March 22, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Everything you should know about potential Trump indictment (Politico)
• Feds spend $2.4 million on cloud seeding for Colorado River (AP)
• Fed raises rates by a quarter point (CNN)
• Special education clash: Supreme Court sides unanimously for student with disability (USA Today)
• Takeaways from America’s second-largest bank failure (CNN)
• Biden Wants to Expand a Federal Agency’s Power to Go After Failed Bank Execs (GovExec)
• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns inflation fight will be long and bumpy  (NPR)
• Trump attorney ordered to testify before grand jury investigating former president (CNN)
• Is DeSantis darkening Florida's sunny open-records laws?  (AP)
• Some Wells Fargo Customers Report Missing Deposits — Here's What We Know (NBC San Diego)

WORLD

• War crimes court seeks Putin arrest over deportation of Ukraine's children (Reuters)  
• Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology (BBC)
• Russia turns to high-tech hypersonic missiles in latest attack on Ukraine (CBS)
• Deadly Matamoros kidnapping has sparked fear among Black migrants, aid workers say (Dallas News)
• Civil society curbs in Russia, China a concern -UN rights chief  (Reuters)

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March 9, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• U.S. Marshals Service suffers a ransomware attack  (NPR)
• Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 riot harm, Justice Dept. says (AP)
• Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle (New York Times)
• East Palestine train derailment killed more than 43,000 fish and animals, officials say (USA Today)
• Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods (New York Times)
• Fact check: Republicans at CPAC make false claims about Biden, Zelensky, the FBI and children (CNN)
• Major retailers are anxious and cautious about 2023  (NPR)

WORLD

• A treaty to protect the world's oceans has been agreed after a decade of talks  (NPR)
• ‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded (Guardian)
• Two of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead, officials say (Washington Post)
• Russia's Medvedev floats idea of pushing back Poland's borders (Reuters)
• Pregnant Russians seek Argentina passports for babies, flying there for birth   (NPR)
• Iran leader: Those who poisoned schoolgirls deserve death  (AP)
• 18 months into Taliban's rule, Afghans are facing dire poverty  (CNN)

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February 9,  2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Video of President Biden’s State of the Union speech: (C-Span)
• The biggest moments from Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address (Time)
• Former top FBI counterintelligence agent Charles McGonigal charged with violating Russia sanctions  (CNBC)
• Republicans' plans to slash Social Security and Medicare are becoming clearer: 'We have no choice but to make hard decisions' (Yahoo News)
• 2022 military intelligence report mentioned Trump-era balloon sightings: report (The Hill)
• Blinken postpones China trip after discovery of surveillance balloon (NPR)
• Oath keepers members found guilty of seditious conspiracy (CNN)
• US reunites nearly 700 kids taken from parents under Trump (ABC)
• Police warn that torture suspect is using dating apps (AP)
• Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law (KPBS)
• Classified documents found at Pence’s home (CNN)
• Yo-yo car sales ensnare buyers in bad deals. Will the FTC crack down on dealers? (NPR)

WORLD

• More than 3,800 killed in Turkey, Syria after powerful earthquake and aftershocks (Washingotn Post)
• Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office (CNN)
• Iran acknowledges it has detained 'tens of thousands' in recent protests (NPR)
• AP interview: Pope says homosexuality is not a crime (AP)
• Brazil Wants to Abandon a 34,000-Ton Ship at Sea. It Would be an Environmental Disaster (Time)

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January 2, 2023  (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Fierce winter storm still taking a toll: 28 dead; thousands without power; flight cancellations mount. (USA Today)
• Zelenskyy's address to Congress puts him in a category with Churchill, Netanyahu and Mandela (Politico)
• Migrants dropped near Vice President’s house on frigid New Year’s Eve (CBS)
• Three Washington state electric substations vandalized (AP)
• Former Trump White House aide told Jan. 6 panel Mark Meadows burned documents a dozen times during the transition period (CNN)
• The full January 6 report is out. Here are the key details and recommendations  (NPR)
• Fox News' Sean Hannity admits he knew Trump lost 2020 election  (NPR)
• IRS mandatory presidential audit policy goes under spotlight (AP)

