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A Russian businessman has placed a million-dollar bounty on Vladimir Putin as a part of his "moral duty" to bring the Russian president to justice.

Alex Konanykhin, an entrepreneur and former banker that lives in the United States after being granted political asylum. was the "wealthiest person in Russia" in 1992, NBC News reports.

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A Texas software developer and a cook in British Columbia are among dozens of Americans and Canadians answering Ukraine's call for foreign volunteers to fight Russia's invasion.

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Author: Joel Gunter in Lviv, Ukraine, and Yaroslav Lukov in London

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on civilians as residential neighbourhoods were bombed and key cities surrounded.

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Author: Emile Donovan

Russia has invaded Ukraine: for the first time since the end of World War Two, a large-scale war of territorial conquest has been declared in Europe.  

So what are Russia’s motives and justifications and potential goals with this invasion? Why is it invading now? What levers does the international community have yet to pull? And is nuclear war potentially on the horizon?  

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The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 is on the rise in New Zealand, and is projected to increase further, raising the question: how many can we handle?

Modelling last month showed peak hospital admissions could range from 200 to 800 per day, and peak demand for hospital beds ranging from 800 to 3300; with RNZ today reporting we could have 800 Covid in-patients in under a week.

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U.S. President Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin that the Russian leader "has no idea what's coming", as Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia, whose invading forces bombarded Ukrainian cities and appeared poised for an advance on Kyiv.

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The United States is preparing a sanctions package targeting more Russian oligarchs as well as their companies and assets, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as Washington steps up pressure against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukrainians said on Wednesday (local time) they were battling on in the port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, as air strikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.

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