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Boy, 11, escapes Ukraine by himself, safely reunites with siblings in Slovakia
Slovakia Police(NEW YORK) -- Nearly three million refugees have fled Ukraine since war erupted on Feb. 24. Among them is Hassan Al-Khalaf, an 11-year-old boy from Zaporizhzhia, a southern Ukrainian ci...
Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News Mar 15, 2022

Russia-Ukraine updates: Biden to announce $800M more in military aid, per source
Scott Peterson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are puttin...
Morgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro, Nadine El-Bawab, Ivan Pereira, Julia Jacobo, Meredith Deliso, Bill Hutchinson, Kevin Shalvey and Celia Darrough, ABC News Mar 15, 2022

Fox News journalist injured in Ukraine day after journalist killed
Fox News(NEW YORK) -- A Fox News correspondent was injured in Ukraine, a day after the death of a freelance journalist also covering the Russia invasion. Fox News State Department correspondent Benjam...
Alexandra Svokos and Emily Shapiro, ABC News Mar 14, 2022

Over 100 Haitian migrants land in Florida Keys on single boat
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America(NEW YORK) -- About 150 Haitian migrants landed on the shores of the Summerland Key in Florida Monday morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Acc...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Mar 14, 2022

Pregnant woman, unborn baby die after Russian bombing of maternity ward
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pregnant woman and her unborn child who were evacuated from a bombed children's hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, has died, according to the ...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Mar 14, 2022

China orders 51 million into lockdown as COVID surges
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- China is facing its worst COVID crisis since early 2020, when the world first witnessed an entire population locked down to contain the coronavirus in Wuhan and...
Britt Clennett and Karson Yiu, ABC News Mar 14, 2022

Pentagon's John Kirby says latest airstrike indicates Russian forces are 'broadening their target sets'
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Russian forces are "broadening their target sets" after rockets hit a Ukrainian military base near the Pol...
Gabriel Pietrorazio, ABC News Mar 13, 2022

Ukraine using drones to 'great effect' on Russian forces: Pentagon updates
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U...
Matt Seyler, ABC News Mar 11, 2022

Russia escalates false chemical weapons claims about US, Ukraine by bringing them to UN
Rıza Özel/ dia images via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russia is doubling down on its false claims that the U.S. and Ukraine are developing chemical or biological weapons for use against invadi...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Mar 11, 2022

Hong Kong doubles down on 'Zero COVID' policy, as death rate soars to world’s highest
CGinspiration/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- As much the rest of the world learns to live with COVID-19, the highly infectious omicron variant has finally broken through Hong Kong’s once-lauded defe...
Britt Clennett and Karson Yiu, ABC News Mar 11, 2022
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