Putin escalates war in Ukraine
The letter Z, which has become the Russian emblem for the war, is seen on a damaged building that was occupied by Russian soldiers in the freed village of Hrakove, Ukraine, Sept. 13, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans Wednesday morning to call up to 300,000 reservists to join the fight in Ukraine and threatened to deploy nuclear weapons if Russian territory is threatened. And President Joe Biden was in New York on Wednesday to address the United Nations General Assembly. Biden used the opportunity to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and reiterate the US commitment to Ukraine’s defense. Also, about a half a million foreign students — mostly from Africa and parts of Asia — were shut out of their universities in China due to COVID-19. Chinese authorities are not making it easy to return anytime soon. Plus, the quadrillions of ants on planet Earth matter immensely to life.
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