Dasha Litvinova    A Moscow court has extended the pre trial detention of three lawyers who once represented imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Eric Garcia and Katie Hawkinson    Republicans blocked a vote on a . bn supplemental bill that would have included aid not just to Israel but also to Ukraine

Chinedu Asadu    The United Nations says at least three of every four Africans can’t afford a healthy diet because of an unprecedented food crisis.

Tom Watling ,Arpan Rai and Maira Butt    US President Joe Biden says history will judge us’ if further aid is not given to Ukraine

Gustaf Kilander    Are you comfortable giving up Eastern Europe ’ Fox host asks in contentious exchange

Rebecca Speare-Cole    Researchers found that big firms, including UK listed companies, saw their profits outpace inflation while ordinary families’ real incomes plummeted.

Tom Watling    Hours before his death Illia Kyva called Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky cowardly and narcissistic’

Mari Yamaguchi    Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged . billion to Ukraine, including billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war torn country’s recovery efforts

Via AP news wire    State news agencies and authorities in Russia say a girl shot several classmates before killing herself at a school in the city of Bryansk

Francis Kokutse and Sam Metz    The United Nations’ top peacekeeping official has defended its missions worldwide even as many countries where peacekeepers operate are demanding their withdrawal

Namita Singh    Nearly Nepalese nationals are serving as mercenaries in the Russian army but it’s not only a phenomenon benefitting the Kremlin’s military recruitment, as Namita Singh explains

Via AP news wire    Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the presidential election for March , moving Vladimir Putin closer to a fifth term in office

Arpan Rai    G announcement does not mention tracing of polished stones or carat size, which can help Russia evade ban

Via AP news wire    The leaders of China and the European Union are holding wide ranging talks that include their disputes over trade and a deep divide on the war in Ukraine

Shweta Sharma    Six Nepali soldiers embedded in Russian army have been killed fighting in Ukraine so far

Edith M. Lederer    U.N. officials say intensifying Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities are worsening humanitarian conditions across the country, where heavy snow and freezing temperatures have already arrived

Via AP news wire    The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan will meet in Seoul this week to discuss North Korea’s military threat and other issues as they continue to promote trilateral cooperation in Asia

Eric Garcia    Republicans want to tie support to Ukraine to restrictions on immigration

John Bowden    Efforts to separate Ukraine funding from other issues seem to dim as Senate Republicans remain opposed

Simon Peach    The Scotland international netted in either half.