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On Thursday, Silicon Valley Bank lost 60% of its stock, wiping out over $80 billion in value from bank shares.

Bank stocks dip globally, cartel apologizes for kidnappings: March 10 rundown

Sen. Josh Hawley said a former employee of TikTok's parent company ByteDance told him American's data is easily accessible to members of CCP.

Whistleblower: Chinese Communist Party can access TikTok US user data

Russia launched its largest missile attack seen in weeks against Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Russia launches missile attack on Ukraine, largest seen in weeks

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is hospitalized after falling at a hotel Wednesday. Norfolk Southern will testify in a Senate hearing.

Sen. McConnell hospitalized, Norfolk Southern to testify: March 9 rundown

Ukraine is using inflatable decoys in its fight against Russia. The company that makes the decoys reported its sales were up 30% last year.

Ukraine is using inflatable tanks and HIMARS against Russia

Officials in the U.S. and Europe now suspect that a pro-Ukraine group is responsible for damaging the Nord Stream pipelines.

Intel report on Nord Stream culprit, bill outright bans TikTok: March 8 rundown

The ACLU said it will fight the Biden administration every step of the way if it decides to detain migrant families at the southern border.

Lawsuits expected if Biden decides to detain migrant families at the border

China has a new foreign minister, and in his first news conference since taking office, he directed a warning to the U.S.

China’s foreign minister warns of ‘conflict and confrontation’ with US

The four Americans who were kidnapped at gunpoint late last week in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico have been found.

Kidnapped Americans found in Mexico; 2 dead, 1 wounded

U.S. defense secretary visits Iraq Tuesday, two weeks before the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein's regime.

US defense secretary visits Iraq, airline merger antitrust suit: March 7 rundown

South Korea will pay its citizens who were victims of forced labor under Japanese rule in an attempt to heal a wound that goes back more than 100 years.

South Korea to pay victims of Japan’s forced labor

A new UN accord called the 'High Seas Treaty' will designate 30% of the world's oceans as protected areas by 2030.

Nations reach ‘High Seas Treaty’ to protect the world’s oceans

Attorney General Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine and signed a memorandum to share information and build the case against specific suspects.

US signs 8-country agreement to help prosecute Russian war criminals

China has increased its defense budget in 2023 by 7.2% amid heightened tensions with Taiwan and the United States.

China increases defense budget amid US concern over Taiwan conflict

While the West still refuses to send modern fighter jets to Ukraine, two Ukrainian pilots are training on an F-16 simulator in Arizona.

US still denies jets to Ukraine, but trains pilots in Arizona

The FBI played a role in taking down an international cybercrime gang responsible for more than 600 attacks worth tens of millions of dollars.

FBI assists in international cybercrime bust amid heightened risk of ransomware

U.S. senators react to a second Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio

Train derailment in Ohio, Americans kidnapped in Mexico: March 6 rundown

UK officials considered mass exterminating the country's cat population at the COVID-19 pandemic's onset, an ex-health minister said.

UK considered exterminating cats early in COVID-19 pandemic: ex-official

A bipartisan bill is making its way through the House that would sanction Chinese officials who are forcibly harvesting organs.

House aims to sanction Chinese officials involved in forced organ harvesting

Finland has started constructing a fence along its border with Russia as it accelerates its bid to join the NATO alliance for protection.

Finland begins building a fence along its border with Russia

In the last year, Russia lost no less than 1,700 tanks. Russia can't field new tanks fast enough, and may be out of tanks in three years.

Russia is rushing to replace tanks lost in Ukraine

China warns Elon Musk's COVID-19 comments may damage Tesla's ties with the country, as U.S. agencies contend China lab leak theory has standing.

China warns Elon Musk after his COVID-19 lab leak comments

Western intelligence firms said new satellite imagery taken over the last few months shows China built a "secret" naval base in Cambodia.

China built a ‘secret naval base’ in Cambodia

While the West worries about a wider war, Wagner Group in Russia is recruiting mercenaries to Ukraine on the promise of World War III.

Wagner recruiting fighters to Ukraine for ‘upcoming World War III’