WORLD

• Missiles rain down on Ukraine as Putin gives combative New Year speech (Washington Post)
• Turkey, Saudi Arabia decry Taliban university ban for women  (A)
• Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work (Reuters)
• Ukrainian drone hits bomber base inside Russia (Reuters)
• German double agent passed Ukraine intelligence to Russia, had access to NSA info (Washington Examiner)
• As Russia bombs Ukraine’s infrastructure, its own services crumble (Washington Post)
•  Bloody property disputes a dark side of Mexico real estate (AP)
• North Korea has hacked $1.2 billion in crypto and other assets  (NPR)
• S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones (AP)
• China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours (AP))
• Sudden Russian death syndrome (The Atlantic)

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December 5, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Senate passes landmark protections for same-sex marriage (The Hill)
• Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post (CNN)
• Stewart Rhodes and fellow member of Oath Keepers found guilty of sedition (CNN)
• Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's biggest active volcano, erupts after 38 years (NPR)
• McConnell says there’s ‘widespread agreement’ among leaders on need for omnibus (The Hill)
• Olivia Pichardo is the first woman to make roster of Division I baseball team  (NPR)
• Supreme Court hears challenge to Biden rules narrowing ICE immigration arrests (CBS)
• Trump Owed Hidden Debt While In Office (Forbes)
• Owing nearly $1.5B to Sandy Hook families, Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy (PBS)
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• China clamps down on ‘zero covid’ protests, loosens some pandemic measures  (Washington Post)
• A ‘barbed wire curtain’ rises in Europe amid war in Ukraine (AP)
• NATO vows more help for Ukraine as Russia attacks on multiple fronts (Reuters)
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• U.S. Pledges $53 Million to Help Fix Ukraine’s Electrical Grid  (New York Times)
• Scotland cannot hold an independence referendum without UK government approval, top court rules (CNBC)
• Twin blasts near bus stops shake Jerusalem, killing a teen and hurting 18 other people  (NPR)
• Georgians alarmed at the arrival of tens of thousands of Russian exiles  (NPR)
• For Afghans who fought against the Taliban, life is fraught under their rule  (NPR)

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November 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Judge vacates Biden's student debt forgiveness plan  (NPR)
• Social Security recipients get 8.7% cost-of-living increase, the highest in more than 40 years (CNN)
• After clinching Senate, Dems eye the unthinkable: Holding the House (Politico)
• How Joe Biden and the Democratic Party defied midterm history (CNN)
• Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every 2020 battleground (Washington Post)
• Making history: Record 12 women form cohort, will simultaneously serve as governors in 2023  (USA Today)
• Putin-linked businessman admits to US election tampering (AP News)
• Hawaii’s big island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles (AP)
• Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump, demanding historic testimony (AP)
• Emails show Trump knowingly pressed false voter fraud claims, judge says (Reuters)
• The number of Venezuelan migrants attempting to get into the U.S. is soaring  (NPR)
• U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal  (Reuters)
• Mississippi River is near record low from drought and Gulf saltwater is a threat  (NPR)

WORLD

• Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson, Russia's latest defeat (Reuters)
• Analysis: World has 9 years to avoid critical climate change threshold (The Hill)
• UN votes to condemn Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian regions  (Intellinews)
• UN finds Russia responsible for 'vast majority' of potential war crimes in Ukraine (Reuters)
•  Leak exposes Mexico military corruption, including collusion with drug cartels  (NPR)
• Flooding in Nigeria claims 500 lives, displaces 1.4 million  (Washington Post)
• Leaders of democracies increasingly echo Putin in authoritarian tilt (Washington Post)
• Mexico scraps daylight saving time except along border (AP)
• China Has Opened Up Secret Police Stations in These Countries (Newsweek)
• Saudis in US targeted as kingdom cracks down on dissent (AP)

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September 22, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General national news

