News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Ukraine said it held ‘hard’ talks on a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia despite the fatal shelling of a residential building in Kyiv https://t.co/wWLtD3AUDW pic.twitter.com/cOpYFvxz8N
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 14, 2022
Russia has sent the clearest signal yet that it will soon default — the first time it will have failed to meet its foreign debt obligations since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago https://t.co/BbMIDXAzrc
— CNN (@CNN) March 14, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address on Wednesday to the U.S. Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies. Congress recently approved $13.6 billion in emergency military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. https://t.co/nUBAEMwfj3
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 14, 2022
More than 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, the U.N. Refugee Agency says. https://t.co/IBeVGErrrR pic.twitter.com/rhfTWHvWne
— ABC News (@ABC) March 14, 2022
AP images of a pregnant woman being rushed to an ambulance after Russia bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol where she was meant to give birth shocked the world. @AP has learned that the woman and her baby have died.https://t.co/yZPZwgbLz8
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 14, 2022
JUST IN: Fox News' Benjamin Hall was injured and hospitalized while reporting in Ukraine https://t.co/DF91E94ycv
— Axios (@axios) March 14, 2022
Squatters occupy London mansion linked to Russian oligarch in pro-Ukraine protest. https://t.co/rBr8jK9p8N
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 14, 2022
Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, says she attended Jan. 6 “Stop-the-Steal” rally before Capitol attackhttps://t.co/KjFO5o6NrO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 14, 2022
Federal prosecutors admitted to violating a Jan. 6 defendant's speedy trial rights and agreed to dismiss the indictment against him, but they want permission to charge him again because of the seriousness of his alleged attack on police during the riot. https://t.co/jhYBemwjLk
— POLITICO (@politico) March 14, 2022
At least 4 House Democrats who attended their caucus's annual retreat last week have since tested positive for the coronavirus. https://t.co/XLlnYAIqne
— Axios (@axios) March 14, 2022
U.S. Republican senators say they will not back new Iran nuclear deal https://t.co/KdhaDloFig pic.twitter.com/8eWlVhRMIh
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 14, 2022
The Federal Reserve will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession. https://t.co/9avo61JU2D
— ABC News (@ABC) March 14, 2022
Pi Day is for honoring the first three digits of the mathematical constant π. But it's also a flimsy, yet delicious, excuse to celebrate an enduring culinary concept: the many edible varieties of pie around the world.https://t.co/26iQi2SpHY
— CNN (@CNN) March 14, 2022
