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McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are the latest multinational companies to announce they're pausing business operations in Russia to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Just want to point out that McDonald's Corporation announced that they will keep paying their now jobless Ukrainian employees. I'm not sure for how long, and not sure how, logistically. Maybe they have company offices there, and displaced employees can pick up their checks, or maybe they can mail them.

I'm not a fan of McDonald's, but that's an awesome gesture.
 

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Norway hosts 30,000 NATO troops for exercises

For a month from Thursday, troops from 27 countries including the US, UK, Germany and France will help practise the defence of Norway from air, sea, and land. The exercise is taking place throughout the Nordic country as well as in the Atlantic and North and Norwegian seas. Neighbouring Finland and Sweden, which are not part of NATO but where public pressure to join the alliance is rising, will also take part.
 
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A small number of British soldiers have disobeyed orders and may have travelled to Ukraine to fight, the British Army has confirmed. The soldiers were absent without leave and may have gone to Ukraine "in a personal capacity", the Army said. "We are actively and strongly encouraging them to return to the UK," a spokesperson added. All service personnel are banned from travelling to Ukraine until further notice.
 

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Goldman Sachs announced that it will be shutting down its operations in Russia.“Goldman Sachs is winding down its business in Russia in compliance with regulatory and licensing requirements," Goldman Sachs said in a statement. The company added, "We are focused on supporting our clients across the globe in managing or closing out pre-existing obligations in the market and ensuring the wellbeing of our people."
 
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Antalya, Turkey
The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, speaks to the media as Turkey, Russia and Ukraine’s foreign ministers hold face-to-face talks
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Valerii Sushkevych, President of the Ukraine National Paralympic Committee, and the Ukraine delegration raise their fists and pose with a banner after a speech to the media at the Paralympic Village, Zhangjiakou, China, 10 March, 2022. Thomas Lovelock/OIS
 
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New members of the Territorial Defence Forces train to operate RPG-7 anti-bank launcher during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv, 9 March. Reuters/Valentyn Orirenko
 
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People line up at a Uniqlo store in St. Petersburg, Russia, after an announcement by the Japanese clothing company it is suspending its trade in Russia starting March 21.
 
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AMBUSH: Ukrainian servicemen visit their comrade in hospital on March 10 - Vitaliy 'Bullet Proof' lost his hand in a battle near Hoholiv, Kyiv area the day before. Yesterday, a column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles in Brovary was forced to turn back after an ambush by Ukrainian forces. Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
 
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Last week Ukrainian intelligence said that a Chechen hit squad sent to kill Zelensky had been eliminated in Kyiv after information was handed to them by Russian spies “who do not want to take part in this bloody war”. Source: The Times, UK
 
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the government will create a food reserve to feed the country's people and armed forces during the Russian invasion. (REUTERS)

The country, which traditionally starts spring field planting preparations in late February or early March, has said farmers will start sowing in safe areas, but could face a shortage of fuel and seeds.
 
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Kharkiv, Ukraine
A soldier walks past the vertical tail fin of a Russian Su-34 bomber in a damaged building
Photograph: Andrew Marienko/AP
 

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MYKOLAIV: A woman grieves as she pays her last respects during the funeral of a man killed in a cemetery in Mykolaiv, a city on the shores of the Black Sea that has been under Russian attack for days. He was throwing Molotov cocktails when the Russians caught him. They tied his hands and executed him. Outside, in the courtyard of the forensic institute where the morgue is located, the snow is constantly falling on corpses wrapped in grey plastic body bags, waiting to be evacuated. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty
 
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Roman Abramovich plans to sell Chelsea Football Club

Mr Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003, turning the perennial also-rans into serial winners with unlimited transfer funds after he became rich on the chaotic privatization of state assets in 1990s Russia. He has denied claims that he bought the London club on President Vladimir Putin's orders, to expand Russia's influence abroad in the early 2000s.
 
mellowyellow said:
IRINA BALACHUK - THURSDAY, 10 MARCH 2022, 15:11
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law relating to the compulsory seizure in Ukraine of the property of the Russian Federation and its residents.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/10/7330086/
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The US has done that before. During the Revolutionary War, a union officer could walk into your house and say "This is now the property of The Federal Government" and then turn to his second-in-command and say "Dibs on this room!"

(cheesy joke, sorry. I know the situation isn't funny)
 
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People take cover along a road in Irpin as Russian forces target the area with shells. Photograph: Amin Sansar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
 

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Kyiv, Ukraine
People crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee by crossing the Irpin river on the outskirts of Kyiv
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Irpin, Ukraine
Soldiers help an elderly woman in a wheelchair as they evacuate the city
Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
 
Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre hosts the return of its famous canine competition this week as 16,000 dogs of all shapes and sizes arrive from across the world to compete for the coveted best in show awards.

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A woman is embraced by her Great Dane after its turn in the show ring
Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
 
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Jerusalem is a constructive place to hold ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Saturday as he gave a positive boost to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s efforts to mediate an end to the war.
 

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