• Can anything stop blockbuster US job growth? Why it keeps rolling despite slowing economy, recession worries (USA Today)
• How Biden helped avert a rail strike – and another economic crisis  (The Hill)
• Student loan borrowers in 7 states may be taxed on their debt cancellation (NPR) The founder of Patagonia is giving his company away  (NPR)
• The Most Alarming Case On The Supreme Court’s Docket You Haven’t Heard Of (Talking Points)
• Students whose families make less than $100K will get free tuition at Princeton(NPR)

Trump and Jan. 6 controversies

• Appeals court allows DOJ to resume review of classified records in Trump case(The Hill)  
• Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Washington Post)
• Two-thirds of independents say they don't want Trump to run for president(NPR)
• Biden warns Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy in combative speech(CNN)
• Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6  (New York Times)
• Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach (CNN)
• Judge dismisses Trump suit against Hillary Clinton(ABC News)

WORLD

• U.S. Watching for Warning Signs Putin Is Preparing Nuclear Attack (Newsweek)
• Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne (AP News)
• Amid Ukraine’s startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing (Washington Post)
• For Russia's Putin, military and diplomatic pressures mount (AP)
•  Ukraine's counteroffensive has some Russian officials calling for Putin to resign(NPR)
• UN nuclear watchdog calls for ‘security protection zone zone' around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant(NBC)
• U.S. unfreezes billions of Afghanistan's money aiming to stabilize its economy (NPR)
• China ambassador: U.N. report on Xinjiang has 'closed door of cooperation' (Reuters)
• Xi, Putin hold summit in Uzbekistan as the Ukraine war dominates  (NPR)
• Hungary is no longer a full democracy, says European parliament (Guardian)
• Mass grave more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine (Reuters)

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September 3, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Investigations: Trump classified documents and Capitol insurrection

• Documents at Mar-a-Lago Could Compromise Human Intelligence Sources, Affidavit Says  (New York Times)
• Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected (Washington Post)
• Ex-N.Y.P.D. Officer Gets 10 Years for Jan. 6 Attack, Longest Sentence to Date (New York Times)
• FBI found more than 11,000 government records at Trump's Florida home (Reuters)
• Trump Team Moved and Hid Classified Documents Before Justice Department Raid, Feds Claim (Rolling Stone)
• Former CFO of Trump Organization pleads guilty for his role in tax fraud scheme and agrees to testify against company (CNN)

Other national news

• U.S. job growth solid in August; labor market pressure starting to ease (Reuters)
• Does your student loan qualify for forgiveness? The short and long answers (Los Angeles Times)
• The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier(NPR)
• NASA's Artemis I: Technical issues scuttle Saturday's second launch attempt for moon mission(USA Today)
• With Roe overturned, which states have banned abortion?(NPR.)
• Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service (NPR)

WORLD

• Parents of 43 missing Mexican students welcome arrest of former attorney general(CNN)
• Putin orders Russian military to increase its forces as Ukraine war passes the six-month mark (NBC)
• Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system(Wasihington Post)
• Russia gets its first drones from Iran as the two countries strengthen ties( NBC)
• Zaporizhzhia: World narrowly avoided radiation accident - Zelensky (BBC)
• Russia burns off gas as Europe's energy bills rocket(BBC)
• Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president who took down the Iron Curtain, dies(CNN)
• Ukrainian forces begin ‘shaping’ battlefield for counteroffensive, senior US officials say(CNN)

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August 3, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• U.S. kills Al Qaeda chief in Afghan drone strike (International Business Times)
• Trump didn't act and didn't want to, plus 4 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing  (NPR)
• Kansas voters protect abortion rights in first major post-Roe test (The Hill)
• GOP Support Among Seniors, a Key Trump Base, Drops Dramatically: Poll (Newsweek)
• Justice Dept. investigating Trump’s actions as part of Jan. 6 criminal probe (Washington Post) 
• At least 37 dead in Kentucky flooding with hundreds unaccounted for  (CBS News)
•  Biden administration task force reunites 400 migrant families separated under Trump (NBC News)
• Election deniers are running to control voting. Here's how they've fared so far (NPR)
• First on CNN: Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals (CNN)
• Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds (New York Times)
• Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress (CNN)

