Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky turned down an offer from the US to evacuate from the capital city Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in Britain said on Twitter.
According to the embassy, Zelensky said: "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride" https://t.co/qL8xLJu6dq
Zelensky:
“If you my dear European leaders, my dear world leaders, leaders of the free world, don’t help us today, if you do not strongly help Ukraine, then tomorrow war will knock on your doors."
The average cost of raising a child until the age of 18 in China is 485,000 yuan (£56,000) – which is more than six times the GDP per capita, at 72,000 yuan (£8,380) https://t.co/5UtydVGv8W
The 15-year-old who is accused of carrying out a shooting in a Michigan high school where four students were killed in November should remain in adult jail because his mental maturity is well beyond his age, prosecutors argued Tuesday https://t.co/wOMfcgyZwk
A woman uses a hand-cranked battery charger to charge her electric Columbia Mark 68 Victoria automobile. The Pope Manufacturing Company made the car in 1906 and the charger in 1912.
Maybe I’m in the minority, but I cheer for all Olympic athletes. I don’t care what country they represent. I want everyone to succeed. Seeing the internet hate for Asian-American athletes like Eileen Gu sickens me. Can’t we just applaud greatness?
As Beijing says farewell to the Winter Games, lighted, green willow twigs are carried to the center of the stadium. The branches symbolize longing and are given as a gift between parting friends in ancient Chinese culture.
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The Olympic flame is extinguished, marking the end of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. The planet’s most global sporting event is off to the West for the foreseeable future with no chance of returning to this corner of the world until at least 2030.
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@stratfordch Western countries repeatedly predicting dates for a Russian invasion of Ukraine is provocative and can have adverse consequences, says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
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After sixteen days and 109 events, the #Beijing2022 Olympics are coming to an end. At the closing ceremony, China will pass the baton to the next Winter Games host: Italy.
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Ukraine-Russia updates: 20 February ⤵️
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is willing to meet Vladimir Putin to find out “what the Russian president wants” and seek a “peaceful settlement.”
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