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A person holding a Ukrainian flag participates in a demonstration in support of Ukraine on Thursday in Paris. It has been three weeks since Russia began its assault on Ukraine.

Ukraine appears to have stalled Russia's advance. Here's what that could mean

4:50pm March 18, 2022

by Wynne Davis

It's been three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and while many thought that it would be over quickly, Ukraine is continuing to fend Russia off. Now, some analysts think Ukraine could win the war.

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Russia strikes targets in Kyiv as Mariupol theater rescue efforts continue

4:22pm March 18, 2022

by Eric Westervelt

A fourth day of peace negotiations ended with no breakthrough. Ukraine's president said workers continued rescue efforts at the Mariupol theater where scores of civilians were sheltering.

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How much influence do Russian oligarchs really have on Putin?

4:22pm March 18, 2022

by Adrian Ma

Sanctions imposed on Russia have targeted some of its wealthiest individuals, its oligarchs, for their ties to President Vladimir Putin. In reality, this group has varying degrees of influence.

This Lebanese university gives senior citizens a chance to go back to school

4:22pm March 18, 2022

The University for Seniors in Beirut, Lebanon, gives older students the chance to remain active and engaged as they age. The program's director says the vision is to portray a positive image of aging.

A nurse holds bottles of medications. The Lviv hospital had about three weeks of reserves on site.

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Fighting to survive: Ukraine's cancer patients' struggle to find care while fleeing

3:42pm March 18, 2022

Supplies are running low at Lviv's regional cancer hospital in Ukraine. The patient load has doubled and supplies in Kyiv are inaccessible. But hospital staff choose the duty of care over safety.

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In a picture taken on Friday, 109 empty strollers are seen arrayed outside the Lviv City Council, highlighting the number of children killed in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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109 empty strollers sit in a Lviv square, representing children killed in the war

3:29pm March 18, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"This is a terrible price of war that Ukraine is paying today," Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said as his city paid tribute to the youngest victims of violence.

Smoke billows over a street near the airport in Lviv after Russian airstrikes hit a jet repair facility.

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Russian missiles hit a fighter jet repair facility in the closest strike yet to Lviv

1:53pm March 18, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has been a bastion of relative normalcy since the Russian invasion began last month. Friday's strike, just over 4 miles from the city center, rattled residents.

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A Russian court announced it has extended the arrest of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to the Russian state news agency TASS. Griner was detained at a Moscow-area airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her luggag

We're not hearing much about jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner. Could that be good?

9:00am March 18, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Media coverage of Griner's arrest on alleged drug charges in Russia has remained somewhat muted. Some say it's because of her skin color, but others say it's part of a bigger strategy to get her home.

The Tupua Tamasese Meaule Hospital is pictured in Apia, Samoa, on July 10, 2015. Samoa will go into lockdown beginning Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of the coronavirus after a woman who was about to leave the country tested positive.

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Samoa locks down after recording its first community COVID-19 case

5:12am March 18, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

A 29-year-old woman tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday during routine testing before boarding an international flight.

A young man wears a mask protecting against COVID-19 that reads in Spanish "Fujimori never more," as demonstrators protest against the decision of Peru's Constitutional Court approving the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori in Lima,

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Peru court orders ex-President Fujimori freed from prison

1:50am March 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The decision restores a humanitarian pardon even though authorities gave no indication the former president's release was imminent.