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UN Security Council votes to convene rare emergency session over Ukraine

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday voted to convene a special session of the UN General Assembly on Monday to debate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Why it matters: This.

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UN Security Council to hold Sunday vote on rare emergency session over Ukraine

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Sunday afternoon to convene a special session of the UN General Assembly to debate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Why it matters: This.

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Western allies agree to expel some Russian banks from SWIFT payments system

The European Union, U.S. and other Western nations on Saturday announced they would cut off a “certain number of Russian banks” from the SWIFT international payments system, and impose restrictions on Russia’s Central.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at white nationalist event

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Saturday addressed the America First Political Action Committee’s conference, an event organized by Nick Fuentes, who has been labeled a “white supremacist” by the Justice Department..

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Zelensky tells Ukrainians: “We will fight as long as it takes”

President Volodymyr Zelensky released a new and defiant video message Saturday night local time as curfew set in for Ukrainians in Kyiv, saying “we will fight as long as it takes to.

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Biden to nominate Jackson as first black woman on U.S. Supreme Court -source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden planned to nominate federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, a source.

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Youngkin to request emergency funding for Virginia’s HBCUs amid bomb threats

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said Friday that he plans to ask the state’s General Assembly to provide emergency funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for campus security purposes amid.

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U.S. sanctions Russia’s Putin, top officials over Ukraine invasion

By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Friday joined European countries in slapping sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

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Trump New York criminal probe has new prosecutor after lawyers quit

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A new prosecutor has been chosen to lead a criminal probe into former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.

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Analysis-Putin’s Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to the test

By Matt Spetalnick, Simon Lewis and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -He threatened to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Russia. He worked to galvanize U.S. allies into a united front..

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