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Latest Russia-Ukraine war news: Live updates

European leaders celebrate Ukraine’s E.U. candids
A celebration of E.U. decision on Ukraine, in photos
Biden administration approves delivery of additional artillery, patrol boats to Ukraine
Ukraine files symbolic European Court of Human Rights case against Russia
The E.U. has approved candidate status for Ukraine. Here’s what that means.
European Union leaders back ‘candidate status’ for Ukraine
G-7 could discuss fate of gas pipeline turbine stuck in Canada
U.S.-donated HIMARS have arrived, Ukraine’s defense minister says
Putin at summit says BRICS’ influence is growing, cooperation is deepening
Cisco, Nike to fully exit Russia in latest corporate withdrawals
Rights groups urge Biden to negotiate with Russia to free WNBA star
Britain imposes further sanctions on Russia
First trial of Russian soldier on rape charge to begin Thursday
Germany raises alert level on gas supplies after cuts
Lithuania says Russia’s characterization of E.U. transit ban as blockade is a ‘lie’
European leaders celebrate Ukraine’s E.U. candidate status
A celebration of E.U. decision on Ukraine, in photos
Biden administration approves delivery of additional artillery, patrol boats to Ukraine
Ukraine files symbolic European Court of Human Rights case against Russia
The E.U. has approved candidate status for Ukraine. Here’s what that means.
European Union leaders back ‘candidate status’ for Ukraine
G-7 could discuss fate of gas pipeline turbine stuck in Canada
U.S.-donated HIMARS have arrived, Ukraine’s defense minister says
Putin at summit says BRICS’ influence is growing, cooperation is deepening
Cisco, Nike to fully exit Russia in latest corporate withdrawals
Rights groups urge Biden to negotiate with Russia to free WNBA star
Britain imposes further sanctions on Russia
First trial of Russian soldier on rape charge to begin Thursday
Germany raises alert level on gas supplies after cuts
Lithuania says Russia’s characterization of E.U. transit ban as blockade is a ‘lie’
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders meeting on Thursday approved Ukraine’s to become a formal candidate for E.U. membership status, giving the war-torn country and its leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, a much-needed morale boost. The European Parliament also backed the move in a Thursday vote.
Candidate status is just a first step in a bid for full membership, which could take years or decades. But the decision is a major step for Europe, and sends a signal to Russia.
European leaders are celebrating Ukraine’s European Union candidacy status, a stinging rebuke of the Kremlin, who has long held the nation as “Little Russia.”
President Zelensky called the decision “a unique and historic moment in Ukraine-European Union relations.”
As leaders of the European Union discussed — and ultimately granted — candidate status to Ukraine for their 27-member bloc, demonstrators, including Ukrainians, gathered in support of the nation’s inclusion.
Outside the European Union building on Thursday, one protester held up a sign with the words “nothing can stop the idea when its time has arrived,” spray-painted in blue. Other signs read: “Ukraine must be in the EU” and “Freedom for Ukraine.”
The United States will send an additional $450 million in weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as it fends off a Russian invasion, the Biden administration said Thursday, including additional multiple-launch rocket systems and patrol boats to defend its shores.
White House spokesman John Kirby said the United States will send more M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS; additional rounds for artillery already provided to Ukraine; and the vessels. It marks the 13th weapons package that President Biden has approved for delivery to Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, with a total of $6.1 billion in security assistance, Kirby said.
Ukraine filed a court case in the European Court of Human Rights against Russia for what it says are human rights violations during the war, Ukraine’s Justice Ministry announced Thursday.
“In due course, the Court will be invited to find that Russia has been guilty of the most flagrant, serious and sustained violations of the [European Convention on Human Rights] ever placed before the Court, and to award just satisfaction on an equally unprecedented scale,” the ministry wrote.
BRUSSELS — European leaders meeting Thursday formally backed European Union candidate status for Ukraine, a historic moment for the bloc and a major morale boost for Kyiv amid the war with Russia. The European Parliament also backed the move in a vote Thursday.
Ukraine’s push has revived the enlargement debate more broadly.
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders on Thursday agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for membership in the bloc, a symbolic win for Kyiv amid its war with Russia and another sign of how the conflict is reshaping the world.
Candidate status does not confer membership, which could still be decades away. But the decision is a historic step for Europe — and sends a signal to Russia.
The future of a turbine at the center of a geopolitical standoff between Russia and the West is likely to be discussed at a Group of Seven summit this week, a Canadian minister told Reuters.
The turbine, used in a key Russia-to-Europe gas pipeline operated by Russian state energy firm Gazprom, is stuck in Canada, where it had been undergoing maintenance.
Ukraine has received a batch of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, commonly known as HIMARS, from the United States, Ukraine’s defense minister said Thursday.
“HIMARS have arrived to Ukraine,” Oleksii Reznikov tweeted, thanking his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, for the “powerful tools.”
The “BRICS” virtual summit — a meeting of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — continues into its second day Thursday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin making an appearance.
The Russian leader said at the summit that the five-nation bloc is “deepening cooperation” and that “every year the authority of the BRICS and its influence on the global stage is steadily increasing,” Russian state media Tass reported.
The sports apparel giant Nike plans to fully withdraw from Russia in the latest corporate move to isolate Moscow from the global economy.
Nike had already suspended its operations in the country after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But a host of high-profile Western brands have since announced plans to completely exit the Russian market as the war escalates into a deadlier phase and as world leaders enact aggressive international sanctions to punish President Vladimir Putin and his financial allies.
Nearly four dozen civil and human rights groups have urged the Biden administration to “make a deal” with the Kremlin to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia since February.
In a letter sent Wednesday to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the groups said the U.S. government had already acknowledged that Griner was a political pawn caught in the crosshairs of deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations and expressed thanks to the administration for classifying her as wrongfully detained.
LONDON — Britain has imposed a new tranche of economic sanctions on Russia amid its ongoing war in Ukraine.
The sanctions will prohibit the export, supply and delivery of goods and technology relating to chemical and biological weapons, marine goods, jet fuel, and technical assistance for financial services, among other areas, the department for international trade said in a statement. The sanctions will relate to Russia and nongovernment- controlled parts of Ukraine, the international trade agency said.
A preliminary hearing is expected Thursday in Ukraine’s first trial of a Russian soldier accused of raping a Ukrainian woman.
The suspect, Mikhail Romanov, is accused of killing an unarmed civilian and, with an accomplice, repeatedly raping the man’s wife and threatening to shoot her and her child, according to court files. The incident is said to have happened near the capital, Kyiv, in March.
Germany on Thursday raised the country’s alert level under its emergency gas plan amid concerns about long-term supply as Russia squeezes deliveries to Europe.
“We have a disruption in the gas supply in Germany,” Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a news conference on Thursday. “From now on, gas is a scarce commodity in Germany.”
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The latest: U.K. intelligence believes Russia’s momentum could slow in the coming months as the Kremlin exhausts its resources. Meanwhile, the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk remain the sites of “hellish battles” against Russia.
The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. The United States and its allies are racing to deliver the enormous quantities of weaponry the Ukrainians urgently need if they are to hold the Russians at bay.
The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Russia has used an array of weapons against Ukraine, some of which have drawn the attention and concern of analysts.
Photos: Post photographers have been on the ground from the very beginning of the war — here’s some of their most powerful work.