WORLD

• Russia hits Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa in wake of grain deal  (NPR)
• Pope Francis: Pontiff says he is 'deeply sorry' to Canadian residential school survivors (BBC)
• The last 'Arab Spring' democracy is dangling by a thread (CNN)
• China hits Taiwan with trade restrictions after Pelosi visit (CNN)
• Putin Pulling Russia From International Space Station, Cutting One of Last Remaining Ties With U.S. (Newsweek)
• Iraq protests: Sadr's followers pledge an open-ended sit-in at Parliament  (NPR)
• Russian Troops Deserting Posts As Kyiv Makes Use of U.S. Weapons: Pentagon (Newsweek)

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June 27, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Aide testifies Trump tried to strangle Secret Service agent in attempt to reach Capitol on Jan. 6 (KXLY)
• Aide: Trump knew Jan. 6 rally attendees had weapons (CNN)
• Fed unveils biggest rate hike since 1994, flags slowing economy (Reuters)
• Water levels at Lake Mead dangerously close to hitting 'dead pool' status (ABC News)
• Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns (Washington Post)
• Supreme Court plummets to all-time low: Poll shows Americans have no confidence in conservatives (Raw Story)
• Jan. 6 panel pressures Republican lawmaker with release of tour video (Reuters)
• Pro-Trump lawyer sought pardon after pushing plan to overturn election (Washington Post)
• Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court ruling provides ammunition for gun law challenges (Reuters)
• Election worker targeted by Trump and his allies testifies: 'Turned my life upside down' (Politico)

WORLD

• EU grants Ukraine candidate status in 'historic moment' (Reuters)
• Ukraine Says it Only Has 10% of the Weapons it Needs as Russia Makes Gains (Newsweek)
• Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeal for more aid as death toll set to mount (Guardian)
• Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle (AP)

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May 24, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• 78,000 pounds of infant formula arrives in U.S. (AP)
• The names: 19 children, 2 teachers killed in Uvalde school shooting (AP)
• Active shooter incidents rose 53% last year, FBI says (The Hill)
• Republicans Pressure Biden to Commit to War With China Over Taiwan (Newsweek)
• Supreme Court makes it more difficult for prisoners to argue that they had ineffective counsel (CNN)
• Mike Pence says he could run for president in 2024 even if Trump also runs  (USA Today)
• OAN Finally Admits ‘No Widespread Voter Fraud’ After Settling Defamation Suit (Daily Beast)

WORLD

• A record 100 million people globally have been forced from their homes.  (NPR)
• Russia launches all-out assault to encircle Ukraine troops in east (Reuters)
•  With food prices continuing to climb, the UN is warning of crippling global shortages (KPBS)
• What you need to know about Taiwan-China tensions (CNN)
• After decades of wartime neutrality, Finland now wants to join NATO without delay (NPR)
• Kremlin says Poland might be a source of threat (Reuters)
• Russian soldier jailed for life in first war crimes trial of Ukraine War (Reuters)

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April 11, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Misc. national news

• Congress votes to revoke Russia's trade status, ban Russian gas and oil (10 News)
• President Biden taps oil reserves to control US gas prices (10 News)
• Baby Formula Shortage, Partially Prompted by Recall, Leads Stores to Ration (Newsweek)
• Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago (CNN)

January 6 investigation

• Washington Post and CBS News: White House records of January 6 show more than seven-hour gap in Trump's calls (CNN)
• Judge: Trump Likely Committed Crimes Related to Election (US. News & World Reports)
• Biden's Justice Department wants to hire 131 more lawyers to prosecute January 6 cases (Business Insider)
• Justice Dept. Widens Jan. 6 Inquiry to Range of Pro-Trump Figures (New York Times)

