(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH 11 PM EASTERN TIME FRIDAY EVENING)
More on the Russia-Ukraine Drama later but first a story related to it with US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland taking aim at Israel.
Nuland's warning in part:
"You don't want to become the last haven for dirty money that's fueling Putin's wars.
So whatever Israel is able to do, Ukrainians would welcome and the international coalition in support of Ukraine would welcome..."
Nuland was interviewed by Israel's Channel 12 and used the interview to make her pitch for Israeli participation in the international sanctions against Russia...
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Peoples Convoy making its way around the Washington DC Beltway early this afternoon during non-peak hours.
The convoy protesting COVD mandates led by cars followed by the trucks. Two lanes of the beltway used by the vehicles today...SANSAK VIDEO STREAM PEOPLES CONVOY 3/11/2022
THE CITY OF CHANGCHUN IN NORTHEASTERN CHINA PUT INTO A STRICT COVID LOCKDOWN.
NINE MILLION PEOPLE LIVE THERE WITH RESIDENTS ORDERED TO STAY HOME. ONE FAMILY MEMBER IS PERMITTED TO GO OUT TO SHOP EVERY TWO DAYS FOR ESSENTIAL GOODS.
EVERYONE IN THE CITY MUST BE TESTED FOR COVID THREE TIMES.
CHINA OFFICIALLY REPORTING A RECORD NUMBER OF COVID CASES BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX HUNDRED TODAY...ASSOCIATED PRESS
TWO ARE DEAD NINE INJURED AFTER A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO AN OUTDOOR RESTAURANT SEATING AREA IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON.
THE ACCIDENT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN ELDERLY DRIVER LOSING CONTROL...WTOP WASHINGTON
In Columbus, Ohio a grand jury declining to charge a police officer who fatally shot 16-year old Ma'Khia Bryant last spring.
Video showing Bryant holding a knife moving towards another person when the officer opened fire.
Bryant's family saying it is disappointed with the grand jury decision saying the officer should have opted for non-lethal methods in the situation...WCMH COLUMBUS
A LAWSUIT OPPOSING THE TEXAS ABORTION LAW
"effectively over"
THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT SHUTTING DOWN THE SUIT BROUGHT BY ABORTION CLINICS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THIS RULING WILL LEAD TO THE END OF A FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE LAW AS WELL...ASSOCIATED PRESS...
Also in Texas today a local judge blocking child protective services from investigating parents who seek medical treatments to change the gender of children...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NEW YORK POST
INDIA SAYS IT ACCIDENTALLY FIRED A MISSILE INTO PAKISTAN ON WEDNESDAY.
ITS DESCRIBED BY INDIA AS A MALFUNCTION THAT OCCURRED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
PAKISTAN SAYS THE MISSILE FLEW AT HIGH AS 40,000 FEET AND FLEW 77 MILES IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE BEFORE IT CRASHED...BBC NEWS
United States intelligence believes recent missile launches by North Korea were tests of a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
South Korea has already reached the same conclusion.
This is considered a 'serious escalation' and new sanctions rolling out today from the US Treasury...SKY NEWS UK
(COMMENT)
The information about the North Korean ICBM tests kept secret until after Wednesday's Presidential Election in South Korea.
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL TALKS IN VIENNA NEED A PAUSE DUE TO 'EXTERNAL FACTORS'.
THAT WHAT THE EUROPEAN UNION IS SAYING NOTING THAT A FINAL TEXT HAS BEEN READIED.
RUSSIA'S AGREEMENT WITH THE DEAL NOW CONDITIONED ON PROTECTIONS FROM NEWLY IMPOSED SANCTIONS OVER UKRAINE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
EUROPEAN UNION AND UNITED KINGDOM AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE ADVERTISING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN FACEBOOK'S PARENT COMPANY META AND GOOGLE.
THE PROBE IS TO DETERMINE VIOLATIONS OF ANTI-TRUST LAWS...POLITICO EU
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES NEW RULES FOR THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
Twitter taking down a post from the Russian Embassy in the UK presenting the Russian view about the attack on a maternity hospital in Ukraine.
Twitter saying the Russian post involved hateful conduct and abusive behavior relating to the "denial of violent events"...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Meanwhile Meta the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is allowing violent speech to be posted in some countries aimed at Russians.
Normally it would ban calls for violence because of the situation in Ukraine with posts like "death to the Russian invaders" now considered appropriate...CNN
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
(UPDATES, ADDITIONS WHEN ABLE)
ISRAELI PM SAID TO HAVE URGED UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT TO AGREE TO PUTIN DEMANDS
PUTIN WELCOMES FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS IN RESPONSE TO FOREIGNERS FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE
DRONE CRASH IN CROATIA
TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED...LINK
BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG...LINK
An Israeli news site reporting that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to demands of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding independence for Russian separatist regions of Ukraine...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he welcomes foreign volunteers serving in the Russian separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.
Putin citing Western mercenaries fighting for Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA
Mainstream media reports speak of expanded Russian air strikes that included airfields in western Ukraine..
The Russian military is beginning to use laser guided artillery rounds against the Ukrainians. These rounds will be particularly effective in urban warfare in the cities of Ukraine...SOUTHFRONT
The UN Security Council holding a session on concerns over US biological activities in Ukraine at the request of Russia. Meanwhile, there's word that the World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy dangerous pathogens in its laboratories...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...
At the Security Council meeting Russia says it's found evidence of a cleanup by Ukrainians involving biological weapons...(News Agencies)...
AUTHORITIES IN THE BALKAN NATION OF CROATIA INVESTIGATING THE THURSDAY NIGHT CRASH OF A URKAINIAN DRONE.
THE AIRCRAFT STRAYED HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM UKRAINE'S TERRITORY...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
A Saudi blogger freed after ten years in prison. Raif Badawi punished for presenting "liberal views" on Islam.
Badawi was given 50 lashes after being sentenced to one thousand of them. That part of his sentence later suspended.
His wife lives in Canada...CBC NEWS
"Climate change is not just about rising temperatures. It is also about the increased frequency and intensity of dangerous weather events, once considered rare"
That's part of the message from the Prince Charles to flood victims in Australia. There have been heavy rains and massive flooding in eastern Australia in the last two weeks...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
SINGER KATY PERRY WINNING ON APPEAL IN HER DISPUTE WITH RAP SINGER MARCUS GRAY WHO SAYS SHE STOLE HIS SONG...BBC NEWS
The Bolivian solider who executed Communist revolutionary guerilla leader Che Guevara in 1967 is dead.
Mario Teran was 80 years old. He passed away in a military hospital in Bolivia...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
WORLDOMETERS COVID STATS TODAY
In the US 39,254 new positive tests and 1,689,274 Worldwide.
In selected nations around the world new positive tests...
South Korea 282,976.
Germany 245,342.
Vietnam 169,114.
The UK 72,828.
France 72,399.
The Netherlands 69,186.
Russia 50,743.
Australia 34,886.
Thailand 24,792.
New Zealand 21,033.
Denmark 13,036.
Mexico 8,098.
Canada 6,175.
Israel 3,361.
China 555 (Record Number).
That's the way it really is Friday March 11th, 2022 Day 725 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 725 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots.
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