Simon Furness

Instagram owner Meta has allowed users in some countries to call for violence against Russia’s army.
BBC News – Europe

Politicians who voted to recognise two areas of Ukraine as independent have their UK assets frozen.
BBC News – UK

A Chicago judge told Jussie Smollett that he has “turned his life upside down” with the hoax.
BBC News – US & Canada

Hauwa’s son Suleiman is a Nigerian student in Sumy – she says the family are fearful and anxious.
BBC News – Africa

The Guinea 1963 Red Cross Set was issued to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of its founding. Although most collectors focus on the British Commonwealth Omnibus issue these are a nice addition to that run.

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Shops and food distributors say soaring fuel prices will push up food bills.
BBC News – Business

The move could ease a supply crunch as the West and allies shun Russian oil.
BBC News – Middle East

The two were released just days after a high-level US delegation met President Nicolás Maduro.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The talks in Turkey come after Kyiv accused Moscow of a war crime for bombing a children’s hospital.
BBC News – Europe

Vadym Prystaiko says most people fleeing Russia’s invasion are women with children and not a threat.
BBC News – UK

The man died two months after operation, says the hospital that carried out the world-first surgery.
BBC News – US & Canada

A video of a woman driver being assaulted by motorbike taxi riders sparks renewed calls for action.
BBC News – Africa

The fast food chain said it was responding to the “needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine”.
BBC News – Business

Mohammed al-Qahtani, who is mentally ill, had been held at Guantanamo Bay for 20 years.
BBC News – Middle East

The world’s largest rainforest is fast losing its ability to bounce back from human impacts, researchers say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The world’s largest rainforest is fast losing its ability to bounce back from human impacts, researchers say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Foreign students are among those leaving north-eastern Sumy after Russia agrees to pause attacks.
BBC News – Europe

The daughter of a Ukrainian refugee tells of anger and frustration as MPs criticise the UK visa system.
BBC News – UK

The US bans Russian oil, targeting the Russian economy’s “main artery” over its invasion of Ukraine.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Ukraine war could push millions closer to starvation, the boss of the World Food Programme says.
BBC News – Africa