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U.S. and Allies Will Meet Monthly to Discuss Ukraine Aid, Austin Says
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced that the United States would lead monthly meetings with a group of nations to coordinate military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
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China Orders Mass Covid Testing for Beijing Residents
Beijing officials began testing most of its 22 million residents after recording several dozen new coronavirus cases, in an attempt to avoid a citywide lockdown like in Shanghai.
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Watch Live: Austin Speaks After Meeting on Ukraine Military Aid
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III holds a news conference from Ramstein Air Base in Germany after gathering defense officials from over 40 countries to discuss supplying more weapons to Ukraine.
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Watch Live: Blinken Testifies at Senate Budget Hearing
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department's budget request amid the war in Ukraine.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Sparks Panic Buying in Beijing
Beijing's residents stocked up on food and necessities after a rising number of Covid cases in the capital prompted lockdown fears.
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U.S. Says It Wants Russian Military 'Weakened'
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke to reporters Monday after a trip to Ukraine. Mr. Austin said the United States hopes to see Russia's military capabilities reduced so that 'it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.'
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Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Easter Amid War
In the shadow of a devastating war, worshipers in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, attended services on the holiest day of the year for Orthodox Christians.
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Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Forests
President Biden signed an executive order intended to strengthen international forest protection commitments that the United States made last year at the COP 26 climate summit in Scotland.
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Pentagon Details U.S. Defense Aid to Ukraine
The additional $800 million in U.S. defense aid would equip five Ukrainian artillery battalions and include new attack drones, John F. Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said.
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U.S. Extradites Former Honduran President
Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney general, announced the extradition of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, whom he described as operating a 'narco state' during his tenure, on federal drug trafficking charges.