WORLD

Ukraine war

• Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P (CNN)
• West pledges to punish Russia over civilian killings in Bucha (Reuters)
• Mariupol mayor says 31,000 residents deported at 'gunpoint' to Russian 'filtration camps,' evacuations stalled (Yahoo News)
• UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body (KPBS)
• Talks resume as Ukraine denies hitting depot on Russian soil (10 News)
• Russian Troops Suffer ‘Acute Radiation Sickness’ After Digging Chernobyl Trenches (Daily Beast)
• Ukraine claims control over Kyiv region as Russia looks east (Reuters)
• Russ­ian oli­garch Ro­man Abramovich and Ukrain­ian peace ne­go­tia­tors suf­fered symp­toms of sus­pected poi­son­ing af­ter a meet­ing in Kyiv ear­lier this month (Wall Street Journal)
• With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, U.N. food chief warns of 'devastation' (Reuters)

Other world news

• Emmanuel Macron to face Marine Le Pen in French presidential election runoff (CNN)
• Here's why Mexico's president is launching a vote to recall himself (NPR)
• China tightens restrictions and bars scholars from international conferences  (NPR)
• U.N.: 1 out of 4 of the world's population live in areas affected by violence  (NPR)
• Gunman kills 5 in mass shooting spree in central Israel  (NPR)

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March 28, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• US determines Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine (The Hill)
• Texts reveal wife of Supreme Court judge urged 2020 election overturn (BBC)
• Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent  (Associated Press)
• U.S. Adds ‘Kamikaze Drones’ as More Weapons Flow to Ukraine (New York Times)
• Fed hikes interest rates to fight record inflation  (The Hill)
• Schumer's Senate shocker: Bills are passing (seriously) (Politico)
• Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?  (NPR)
• A Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect wanted by the FBI was granted refugee status in Belarus  (NPR)

WORLD

• NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal)
• Russian strikes turning Mariupol into 'ashes' as West plans more sanctions (Reuters)
• Kidnapped Ukrainian mayor Ivan Fedorov rescued in ‘special operation’ (Times of London)
• A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War’s Most Decisive Routs  (Wall Street Journal)
• Russia keeps up attacks in Ukraine as two sides hold talks  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• 3 European Leaders Visit Besieged Kyiv in Show of Support (New York Times)
• Romania probes drone found on its territory days after crash in Croatia (Euro News)
• Russian generals are getting killed at an astonishing rate (Washington Post)
• Russia quits Council of Europe rights watchdog (Reuters)
• Putin critic Alexei Navalny found guilty of fraud (NPR)
• Russian state TV employee fined for ‘they’re lying to you’ sign protest (Politico)
• Defense system being given to Ukraine could help them create their own no-fly zone: CNN  (Raw Story)
• Journalist reportedly kidnapped and tortured by Russian troops in Ukraine (Yahoo)

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March 13, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden OKs $200M in Ukraine Military Aid, Russia Warns It Can Hit Shipments (Newsweek)
• U.S. grants temporary protected status to tens of thousands of Ukrainian immigrants already in the United States (Washington Post)
• MLB lockout ends as MLBPA, owners reach agreement: Live updates, reaction to baseball's return (CBS)
• Monitoring the Arctic in Russian invasion of Ukraine (Indian Country Today)
• Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says 'Putin was waiting' for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO in his second term (Business Insider)
• Pence says there’s no room in the GOP for ‘apologists for Putin’ in veiled swipe at Trump (Washington Post)

WORLD

• Russia strikes military base near Polish border as it steps up its offensive, Ukraine says (Reuters)
• Russia’s bombing of maternity and children’s hospital an ‘atrocity,’ Zelensky says (CNN)
• Ukraine Official Says Russia Won’t Collect Soldier Corpses, Burning The Ones It Has (Knewz)
• Ukraine: Russia has attacked schools and hospitals, says deputy PM (BBC)
• As Russia Pounds Ukraine, NATO Countries Rush In Javelins and Stingers ((New York Times)
• Ukraine accuses Moscow of breaking ceasefire in Mariupol (Reuters)
• Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians (Reuters)
• Big brands and oil ban punish Russia as Moscow makes new pledge on Ukraine refugees (Reuters)
• Mastercard, Visa, suspend operations in Russia after invasion (10 News)
• Russia’s Military Chief Promised Quick Victory in Ukraine, but Now Faces a Potential Quagmire (Wall Street Journal)
• Russians Rush to Leave as Sanctions Bite, Dissent Is Suppressed (Wall Street Journal)
• More than 4,500 antiwar protesters arrested in one day in Russia, group says (Washington Post)

