Virus update:
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2022
• Life in South Asia back to normal as COVID cases drop.
• As vaccine demand falls, U.S. states have stockpile.
• Is NYC ready to move on from COVID? Depends on who you ask.
• S. Korea eases rules despite record deaths.
More coverage: https://t.co/cwzyPO8eLA
A huge fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been extinguished. The U.S. says NATO will defend all its allies and territory against a Russian attack, and more. Here are the 5️⃣ stories you need to know today pic.twitter.com/jk6pPJTugn
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2022
Russia's Yamal-Europe westbound gas pipeline flows stopped on Friday https://t.co/5htGgOmRjV pic.twitter.com/bf6er2Nbos
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2022
Global commodity prices are on track for the biggest weekly rally in more than 50 years and Europe’s natural gas prices have hit a new record, as the war in Ukraine triggers “exceptional moves” in raw materials from oil to wheat.https://t.co/96uM8qHJ20
— FT Commodities (@ftcommodities) March 3, 2022
Pakistan bombing kills dozens in Shia mosque in Peshawar https://t.co/hY8mDDaLEP
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 4, 2022
#UPDATE The US economy saw a hiring surge in February with employers adding 678,000 workers to their payrolls, the government reported Friday, edging the jobless rate closer to the pre-pandemic level as hard hit sectors recover from the impact of Covid https://t.co/LJws1au9iM
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 4, 2022
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, agreed with the Biden administration's arguments that a federal appeals court was wrong to toss the sentence. https://t.co/Yk4wetorVr
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2022
Tensions in the athlete villages, threats of competition boycotts and an eleventh-hour reversal to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes have marred the lead-up to Friday's opening of the Beijing #WinterParalympics https://t.co/207oT6veQF #AFPSports
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 4, 2022