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Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its second week on Thursday an apparent tactical failure so far, with its main assault force stalled for days on a highway north of Kyiv and other advances halted at the outskirts of cities it is bombing into wastelands.

Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to the need for humanitarian corridors to help civilians escape Moscow's eight-day-long invasion, the first apparent progress in talks, as the United States and Britain hit more oligarchs with sanctions.

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the need to set up humanitarian corridors and a possible ceasefire around them for Ukrainian civilians fleeing the war, negotiators for both sides said following talks on Thursday.

Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to the need for humanitarian corridors to help civilians escape Moscow's eight-day-old invasion, the first apparent progress in talks, as the United States added to Western sanctions on more oligarchs.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met on Thursday and Kyiv said it would call for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridors to evacuate its besieged citizens, as the war entered its second week with Ukrainian cities surrounded and under bombardment.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its second week on Thursday with its main assault force halted north of the capital Kyiv and several cities enduring heavy Russian bombing.

Ukraine said it would call for humanitarian corridors for its besieged citizens at peace talks with Russia on Thursday, as war entered its second week with Ukrainian cities surrounded and under bombardment.

Oil prices soared again on Thursday as the Ukraine war triggered a dash for commodities that could be in short supply, while stock markets slipped as investors worried about higher inflation and slowing economic growth.

Oil prices initially soared on Thursday as the Ukraine war sparked a run on commodities that raised fears of "stagflation," while equity markets fell as investors gauge the impact of the Federal Reserve's plans to tighten monetary policy.

Oil prices soared again on Thursday as the Ukraine war triggered a dash for commodities that could be in short supply, while stock markets slipped as investors worried about higher inflation and slowing economic growth.

A 12-year-old boy is dead after allegedly shooting at police, forcing police to fatally shoot him.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises wants to bring back the classically loved books but with a new take from the originals.

The NYPD is on the hunt for a suspect in a series of unprovoked assaults on seven Asian-American women in Midtown Manhattan in a two hour period. Police suspect that the attacks may be a hate-crime.

Melinda Gates revealed her marriage with Bill Gates was never the same after she learned about his affair with an employee.

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it will postpone a scheduled test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, in a bid to lower soaring tensions after Russia announced it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert.

The House of Representatives oversight panel has postponed its hearing on oil companies' climate change disinformation due to the crisis in Ukraine but has asked the board members it had invited to testify to turn in documents by the end of next week, a committee staffer told Reuters on Wednesday.

Hawaii will no longer require a vaccine card or a negative Covid-19 test for domestic travelers.

The Biden administration has announced a new strategy for addressing COVID-19 that will help shepherd a return to normalcy after two years of the pandemic centered around new guidance, more vaccines and testing for free.

A judge said New York's attorney general cannot dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA) for alleged corruption and mismanagement, but can still seek the ouster of the gun rights group's longtime Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre.

A judge on Wednesday rejected the effort by New York's attorney general to put the National Rifle Association out of business for alleged corruption, but she can still seek the ouster of the gun rights group's longtime Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre.

Texas kicked off the U.S. midterm elections cycle with the first party nominating contests of the cycle that will determine control of Congress as well as the governors of 36 states.

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods in the United States and United Kingdom, ending some of its longest-running retail experiments.

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was criticized after she heckled President Biden before he discussed his late son Beau Biden.

Ihor Tkachenko, a computer engineer from Kyiv, is not able to sign up to the civil defence forces that have sprung up across Ukraine to help resist the Russian invasion.

Federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's pick to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S.

Hearings on federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's pick to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S.

Hearings on federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee, who would become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S.

President Joe Biden visited the battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to tout the roads and bridges that will be built after the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure law while top administration officials traveled to other states to push his economic agenda.

President Joe Biden is traveling to Wisconsin on Wednesday to speak about his bipartisan infrastructure law and how it will help build roads and bridges and deliver for the battleground state.