The World Today: Key Information from The Associated Press
Friday, March 18, 2022
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FRONT PAGE
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EUR-GEN UKRAINE-WAR
LVIV, Ukraine - Russian forces continue their assault on several Ukrainian cities and reach the capital, Kiev, and the outskirts of the western city of Lviv, while world leaders call for investigation into repeated Kremlin attacks on civilian targets. By Cara Anna. 1152 words. AP photo. SENT
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-EUR-GEN UKRAINE-WAR-MEDIA: British regulator revokes RT broadcasting license
-UKRAINE-WAR-LATEST: The latest developments on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
ASI-GENE CORONAVIRUS-HONG KONG
HONG KONG - Hong Kong exceeds one million confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, and its death toll exceeds the total recorded in mainland China in the midst of the outbreak of the omicron variant. 195 words. AP Photo. SENT
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-OCE-CORONAVIRUS GEN-SAMOA: Samoa faces its first COVID-19 outbreak
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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REP-GEN LATIN AMERICA IN PICTURES-PHOTOS
UNSOURCED - This photo gallery highlights some of the best news images taken by The Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean and released this week.
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UNITED STATES
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AMN-GEN CALIFORNIA-ABORTO
SACRAMENTO, California — California lawmakers approve making abortion cheaper for people with private health insurance. The state is nearing becoming the fourth in the US to ban the collection of insurance company fees for the procedure. By Adam Beam. 457 words. AP Photo. SENT
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WORLD
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OCE-GEN AUSTRALIA-CORALES
CANBERRA — Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffers severe and widespread bleaching due to high ocean temperatures, two years after another massive episode, says a government agency. By Rod McGuirk. 341 words. AP Photo. SENT
AFR-GEN SUDAN
CAIRO - Nearly 200 people are injured in recent protests in the capital of Sudan over deteriorating economic conditions following a military coup d'état, says a doctors' union. 194 words. SENT
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SPORTS
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DEP-BAS PISTONS-MAGIC
ORLANDO, FL — Saddiq Bey scores 51 points — the highest number of his career — and the Detroit Pistons end a four-slump streak by beating the Orlando Magic 134-120. 311 words. AP Photo. SENT
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SHOWS AND CULTURE
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ESP-CEL PETE DAVIDSON
NEW YORK — Comedian Pete Davidson has given up a brief trip to space in a Jeff Bezos capsule. 223 words. AP Photo. SENT
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