pandemic fueled conservative anger and distrust of the presidential election outcome

Many Ukrainian children lack food, water, says UN children's agency

Hundreds of schools and educational facilities have been attacked or used for military purposes, Fontaine said