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Smoke and flames rise from a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, on March 25, 2022, following a reported Yemeni rebels attack. (Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Saudi Formula 1 race will go on despite a Houthi missile attack near the track

Missile and drone attacks by Houthi rebels targeted the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jeddah — not far from the auto racetrack in the city.

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President Joe Biden speaks at a podium, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen standing in the background.

Politics & Policy

Biden on Russia’s Putin: `This man cannot remain in power’

President Joe Biden has tried to reassure Poland that the United States would defend against any attacks by Russia.

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File photo: A Ukrainian soldier looks through binoculars at a military check point, in Lityn, Ukraine, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Politics & Policy

Russians shift focus from Kyiv — scaling back goals in war?

Russian forces appear to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv to instead prioritizing what Moscow calls liberation of the contested Donbas region.

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A cloud of smoke rises from a burning oil depot in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 25, 2022

Politics & Policy

Formula 1 in Saudi Arabia shifts from human rights to rebel attacks

Hours after Formula One drivers voiced concerns about a race already dogged by human rights issues, Saudi Arabia’s war with Yemen landed on F1's doorstep.

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Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor at the state broadcaster Channel One who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during the evening news broadcast at the station late Monday, leaves the Ostankinsky District Court after being fined for 30,000 rubles ($280, 247 euros) for breaching protest laws in Moscow on March 15, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)

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Russian TV editor will reportedly face a fine for her on-air protest

Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst onto the set of a live broadcast holding a sign reading "No War," could be fined between 30,000 and 50,000 rubles when her case is heard.

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NATO heads of state pose for a group photo during an extraordinary NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. As the war in Ukraine grinds into a second month, President Joe Biden and Western allies are gathering to chart a path to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin while tending to the economic and security fallout that's spreading across Europe and the world. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Politics & Policy

How will the war in Ukraine end?

What came out of the emergency NATO and G7 meetings in Brussels? What options remain for the US and Europe in aiding Ukraine and providing an offramp for Putin?

Air Date: March 25, 2022 10:00 am

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U.S. President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Melsbroek military airport in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine

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Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe

Biden arrived Wednesday in Brussels, where on Thursday he will meet with allies from NATO, the European Union and the Group of Seven nations.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press about the war in Ukraine, at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 17, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)

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U.S. finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration has made a formal determination that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine.

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Vasiliy Lomachenko exits the arena after winning the WBA, WBO, WBC Lightweight World Title contest in 2019 in London. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

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A top Ukrainian boxer Lomachenko is choosing his country over an upcoming title fight

Before Russia attacked Ukraine, Vasiliy Lomachenko had agreed to face off against lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. in June. Now he plans to stay and defend his country

2 months ago

President Joe Biden waves to the pilots on Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 20, 2022, after spending the weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

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In visit, Biden will thank Polish leader for refugee efforts

Poland is hosting thousands of American troops and is taking in more people fleeing the war in Ukraine — more than 2 million — than any other nation.

2 months ago

At the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, a mother embraces her son who escaped the besieged city of Mariupol.

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Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

2 months ago

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Baker Hughes joins Halliburton and Schlumberger in pausing Russian operations

As the war continues, companies that remain are under increasing pressure to leave.

2 months ago

In this frame grab from video provided by Roscosmos, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveyev are seen during a welcome ceremony after arriving at the International Space Station, Friday, March 18, 2022, the first new faces in space since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The crew emerged from the Soyuz capsule wearing yellow flight suits with blue stripes, the colors of the Ukrainian flag

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3 cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue

A trio of Russian cosmonauts have arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow and blue flight suits similar to the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

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