#BREAKING Central square of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, shelled: governor
#UPDATE The central square of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, has been shelled by advancing Russian forces, governor Oleg Sinegubov says.
"Russian occupiers continue to use heavy weaponry against the civilian population," he says, adding the number of victims is not yet known
#BREAKING East Ukraine city Mariupol loses electricity after Russian attacks
#BREAKING UK sanctions Russia's largest lender Sberbank: Treasury
#BREAKING Munich orchestra dismisses star Russian conductor Gergiev over Ukraine: mayor
#UPDATE Britain's Treasury says it is adding top lender Sberbank to its list of Russian entities sanctioned over the invasion of Ukraine.
The move comes after the government said it will freeze the UK assets of all Russian banks, and ordered UK ports to turn away Russian ships
#BREAKING Shipping giant Maersk to stop deliveries to Russian ports: statement
Map of #Ukraine locating areas where explosions, strikes and fighting have been reported and under Russian control, as of March 1, 0730 GMT
#BREAKING Russia stripped of hosting 2022 Volleyball World Championships: federation
#UPDATE The key south eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on the Azov Sea has been left without electricity following attacks from advancing Russian forces, the head of the region Pavlo Kyrylenko says u.afp.com/wACh
#UPDATE Danish shipping giant Maersk says it will stop taking new non-essential orders to and from Russia, due to sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of #Ukraine
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub