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Volunteers at this Polish airport are helping Ukrainians fleeing conflict back home

4:29pm March 07, 2022

More than 1 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since Russia invaded their country. At the Warsaw airport, Ukrainian who need assistance can find kiosks with volunteers to help them.

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How one international student fled Ukraine — and brought along 50 others

4:11pm March 07, 2022

UN data show over 1.5 million people have left Ukraine since the Russian military invaded. Here's the story of one international student who helped 50 others escape the war.

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Doctors Without Borders describes declining situation in Mariupol, Ukraine

4:11pm March 07, 2022

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Alex Wade at Doctors Without Borders about the humanitarian crisis in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Levi Strauss & Co. has pledged to support its employers, partners and their families affected by the decision in the coming months.

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Levi's halts sales in Russia, evoking Cold War scrambles for blue jeans

2:10pm March 07, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Levi's is suspending commercial operations in Russia, citing its aggression in Ukraine. The company's iconic blue jeans represented freedom and capitalism during the days of the Soviet Union.

Russia arrests Brittney Griner; Blinken promises to help all Americans detained there

10:09am March 07, 2022

by Peter Granitz

Speaking in Moldova, Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Americans to leave Russia and vowed to support any American being held by Russia.

Nurses perform timed breathing exercises on a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France on Dec. 31, 2021.

Death toll surpasses 6 million for the pandemic now in its 3rd year

5:49am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.

Refugees, mostly women with children, rest inside a tent after arriving at the border crossing, in Medyka, Poland on Sunday.

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Russia sets cease-fire for evacuations amid heavy shelling

5:14am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

A third round of talks is planned for Monday as some of the evacuation routes would funnel civilians toward Russia or its ally Belarus.

Placards featuring ruling and opposition presidential candidates hang over a street in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 17, 2022.

In South Korea, the 'Squid Game Election' campaign gets ugly

4:55am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea's already severe political divide as presidential elections approach on Wednesday.

March 6: People arrive by train to Lviv, Ukraine.

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Photos: More than 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country

6:04pm March 06, 2022

by Nicole Werbeck

This is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

Police officers detain a man during a protest in Moscow Thursday against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Thousands have been detained in anti-war protests across Russia

3:38pm March 06, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

As of Sunday, an independent monitoring group reports over 4,500 were detained across 63 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.