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Ocean census aims to discover 100,000 previously unknown marine species

Researchers have embarked on an ambitious global initiative to discover and record marine life hidden in the world’s oceans.
Ocean Census aims to identify 100,000 unknown species in the next 10 years, allowing scientists to better understand and protect the deep-sea ecosystem.
There are huge gaps in our knowledge of the ocean depths. Of the 2.2 million species believed to exist in the Earth’s oceans, only 240,000 have been described by scientists, according to the census.
Technological advances
It typically takes scientists at least a year to definitively describe a species post-discovery, but new types of technology are making it much easier for sea creatures to be studied in their natural habitat. These include tools like underwater laser scanning that can scan gelatinous creatures such as jelly fish that are hard to study on land.
“You can now look at (the creature) in the water column and see what the morphology is and study them in situ,” said Jyotika Virmani, the executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute in Palo Alto, California, which will participate in the project.
“What we’re moving towards is a place where we can actually perhaps even do taxonomic identification in the water column instead of bringing everything back to land. And that’s really exciting and will make things move a lot faster.”
All living organisms, including humans, disperse genetic material into the environment, and the project will also make use of new and accessible techniques to sample waterborne DNA to detect and track species.
While many of the species discovered are likely to be on the smaller end of the scale, Virmani noted that the world’s longest sea creature was only discovered in 2020 off the coast of Western Australia — a 150-foot stringlike animal known as a siphonophore.
Ocean Census will also help to identify how marine ecosystems are responding to the climate crisis, and assess how marine life could adapt to a warmer climate.
The project is being led by Nekton, a UK-based marine science and conservation institute, and funded by The Nippon Foundation, a nonprofit foundation based in Japan.
Over the next decade, dozens of expeditions to the ocean’s biodiversity hotspots will search for new species involving divers, submarines and deep-sea robots. The project also hopes to involve private vessels and individuals. The data and information gathered will by openly accessible for scientists, policymakers and the public for noncommercial use.
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3 tips can help you save if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, personal finance expert Suze Orman says

