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Ukraine crisis draws new resolve from bipartisan lawmakers — with some GOP critics

7:46pm February 23, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Congressional lawmakers are sounding a new bipartisan tone against a rising threat led by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Still, there is GOP divide on how President Biden should move forward.

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Pakistan appoints 1st woman Supreme Court judge

6:33pm February 23, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

A female judge was appointed to Pakistan's Supreme Court for the first time in the country's history, amid protests by male lawyers.

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Ukraine crisis drives up global energy prices

6:15pm February 23, 2022

by Camila Domonoske

The Russian military buildup that's threatening Ukraine is also driving up global energy prices. Oil has come close to $100 per barrel, a price not seen since 2014.

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A police officer mans a checkpoint near Parliament Hill on Wednesday in Ottawa. Ottawa protesters who vowed never to give up are largely gone, chased away by police in riot gear in what was the biggest police operation in the nation's history.

Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada blockades end

5:02pm February 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

On Friday, authorities launched the largest police operation in Canadian history, arresting at least 191 people and towing about about 80 vehicles until the streets in front of Parliament were clear.

Phil Mickelson, seen at the Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National in 2020, says he "used words I sincerely regret" in an interview about a Saudi-financed golf league.

Phil Mickelson apologizes for controversial comments about a Saudi-backed golf league

3:57pm February 23, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The six-time major winner said he "used words I sincerely regret" in an interview about a Saudi-financed golf league in which he brushed aside human rights violations by the Saudi regime.

University of Edinburgh Ph.D. student Natalia Jagielska poses for a photo with the world's largest Jurassic pterosaur unearthed on the Isle of Skye. Jagielska is the author of a new scientific paper describing the find.

A rare fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur with an 8-foot wingspan is found

1:19pm February 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The National Museum of Scotland said the fossil of the pterosaur is the largest of its kind ever discovered from the Jurassic period. A Ph.D. student made the discovery while on a field trip.

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The strategy behind Russia's sarcastic tone toward the West

11:36am February 23, 2022

Russian officials have taken a sarcastic tone as tensions rise. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Yale history professor Timothy Snyder about why.

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Firefighters work at the scene of forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village west of Yakutsk, in Russia on Aug. 5, 2021.

Wildfires will increase and worsen globally, U.N. warns

5:11am February 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The study being released on Wednesday warns of spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems coming from the increased threat of catastrophic wildfires.

Workers place geo-textile bags to prevent river erosion on the banks of Padma River in Bangladesh last September.

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The first step to preparing for surging climate migration? Defining it

5:00am February 23, 2022

Anywhere from tens of millions to a billion people could become climate migrants by 2050, according to a report from the RAND Corporation. The number varies widely depending on the definition used.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on Jan. 29 in Conroe, Texas.

Trump praises Putin as 'savvy' amid new escalations on Russia-Ukraine border

9:54pm February 22, 2022

by Alana Wise

The former president lauded the Russian strongman for his recent declarations on Ukraine, while criticizing U.S. President Biden as "man that has no concept of what he's doing."