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An electronic billboard along Kyiv's Victory Avenue, the route Russian tanks are expected to take, shows a message to Russian soldiers reading "Putin lost, the entire world is with Ukraine," on Monday.

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Ukrainians are removing and altering road signs to confuse and insult Russian forces

1:29pm March 01, 2022

by James Doubek

Ukrainian agencies are working to remove road signs to try to frustrate Russian soldiers, while other public signs are laced with expletives toward the invading troops.

A closed Gazprom gasoline station is shown in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 9.

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Major oil companies pull out of once-promising Russia

12:28pm March 01, 2022

by Peter Granitz

Announcements from Shell and BP will further hit Russia's tanking economy — and batter its image as a go-to place for oil and gas investments.

Dragon blood tree at Diksam Plateau, on Yemen's Socotra Island. It's one of the sites included on the 2022 Watch from the World Monuments Fund.

Sites in Beirut, Benghazi and Brownsville, Texas, make a most-endangered list

11:23am March 01, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Beirut's historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation.

A woman leaves a Moscow exchange office with a screen showing the currency exchange rates of the U.S. dollar and the euro to Russian rubles on Feb. 24.

Russia eyes sanctions workarounds in energy, gold, crypto

2:39am March 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

Observers say Russia will likely turn closer to China to make up for supplies of goods and services lost due to sanctions.

In this photo provided by the Fraser Coast Regional Council, a blue barrier helps hold back flood water in a section of Maryborough, Australia on Tuesday.

Thousands evacuate worst Australian floods in decades

12:45am March 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

Local authorities have placed up to 300,000 people under evacuation warnings in one of the country's worst flooding incidents.

Karim A.A. Khan, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference last August. The prosecutor has put combatants and their commanders on notice that he is monitoring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has jurisdiction to

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The ICC says it will open an investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine

11:19pm February 28, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor said there is "reasonable basis to believe" war crimes may have been committed in Ukraine, where eight years of conflict preceded Russia's invasion.

Satellite images show a Russian military convoy north of Kyiv.

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Satellite images show 40-mile-long Russian military convoy nearing Kyiv

10:31pm February 28, 2022

by Nicole Werbeck

New photos show that the convoy is considerably longer than the 17 miles initially reported and heading toward the Ukrainian capital.

Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Humanitarian organizations say Russian forces are using cluster munitions in their bombing and shelling of Ukraine.

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Russia is using controversial 'cluster munitions' in Ukraine, humanitarian groups say

9:08pm February 28, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Once fired, cluster munitions open in midair and rain down dozens or even hundreds of smaller submunitions, or "bomblets," over a large area the size of one or several football fields.

Magpies' unexpected reaction to GPS trackers may have revealed altruism in the birds

5:27pm February 28, 2022

Researchers tried to attach tracking devices to magpies for a study. But the magpies helped each other to remove them — a possible sign, the scientists say, of altruism in the birds.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues at the Kremlin on Monday as the ruble fell and Russia's central bank raised its key interest rate to a historic high.

Russia's central bank doubles a key interest rate as sanctions spark economic turmoil

4:59pm February 28, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Russia's ruble collapsed on Monday as sanctions hit, forcing President Vladimir Putin to hold an emergency meeting with his economic advisers.