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UN denies report that staff were warned not to call Russian attack on Ukraine a ‘war’ or ‘invasion’

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appears on a screen as he delivers a remote speech at the opening of a session ...

Retailers are building their own ad businesses to compete with Amazon. Here’s the latest news on Walmart, Instacart, and more.

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images Retailers are gunning for advertising dollars. Amazon, Walmart, Target, Instacart, and Michaels are among a growing number ...

Red Hat halting business operations in Russia, moves some employees out of Ukraine

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Red Hat said it has organized bus trips to evacuate dozens of employees families from Ukraine to Poland. Powered by ...

What you need to know about Avelo, RDU’s newest airline

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The Texas-based Avelo is a new low-cost airline. It is offering service between Raleigh, North Carolina, and New Haven, Connecticut. ...

Red Hat halting business operations in Russia, moves some employees out of Ukraine

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Red Hat said it has organized bus trips to evacuate dozens of employees families from Ukraine to Poland. Powered by ...

What you need to know about Avelo, RDU’s newest airline

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The Texas-based Avelo is a new low-cost airline. It is offering service between Raleigh, North Carolina, and New Haven, Connecticut. ...

These 3 Canadian banks offer the most in-demand emerging mobile feature

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This is a preview of Insider Intelligence’s 2021 Canada Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark, available exclusively to subscribers. In addition ...

JPMorgan is removing Russian sovereign and corporate debt from all of its widely-tracked benchmark bond indices

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Ukrainians living in UK gather around 10 Downing Street to protest against Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, on February 25, ...

3 Russian billionaires resign from board of $22 billion investment firm LetterOne after it locked out 2 Russian oligarchs over the invasion of Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin. MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Billionaires German Khan, Alexei Kuzmichev, and Andrei Kosogov have left investment ...

Democrats are assembling a reworked Build Back Better Bill, hoping to persuade Manchin to back it as an anti-inflation measure

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Joe Manchin at the US Capitol in November 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democrats are trying to reconfigure a signature spending ...

Irish man accused of backing his truck into Russia’s Dublin embassy says he did it to protest the Ukraine invasion and force out the ambassador

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Irish police guard the Russian embassy in Dublin after a truck reversed through the entrance gate on March 7, 2022. ...

Global shares recover losses in volatile trade, as surging commodities fan fears of 1970s-style stagflation

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A mining truck in Thailand helps meet global demand for commodities. Getty Images Global shares edged up Tuedsay, paring overnight ...

Ukraine’s ambassador told Russian diplomats to seek mental help through the UK’s hotline when they repeated Putin’s talking points

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Sergiy Kyslytsya, United Nations permanent representative of Ukraine, holds up a printout of a retweet of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...

The premier of Alberta is pushing for the revival of the Trump-backed Keystone XL oil pipeline to replace Russian imports to the US

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These pipes were to be used at the Keystone XL project that was officially terminated in June 2021. Terray Sylvester/Reuters ...

Russia warns oil prices could hit $300 a barrel if the US and Europe reject Russian oil, says the move would have ‘catastrophic consequences’

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Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said oil would surge to $300 a barrel if Western governments ban Russian oil. ...

Fox News host Tucker Carlson slams ‘hysterical little Lindsey Graham’ for acting out ‘war fantasies’ and accuses US lawmakers of intentionally seeking war with Russia

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson accused the Biden administration of inserting itself “with force” into the middle of a “hot ...

Here are the major US and European companies pulling out of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into eastern Ukraine on Monday. Alexei Nikolsky/Associated Press Major companies are ending decades of ...

A Trump-era national security adviser suggested the US deploy all of its ballistic missile submarines to see if Putin is ‘really bluffing or not’

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Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg suggested that the US deploy all its ballistic missile submarines to determine if Russian leader ...

Florida’s surgeon general breaks with CDC advice, says the state will be the first to ‘officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children’

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Florida’s surgeon general Joseph Ladapo said that the state will become the first to officially recommend that healthy children should ...

Capitol rioter’s Trump-focused defense: ‘People say outrageous things,’ including the former president.

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Guy Reffitt seen at the Capitol siege. FBI A Capitol rioter’s defense lawyer name-dropped Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani in ...

The Big 4 accounting firms are leaving Russia. PwC’s Russian clients reportedly include Sberbank, Gazprom, and Russia’s central bank.

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PwC and KPMG said on Sunday that they were stopping operations in Russia and Belarus amid the ongoing attacks on ...

I opened a second Amex Hilton credit card even though I already have the premium Hilton Aspire — here’s why I’ll keep both for the long term

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How Russia’s secretive Spetsnaz units may get put to use in Ukraine

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Spetsnaz troops march through Red Square in a Victory Day military parade, May 9, 2021. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russia’s ongoing ...

With Amgen on the way, Southern Wake County may be next hot spot for biotech companies

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Research Triangle Park has long been important for the Triangle’s biotechnology industry. But the town of Holly Springs is increasingly ...

Tiny heart transplant could change how future transplants are done, Duke doctors say

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A North Carolina infant became the first patient in the world to receive both a new heart and thymus tissue ...

With Amgen on the way, Southern Wake County may be next hot spot for biotech companies

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Research Triangle Park has long been important for the Triangle’s biotechnology industry. But the town of Holly Springs is increasingly ...

Tiny heart transplant could change how future transplants are done, Duke doctors say

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A North Carolina infant became the first patient in the world to receive both a new heart and thymus tissue ...

5 of the most common cyberattacks, from ‘injection’ to ‘brute force’ hacks — and how they’ve been used in past conflicts

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Suspected Russian hackers conducted a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in 2021, leading the company to shutdown operations and sparking ...

A 19-year-old Harvard student built a website to easily connect Ukrainian refugees with people willing to host them

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The first train with Ukrainian refugees came to Przemysl, Poland on February 24, 2022. Photo by Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via Getty ...

Gen X is winning the housing market right now

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Real estate database Point2 found that all generations are struggling to afford a home right now, but Gen X stands ...