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Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, right, claps hands at the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany.
 

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech to the French parliament in Paris yesterday and called on French business giants Renault, Auchan and Leroy Merlin to leave Ukraine. Russia is the second most important market for Renault after home base France.
(Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)
 

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Sailors attend a memorial and funeral service for first rank captain Andrei Paliy, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet deputy commander who was killed in the eastern Ukraine port of Mariupol on 20 March in Sevastopol, Crimea. Reuters/Alexey Pavlishak
 
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday dismissed Russia's demand that the EU and U.S. pay for Russian gas in rubles, arguing that most existing gas purchase agreements require payment in euros or U.S. dollars.
 
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ZURICH, March 24 (Reuters) - Switzerland has frozen around 5.75 billion Swiss francs ($6.17 billion) worth of Russian assets covered by sanctions, and that amount is likely to rise, a government official said on Thursday.
 
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Russian stock market opened yesterday for limited trading under heavy restrictions for the first time since Moscow invaded Ukraine, coming almost a month after prices plunged and the market was shut down as a way to insulate the economy. Foreigners could not sell stocks, and traders were barred from short selling — or betting prices will fall — while the government has said it will spend $10 billion on shares in coming months, a move that should support prices.
 
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Arctic Circle, Norway
Members of the Norwegian army participate in a military exercise called Cold Response 2022, gathering about 30,000 troops from NATO member countries plus Finland and Sweden
Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
 
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Kyiv, Ukraine
Municipal workers cover the statue of the Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri with sandbags to protect it from shelling in Kyiv. The statue, by Luciano Massari, was inaugurated in 2015 to mark 750 years since Dante’s birth
Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP
 
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Odesa, Ukraine
The Odesa national Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, one of the city’s symbols, is photographed behind a barricade. Russian soldiers with loudhailers were said to be driving around Mariupol falsely claiming that the city of Odesa had fallen and that other havens for refugees were now rejecting fleeing people
Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA
 
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FIFA announced Poland advances directly to the mini-bracket final and Ukraine's mini-bracket semifinal against Scotland is postponed until June. Ukraine is not subject to any ban from FIFA, but the decision has been made on security grounds and a lack of player availability.
 
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Odesa, Ukraine
The Odesa national Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, one of the city’s symbols, is photographed behind a barricade. Russian soldiers with loudhailers were said to be driving around Mariupol falsely claiming that the city of Odesa had fallen and that other havens for refugees were now rejecting fleeing people
Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA
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There's a black and white cat in the foreground center.
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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month. Mr. Abramovich, as well as at least two senior members of the Ukrainian team developed symptoms that included red eyes, constant and painful tearing, and peeling skin on their faces and hands. Mr. Abramovich was reportedly blinded for a few hours.

They blamed the suspected attack on hard-liners in Moscow who they said wanted to sabotage talks to end the war. A person close to Mr. Abramovich said it wasn’t clear who had targeted the group.

Despite the suspected poisoning, Mr. Abramovich has decided to remain involved in the peace talks. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who has met with Mr. Abramovich, wasn’t affected, and his spokesman said he had no knowledge of the suspected poisoning.
 

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