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Amazon shuttering its physical bookstores and 4-star shops
The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.
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Russia eyes sanctions workarounds in energy, gold, crypto
Observers say Russia will likely turn closer to China to make up for supplies of goods and services lost due to sanctions.
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Europe welcomes Ukrainian refugees but others, less so
The hospitality greeting Ukrainians fleeing the violence in their native country has highlighted the stark differences in treatment given to migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa.
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The U.S. sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss the richest of the rich
The sanctions may do little to dim the jet-setting lifestyles of Russia's ultra-rich and infamous – much less force a withdrawal of tanks and troops.
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World leaders fine-tune punitive measures against Russia
A growing number of world leaders are preparing responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine that include both sanctions and humanitarian aid.
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Hundreds are arrested as shocked Russians protest Ukraine attack
Celebrities and other public figures joined people in dozens of cities in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Emergency U.N. meeting is interrupted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine
The urgent U.N. Security Council meeting was meant as an eleventh hour effort to dissuade Russia from sending troops into Ukraine. But the message became moot even as it was being delivered.
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Trial begins for a former officer charged in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor
Brett Hankison fired 10 shots near a side door during the 2020 raid in Louisville, Ky., but none hit Breonna Taylor. Prosecutors say the bullets endangered her neighbors — a couple and their child.
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A rare fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur with an 8-foot wingspan is found
The National Museum of Scotland said the fossil of the pterosaur is the largest of its kind ever discovered from the Jurassic period. A Ph.D. student made the discovery while on a field trip.
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Police start arresting protesters to end the siege of Canada's capital
Police in Ottawa also began towing away trucks in a bid to break the three-week, traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over COVID-19 restrictions.