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WORLD BRIEFING: March 19, 2024

The UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 7, 2023

The heads of several major United Nations bodies on Monday made a united call for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify nearly one month into the conflict. The death toll is now said to have surpassed 10,000. A deadly Russian strike on Odesa damaged its famed art museum and several apartment buildings

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 23, 2023

A heavy drone attack early Wednesday causes death and injuries in Kyiv, just hours after the ending of the Sino-Russian leaders summit. Evidence emerges of Chinese drone sales to Russia.

WAR IN UKRAINE: March 20, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown on state TV visiting the occupied city of Mariupol in the early, pre-dawn hours of Sunday.

WAR IN UKRAINE: March 18, 2023

Ukrainian fighters repulsed a fresh series of Russian assaults in Bakhmut and the surroundings of the city in the eastern region of Donetsk, Kyiv's military said early on March 17, while Russian shelling of settlements caused deaths among Ukrainian civilians.