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Mar 11

#BREAKING Northeastern Chinese city of 9 million locks down as Covid cases spike

#UPDATE Changchun, a northeastern Chinese city of nine million people, has been ordered to lock down as authorities scramble to halt a fresh outbreak that has pushed #COVID19 case counts to their highest in two years

📸 A resident undergoes a Covid-19 test in Jilin province

Map showing current cases of #COVID19 around mainland China

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Mar 11

#BREAKING Russian prosecutors up oversight of foreign companies leaving country

#BREAKING Putin backs plans to send volunteer fighters to Ukraine

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin backs plans to allow volunteers to fight in Ukraine, where he has sent thousands of Russian troops in what he calls a "special military operation"

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Mar 10

#BREAKING US consumer prices rose 7.9% annually in February: govt

#UPDATE US consumer prices saw their biggest annual increase in more than 40 years last month, rising 7.9 percent compared to February 2021 as inflation continues to batter the economy, the government says

#UPDATE The consumer price index (CPI) was 7.9 percent higher in February compared to the same month last year, its biggest jump since January 1982 as costs for gasoline, food and housing rose, the Labor Department says
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Mar 10

#BREAKING European Central Bank holds key interest at record lows: statement

#UPDATE The European Central Bank has held interest rates at record lows and vowed a flexible end to its bond-buying stimulus scheme, as the eurozone braces for the impact of the Ukraine war and soaring inflation

#UPDATE The European Central Bank has slashed its growth forecast for 2022 to 3.7 percent from 4.2 percent previously predicted, as it expected a recovery to be slowed down by the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the eurozone economy

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Mar 10

#BREAKING 35,000 civilians evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Wednesday: Zelensky

#UPDATE At least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

In a video address, Ukrainian leader says 3 humanitarian corridors had allowed residents to leave the cities of Sumy, Enerhodar and areas around Kyiv

VIDEO: Orchestra plays for peace on main Kyiv square.

Musicians from the Kyiv Classic Orchestra perform a concert on the capital's Maidan Square led by conductor Herman Makarenko