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Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg is out with a statement following the Russian government's Friday decision to officially block access to Facebook, owned by Meta, amid the Moscow-led invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are set to donate $3 million to help Ukrainians amid Russia's invasion. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has been the target of strong criticism on both sides of the aisle after his Thursday call for a Russian "Brutus" to "take this guy out" — "this guy" being Russian President Vladimir Putin — went viral.

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is going after Tucker Carlson for some of his recent comments on Russian President Vladmir Putin, suggesting keeping him on the air is destroying "the fabric of this country." 

Well, that was scary.

On Thursday night, Russian troops invading Ukraine attacked and then seized the nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhia, briefly starting a fire amid the combat, which raised fears of a new Chernobyl-style radioactive disaster. Those concerns appear to be misplaced, at least for the moment: No radiation was released during the blaze. A lot of people were angry and anxious during those hours, though.

The attack — along with Russia's capture of Chernobyl itself during the first days of the war ... Читать дальше...

No college for you!

That's the message California's state Supreme Court sent to aspiring students at UC Berkeley. In a decision released Thursday, the court ruled in favor of local activists who challenged plans to increase enrollment at the most selective campus in the University of California system. Class size will be frozen at 2020-2021 levels, and at least 1500 admitted students will be asked to change their educational plans for next year (some may have their admission rescinded altogether). Читать дальше...

At least 57 are dead and more than 100 wounded after a Friday explosion devastated a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistan, The New York Times reports, per Pakistani police and doctors.

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The Week

Some controversial changes to the 2022 Oscars reportedly came about after ABC threatened to pull the plug on the telecast entirely.

Molotov cocktails, a heavyweight punch, and more

Russian lawmakers on Friday unanimously passed legislation punishing those who intentionally spread "fake" news regarding the country's military with up to 15 years of jail time, Reuters and The Moscow Times report.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has turned out to be a much tougher slog than the Kremlin anticipated. The Kyiv offensive appears stalled. The morale of Russia's conscripts is poor. Instead of swiftly folding, Ukraine is fighting back.

The U.S. economy added 678,000 jobs in February, shattering Wall Street expectations as the unemployment picture also inched "closer to its pre-pandemic self," CNBC and The Wall Street Journal report.

You can soon save a bit of money on your Disney+ subscription — if you're willing to watch some ads. 

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This week's question: In a recent survey, 39 percent of pet owners admitted to tasting their pets' food, with nearly a third of them saying they enjoyed it. If a company were to market its dog or cat food by portraying it as a tasty treat for humans, too, what would the brand be called?

Just how dark can a Batman movie get?

After Christopher Nolan revolutionized superhero movies with the Dark Knight trilogy, director Zack Snyder seemed determined to top him by taking the story in an even edgier direction in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But the marketing for the latest reboot, The Batman, had made it look like Matt Reeves' interpretation would be the grimmest outing yet for Bruce Wayne.

It wasn't entirely false advertising: The Batman, in theaters Friday... Читать дальше...

Google is pushing pause on all ad sales in Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine. 

Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, CEO Brian Chesky tweeted on Thursday night.

The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, believes that Russian forces are "intentionally trying to eliminate Ukrainian people" by targeting civilian areas, he told CNN on Friday.

The fire at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was extinguished Friday morning after it burned for about four hours, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said.

With a vote of 23-15, Florida's Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill on Thursday night that prohibits women from getting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for victims of rape, incest, or human trafficking. The state's present law restricts abortions after 24 weeks.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on Thursday that the United States has created an 18-month Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Ukrainians who have been in the U.S. since March 1.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a grim message for European leaders early Friday, after Russian forces attacked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, causing a fire at the facility.