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Explainer: How the US’s strategic petroleum reserve works

US mortgage rates climb steeply, slowing housing boom

Target will let shoppers use food stamps to pay for online orders

‘I needed to be here’: Indigenous delegates speak their truths

Canada's Supreme Court upholds C$9m fine on maple syrup thief

What’s behind the spate of Palestinian attacks on Israelis?

Timeline: Week five of Russia’s war in Ukraine

US rights group calls for ‘free and fair’ elections in Bahrain

Trudeau visiting Indigenous community that found unmarked graves

Ukraine conflict: Russia to allow unauthorised imports from West

Borscht inflation: Cost of making Russia’s staple dish spikes

US Senate leader vows to bring ‘burn pit’ legislation to a vote

They’re back! Meme-stock mania returns to Wall Street

Gunman kills five in Israeli ultra-Orthodox town

Biden says Asia-Pacific region still a priority amid Ukraine war

Blockchain project Ronin hit by $590m crypto heist

Ukraine war: Snake Island soldier receives a medal from his region

Russia draws up cases against Google for not removing banned info

Best actor winner Will Smith took offence at a joke by presenter Chris Rock

Walmart ends cigarette sales in some stores

War in Ukraine: Graphic protest by Russian artist Yevgenia Isayeva

Venezuela’s army collaborated with Colombian rebel groups: HRW

Ukraine war accelerates climate emergencies in Horn of Africa

Army boss raises partition fears: Ukraine round-up

Gunmen kill two people in central Israel attack

Afghanistan: Taliban bars BBC TV programmes from schedules

Is the war in Ukraine ushering in a new world order?

Russia plans a ‘Korean scenario’ for Ukraine: Intelligence chief

El Salvador: State of emergency after 62 gang killings in a day

Malta elections: Ruling Labour party claims victory

War in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power - Biden

Russian rockets hit Ukraine’s Lviv in two attacks

Ukraine war: Five wounded after explosions hit western city of Lviv

Russia’s Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’, says Joe Biden

War in Ukraine: Musicians perform emotional concert in Kharkiv metro station

Children among severely wounded trapped in Ukraine’s Chernihiv

Next stop Kyiv - the battle on the capital's outskirts

The new arms race on the Korean Peninsula

Spotify stops streaming in Russia over safety concerns

Russian focus on ‘liberating’ Donbas hints at shift in strategy

North Korea Hwasong-17 launch gets Hollywood-style effects

Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank, Morocco and Algeria

Putin’s war to wipe out 15 years of progress for Russian economy

Ukraine war: The dangers of the front line with two fighters in Kharkiv

Ukraine war: Digging a grave for my stepfather, killed in Mariupol

Can Russia be barred from the G20 summit?

UN General Assembly demands Russia end Ukraine war

Ukraine war: Russian journalist Oksana Baulina killed in Kyiv shelling

WNBA star Griner in ‘good condition’ in Russian detention: US

Madeleine Albright: First female US secretary of state dies

One month in, Russia’s war in Ukraine has no end in sight

Albright - a trailblazer for women on the world stage

Jamaicans call for reparations as British royal couple arrives

A bomb hit this theatre hiding hundreds - here's how one woman survived

Saudi Arabia welcomes ‘positive points’ in Lebanese PM statement

The 3 Russian cyber-attacks the West most fears

Would an international bailout save Sri Lanka’s economy?

Four killed after stabbing attack in Israel’s Naqab region

US issues sanctions on Sudan’s police over protest crackdown

Hypersonic missiles: What are they and why is Russia using them?

US regulator unveils rules for companies to disclose climate risk

Mariupol: Four reasons the city matters so much to Russia

Ukraine says Russian forces violently disperse Kherson protest

Russia summons US ambassador over Biden’s ‘war criminal’ comment

Russia and Ukraine fight for control of besieged Mariupol

US decries ‘disturbing’ accounts of Ukrainians deported to Russia

Inside a children's hospital and pressure on Russian artists - Ukraine war round-up

Can talks end the war in Ukraine?

At least six people dead in Bangladesh ferry accident

Germany seals gas deal with Qatar to reduce dependence on Russia

War in Ukraine: Backlash in Russia against anti-war musicians

Can Bosnia’s Dayton Peace Agreement be reformed?

Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

What is China’s strategy on Ukraine?

Ukraine calls on China to condemn Russia’s invasion

‘We waited for death’: Mariupol siege survivor recounts ordeal

Ukraine war: Drone footage shows level of devastation in Mariupol

No fly: US to effectively ground 100 aircraft that flew to Russia

Abramovich's jet among 100 planes grounded by US

Has Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stalled?