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March 3, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

American response to Russian invasion of Ukraine

• Justice Dept. Announces Task Force to Go After Russian Oligarchs (NY Times)
• Russian Ruble Is Now Worth Less Than 1 U.S. Cent After SWIFT Bank Sanctions (Time)
• New US sanctions target Russia’s multibillion-dollar defense sector (Defense News)
• Pentagon mulling ways to get more lethal aid to Ukraine (The Hill)
• U.S. troops rush to Europe amid war in Ukraine (PBS)
• US expels Russian diplomats for allegedly 'engaging in espionage'   (NPR)
• Trump again praises Putin moments before Russia launches invasion of Ukraine (Yahoo News)
• Trump, who was impeached for withholding nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine, said 'this deadly Ukraine situation would never have happened' if he were in office (MSN)

January 6 investigation

• Jan. 6 committee alleges Trump, others engaged in criminal conspiracy amid bid to overturn election (USA Today)
• Feds net first guilty plea in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case (Politico)
• Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Other national news

• U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Bid for Religious Opt-Out From Vaccine Rule (MSN)
• Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court (CNN)
• State of the Union: Biden vows to halt Russia, hit inflation (Associated Press)
• Three White men guilty of hate crimes charges in connection with Ahmaud Arbery murder (Washington Post)
• Medina Spirit's 2021 Kentucky Derby win has been nullified and horse trainer Bob Baffert is suspended (CNN)

WORLD

War in Ukraine

• Ukraine and Russia agree on evacuation corridors as U.S. punishes oligarchs (Reuters)
• Ukraine jets hit Russian column; Russia has used thermobarics, Ukraine military says (Military Times)
• U.N. General Assembly in historic vote denounces Russia over Ukraine invasion (Reuters)
• First Ukrainian city reportedly falls to Russia as Pentagon says 90% of Russian troops amassed for war are now in Ukraine (Stars and Stripes)
• $1 million bounty on Putin offered by Russian businessman (Jerusalem Post)
• Ukraine, rights groups say Russia used cluster & vacuum bombs (Reuters)
• How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero (The Atlantic)
• Elite Chechen hit squad sent to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky ‘eliminated’, says Ukraine  (Military Times)
• NATO Activates Troops for First Time as Russia Intensifies Its Assault on Ukraine (Time)
• Ukraine conflict: Russia bombs Kharkiv's Freedom Square and opera house (BBC)
• Russian sites hacked across country to display their war dead (MSN)
• Putin waves nuclear sword in confrontation with the West (AP News)
• Here are all the private companies that have made moves against  Russia (The Hill) 
• Russia faces major disruptions to oil, commodities flows without SWIFT (Reuters)
• Russia's richest 22 billionaires have lost $39 billion in one day after the invasion of Ukraine (Business Insider)
• Ukraine conflict: Zelensky warns of new iron curtain as Russia invades (BBC)
• Russia threatens 'military and political consequences' if Finland, Sweden try joining NATO (The Hill)
• More than 150 senior Russian officials sign open letter condemning Putin's invasion of Ukraine  (Daily Mail)
• Ukraine-Russia invasion: Europe prepares for wave of refugees (BBC)
• Full transcript of Zelenskyy's emotional appeal to Russians (NBC)

Other world news

• Countless human remains found at cartel "extermination site" near U.S. border as Mexico can't account for nearly 100,000 missing (CBS News)
• Searchers dig into the rubble after an earthquake hit Indonesia (NPR)

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