#BREAKING Russia will only accept rubles for gas deliveries to 'unfriendly countries', which include all EU members: Putin
#BREAKING UN's labour agency suspends cooperation with Russia 'until a ceasefire is agreed', 'peaceful resolution is implemented' in Ukraine
#BREAKING NATO to deploy four new 'battle groups' to eastern members: Stoltenberg
#BREAKING NATO allies set to agree 'additional support' to Ukraine against nuclear, chemical threats: Stoltenberg
#BREAKING China providing political support to Russia with 'blatant lies': NATO chief
Map of #Ukraine locating the humanitarian corridors agreed between Ukraine and Russia and open on March 23 to allow the evacuation of civilians from areas hit by shelling #AFPgraphics
#BREAKING Ukraine President Zelensky, during address to French parliament, calls on French companies to quit Russia
#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on French companies including carmaker Renault, supermarket group Auchan and DIY retailer Leroy Merlin to leave Russia, during an address to the French parliament on Wednesday u.afp.com/wsMX
#BREAKING Russia's demand for gas payment in rubles a 'breach of contract': Germany
#BREAKING New Western sanctions to target Russian 'political figures, oligarchs': US official
#BREAKING US assesses Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine: Blinken
#BREAKING Russia expels US diplomats in tit-for-tat move: official
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia will only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries", which include all EU members, after Moscow was hit by unprecedented sanctions over #Ukraine u.afp.com/wsAK
#UPDATE The United States has reached the assessment that Russian military forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday
#BREAKING Russian journalist killed in Kyiv shelling: media outlet
Russian journalist Oksana Baulina, who worked for the investigative news outlet The Insider, was killed when Russian troops shelled a residential neighbourhood in the Ukrainian capital, the outlet said Wednesday, the latest reporter to die in war
#UPDATE A bloodied but defiant #Ukraine appealed Wednesday ahead of a major NATO summit for more Western weapons to fight what the United States formally labelled Russian "war crimes"
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#BREAKING Ukraine's Zelensky urges global protests against Russia's war
#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged citizens around the world to take to the streets to stop Russia's invasion of his country
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#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