When you’re living paycheck to paycheck, it can be tough to find money to save.
That was the situation one audience member, Natalie, wrote in about ahead of CNBC’s Women & Wealth event on Tuesday. While grappling with high childcare and housing costs, Natalie is barely breaking even, she wrote, which makes finding money to set aside for big goals like retirement difficult.
A recent CNBC Your Money Financial Confidence Survey, conducted in partnership with Momentive, shows that she is not alone. More than half, or 58%, of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, according to the March results.
If you find setting money aside difficult, it’s a sign that it’s time to change your lifestyle, personal finance expert Suze Orman said.
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“You have to strike the word ‘can’t’ out of your vocabulary,” Orman said in response to the audience query.
Rather, people should draw up a financial to-do list right now that includes getting out of credit card debt, having an eight- to 12-month emergency fund and funding their retirement accounts, Orman said.
That’s as many experts, including Orman, say a recession could be coming.
But whether there is a recession or not, you need to be prepared that an unexpected event — like an illness, accident or layoff — could set you back, Orman said.
“The most important thing, really, for everybody to understand about their money … is that you have got to live a life below your means, but within your needs,” Orman said.
Several tips can help you get started.
1. Make yourself a ‘No. 1 priority’
Portrait of an elegant man in a suit preparing for an important day at work
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People who think they are living paycheck to paycheck likely have something they are doing with money that they should not be doing, Orman said.
For example, if you go out to eat rather than eating in, that’s $10 you could be putting into a Roth individual retirement account — an account for post-tax contributions towards retirement.
“You have to make yourself a No. 1 priority,” Orman said.
That means you do what you have to do in order to meet your financial goals, she said, even if it means taking on more than one job or cutting back on discretionary expenses.
You should be always be funding your retirement accounts, Orman said.
2. Automate your savings
To get into the habit of setting money aside, it’s best to automate the process, Orman said.
So whether you choose to do $50 a month or $100 a month, by setting aside money before you see it in your paycheck, “you will find that you do not miss it,” Orman said.
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Inside MT BARBER: The Rising Star in the Barber Shop Industry

Gustavo Olmedo Romero, a professional barber from Oaxaca, Mexico, is making waves in the world of barbering with his brand MT BARBER. Born on September 1, 1986, Gustavo migrated to the United States at the age of 15 in search of a better future. He settled in New Brunswick for two years before moving to Delaware, where he worked multiple jobs, including dishwasher, cook, and gardener.
This period of his life was crucial in shaping his work ethic, and Gustavo is now living his dream.
At the age of 24, Gustavo started learning the profession that had fascinated him since childhood. He taught himself through videos and practice sessions with his friends, and in 2010, he began working in a barber shop where he worked for seven years, honing his skills and becoming a high-level barber. In 2017, Gustavo opened his first barber shop called MT BARBER SHOP, where he employed 12 barbers. Two years later, he opened his second shop with the same name, adding 12 more barbers to his team and expanding his brand.

According to Gustavo, the world of barbering is an excellent profession to learn and grow in, but it requires a lot of discipline and constant learning because haircuts and styles are continually evolving. Gustavo has also worked with professional soccer players, including José Andrés Martínez and Gelmin Rivas. His vision is to expand his brand nationally and internationally, and he knows that it will take a lot of hard work and effort, but he is determined to achieve his goals.
MT BARBER’s Instagram handle is @mexican_talent, and you can book an appointment on their website mtbarbershop.booksy.com. Gustavo Olmedo Romero is changing the world of barbering with his brand, MT BARBER, and he is an inspiration to many aspiring barbers.
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