UNSC: West dismisses Russian claims of bioweapons in Ukraine

Russian TV protester resigns, turns down asylum offer

Photos: Mariupol residents escape besieged, devastated city

Biden holds virtual talks with Irish PM after positive COVID test

War in Ukraine: Life on the Kharkiv frontline

UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Olga Smirnova: Ballerina quits Russian company over Ukraine war

War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky

UN court orders Russia to halt invasion of Ukraine

What Zelenskyy said in his address to the US Congress

War in Ukraine – The Human Impact | Start Here

Russian journalist fined after anti-war live TV protest

Ukraine war: Hostages as Russian forces occupy hospital, official says

Ukrainian journalist, Fox News cameraman both killed outside Kyiv

Marina Ovsyannikova: TV protest 'was my own decision'

How Russia’s tactics are evolving in Ukraine

Pensioner arrested after dismembered body found in New York

Colombia elections: Petro takes lead, Congress divided

Putin changes law on leased jets to keep them flying

Could China help end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

Ukraine war: Missile explodes in front of civilian walking in Kyiv

Lebanon’s PM Najib Mikati says not running for re-election

Russia-Ukraine war military dispatch: March 13, 2022

Poland feels the strain of Ukraine's refugees

Greece, Turkey leaders seek common ground over Ukraine war

Brent Renaud: Friend of US journalist killed in Ukraine speaks to BBC

ICRC warns Ukraine’s Mariupol faces ‘worst-case scenario’

Russia-Ukraine live news: Alarm grows over Mariupol ‘catastrophe’

Ronaldo lays claim to all-time leading scorer record on 807 goals

Is Facebook abandoning its hate speech policy?

Dozens dead in DR Congo train accident: Rail company

Russia-Ukraine war military dispatch: March 12, 2022

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi released from prison

US: Those helping wealthy Russians hide assets will be prosecuted

Battle for Mykolaiv: 'We are winning this fight, but not this war'

UN says not aware of biological weapons programme in Ukraine

Man returns to totally destroyed neighbourhood

US Congress gives final approval to $13.6bn Ukraine aid bill

Poorer nations in Asia, Africa, Middle East face food crisis: UN

Ukraine-Russia war poses new threat to global food security

Police bodycam shows Black Panther director Ryan Coogler's arrest

Europe’s central bank speeding up end to economic stimulus

IS confirms leader Qurayshi's death and names successor

UK to allow Ukrainians easier entry after outcry

South Korea: Opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol elected president

Week Two of Russia’s war in Ukraine brings tighter sanctions

West fears Russia could use non-conventional weapons

US and UK rule out no-fly zone over Ukraine, again

Kamala Harris heads to Poland amid Nato fighter jet rift

Russia-Ukraine war military dispatch: March 9, 2022

Russia facing setbacks in Ukraine, US intelligence officials say

Ukraine war: Civilians leave Irpin after days of fighting

Photos: Mariupol Residents suffer as Russian forces lay siege

In full: Ukrainian President Zelensky's message to UK

Biden wants health benefits for US ‘burn pit’ war veterans

Supreme Court declines to review decision that freed Bill Cosby

Iran says won’t endanger national interests after Russian demand

McDonald's and Coca-Cola boycott calls grow over Russia

Diary from Ukraine: ‘Terrified we’d be separated while fleeing’

Family separated by war in Ukraine finally reunited

Pressed on Ukraine war, Bolshoi conductor Tugan Sokhiev resigns

How should Europe handle Ukrainian refugees?

Russia blocks news sites over Ukraine war coverage: Rights group

US in ‘active’ discussions to ban Russian oil imports: Blinken

Ukraine invasion: Military couple marry on the frontline

Sheltering in a hospital basement, Ukrainian kids long for home

Why doesn't Ukraine attack the Russian convoy? And other questions

Blinken meets Ukraine FM Kuleba in show of support

European peace seems as fragile as ever

Hundreds of students trapped in Ukraine’s Sumy amid shelling

Russia oligarchs: The mega-rich men facing global sanctions

Analysis: Is Russia repeating mistakes of past wars in Ukraine?

Russia blocks access to Facebook amid war with Ukraine

War in Ukraine: Russians on boycotts, sanctions and cancellations

US court rules Biden can continue expulsions at US-Mexico border

War in Ukraine: Ukrainians living in Poland return home to aid war effort

US Supreme Court rules in favour of FBI in Muslim spying case

Will NATO get involved in the war in Ukraine?

Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers reach $6BN opioid deal with US states

Ukraine conflict: Telling my children why dad joined the war - Kyiv mother

How high will oil prices go?

One killed as two cargo ships hit by explosions off Ukraine

Who is Volodymyr Zelenskyy? | Start Here

Canada raising tariffs on Russia, Belarus over ‘barbaric war’

USAID chief stresses need for humanitarian access in Ukraine

Ukraine crisis: Crypto exchange boss rejects Russian user ban

Oil marches higher with sights on $114 a barrel

Ukraine conflict: ‘I’m water fasting with my wife so that my child can eat’

US launches ‘KleptoCapture’ task force against Russian oligarchs

White House outlines new plan to combat COVID in US

US says Russian crimes ‘mounting’ in Ukraine

Ukraine conflict: Kyiv TV tower struck by Russian missile

Biden’s State of the Union comes amid tensions at home and abroad

No-fly zone: What it means and why the West won't act

US stocks fall, oil tops $105 as Ukraine crisis rattles markets