NEWS WORLD: 03/18/23

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine March 18, 2023 at 08:03AM

Two killed, eight wounded in eastern Ukraine: Mayor March 18, 2023 at 09:03AM

France bans pension protests opposite parliament March 18, 2023 at 04:13AM

Pre-dawn shooting at Ohio nightclub leaves 2 dead, 4 wounded March 18, 2023 at 05:50AM

Officers responded shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday to an after-hours club called Tha Plug on the city's south side, emergency dispatchers said. One person died at the scene and another was dropped off at Nationwide Children's Hospital and was later pronounced dead, dispatchers said.

Turkey's Erdogan says Ukraine grain deal extended March 18, 2023 at 05:04AM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the extension of a deal that allowed exports of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia's invasion. "Following talks with the two parties, we have assured the extension of the deal that was due to expire on March 19," Erdogan said in comments broadcast on Turkish television, just hours before the agreement was due to expire at midnight.

Putin visits Crimea on anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine March 18, 2023 at 03:55AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on Saturday on an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. Putin was greeted by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, and taken to see a new children's centre and art school on what the official said was a surprise visit.

Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine March 18, 2023 at 01:12AM

Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot lava March 18, 2023 at 12:51AM

Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted late Friday and continued to spew hot ash and other volcanic material on Saturday.

Pakistan reports first polio case of 2023 March 18, 2023 at 12:02AM

Pakistan reported its first polio case of 2023 after a three-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district became the latest victim of the disease, confirmed the country's health ministry, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported. The case has been reported at a time when delegations of the French Agency for Development and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are in the country to analyse efforts to eradicate the disease.