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Pedro Sánchez receives Edmundo González amid tensions between Spain and Venezuela
The meeting takes place in the midst of strong tensions between the Government of Spain and the regime of Nicolás Maduro after the arrival of González
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SPECIAL REPORT: Russians flee homeland in fear of new Iron Curtain
Multiple reports suggest thousands of Russian citizens who disagree with Vladimir Putin’s invasion are scrambling to leave their homeland as sanctions close off travel options. One prominent Russian-Israeli oligarch who fled to Israel in 2003 after being targeted by Putin announced Tuesday he will renounce his Russian citizenship. “Everything that Putin touches dies,” he said.
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IMF approves $1.4 billion in emergency financing for Ukraine
Under the agreement, Kyiv can tap the IMF repeatedly within any three-year period if its balance of payments need “caused primarily by an exogenous shock”
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More than 2 million refugees have fled Ukraine since invasion
According to UNICEF, the 2 million refugees – most of whom are women and children – represent approximately 4% of Ukraine’s total population
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Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers fail to reach ceasefire agreement during negotiations in Turkey
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met in Turkey on Thursday in the first high-level meeting since the Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago on February 24
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U.K. Army confirms soldiers defied orders, may have gone to Ukraine to fight Russia
A 19-year-old guard for Queen Elizabeth "quit his Windsor barracks, left a note for his parents and booked a one-way ticket to Eastern Europe," the Sun reported
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Italian authorities investigate yacht believed to be Putin's
According to the ship’s captain, Guy Bennett-Pearce, Italian investigators boarded the 459-foot vessel named ‘The Scheherazade’ at the Italian port of Marina di Carrara and demanded proof of ownership
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GLOBAL CAT–ASTROPHE: The 'UN of Cats' bans Russian felines from international competitions
The International Cat Federation decreed that “no cat belonging to exhibitors living in Russia may be entered at any FIFe show outside Russia, regardless of which organization these exhibitors hold their membership in"
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Russian bomb hits maternity hospital during humanitarian ceasefire
President Volodymyr Zelensky took to Twitter to condemn the attack and blast Western governments for refusing to impose a no-fly zone over Ukrainian airspace
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Zelensky blasts Biden administration for rejecting Poland's jet transfer proposal
"Listen: we have a war! We do not have time for all these signals. This is not ping pong! This is about human lives! We ask once again: solve it faster. Do not shift the responsibility, send us planes," Zelensky said
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Chernobyl disconnected from power grid, Ukraine warns of potential radioactive leak
Ukrainian authorities have warned that Russian forces have completely disconnected the Chernobyl nuclear plant from the power grid, raising concerns over the cooling of spent fuel
