For now, links to National Public Radio, Associated Press, and Reuters reports; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. — MCM

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How a nonprofit group has become the biggest repository for hacked Russian data. Reported by Jenna McLaughlin | National Public Radio The war in Ukraine inspired hackers to steal reams of sensitive data from inside Russia. A transparency group wants to publicize that information without actively participating in the conflict. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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Ukraine’s shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid, by Cara Anna and Omar Faruk | The Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid arrives. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, a donor who was preparing to give a half-million dollars to a Somali aid group told its executive director Hussein Kulmiye it was redirecting the money to help Ukrainians instead. And now . . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine is in talks with Turkey, UN on grain exports. From Reuters. Ukraine is holding talks with Turkey and the United Nations to secure guarantees for grain exports from Ukrainian ports, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. . . . “This is a very important thing that someone guarantees the security of ships for this or that country – apart from Russia, which we do not trust,” he said. “We therefore need security for those ships which will come here to load . . . READ MORE . . .

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