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March 29, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

CNN By Maureen Chowdhury, Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Mike Hayes, Jason Kurtz, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Travis Caldwell, Seán Federico O’Murchú, Jack Guy and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

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Volodymyr Zelensky Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the life of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. Personal: Birth date: January 25, 1978 Birth place: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine Birth name: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky Father: Oleksandr Zelensky, computer science professor Mother: Rimma Zelenska, engineer Marriage: Olena (Kiyashko) Zelenska (2003-present) Children: Oleksandra and Kyrylo Education: Kyiv National

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Arab League Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Facts Ahmed Aboul Gheit of Egypt is the current secretary-general of the Arab League. There are also four observer states: Eritrea, India, Brazil and Venezuela. The Arab League’s purpose, from the

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Scientific collaboration with Russia begins to unravel

CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN Russian scientists are finding themselves isolated as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second month. The country’s Mars rover project with the European Space Agency is on hold. Russian institutions have been suspended from CERN, the world’s largest particle physics lab, in Switzerland. A prestigious math conference has been moved

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Mariupol evacuation corridors ‘in the hands of the occupiers’ as mayor tells everyone to leave

By Nathan Hodge, CNN and Julia Presniakova in Lviv Ukrainian forces “continue to maintain circular defense” in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian general staff said early Tuesday, even as Russian forces consolidated control around the southeastern port city. On Monday, the mayor of Mariupol said that evacuation corridors had come largely under

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