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Apple
organizationApple, ExxonMobil and Boeing announce steps to withdraw or freeze business in Russia. YouTube blocks Russian channels RT and Sputnik in Europe. Microsoft banned RT from its Windows app store and de-ranked both news sources in Bing.
Alisher Usmanov
personAlisher Usmanov has had his yacht seized by German authorities. The oligarch was hit with a number of sanctions by the European Union this week due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Dilbar was docked in Germany for a refitting job back in October but is now in the possession of the authorities. Everton revealed earlier this week that they had severed ties with the oligarch.
FA Cup
organizationMiddlesbrough beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the FA Cup fifth round. Josh Coburn scored the winner in extra time at the Riverside Stadium. The FA Cup quarter-final draw will take place on Thursday, March 3. England manager Gareth Southgate will be conducting the draw.
Anastasia Potapova
personElina Svitolina beat Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 at the Monterrey Open. Top-seeded Ukrainian decided she could do more for her country by playing. The 27-year-old is donating her prize money to the Ukrainian army.
Congress
organizationThe Ukrainian ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, was a guest of First Lady Jill Biden at his first State of the Union address to Congress. President Biden asked Congress to implement new laws to increase child safety on Facebook, TikTok and other social media platforms.
Lauren Boebert
personBoebert earned 'boos' from the House chamber on Tuesday night when called out Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal while he was talking about cancer-causing burn pits. She previously defended herself late Tuesday evening, writing on the platform that 'When Biden said flag draped coffins I couldn't stay silent' Biden was describing the death of his son Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran.
Elina Svitolina
personElina Svitolina beat Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 at the Monterrey Open. The Ukrainian had refused to play after tennis authorities banned Russian and Belarusian players. The decision followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week.
FA Cup
organizationJust 16 teams remain in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Seven of the eight eight ties take place between Tuesday-Thursday this week. There are nine Premier League teams left in the competition.
RT
organizationYouTube, Facebook and TikTok move to ban Russian state media outlets in Europe. Apple is pausing product sales in Russia. DirecTV said it was dropping Russia-backed news network RT from its pay-television packages.
YouTube
organizationGoogle-owned YouTube, Facebook and TikTok move to ban Russian state media outlets in Europe. YouTube blocks the Russian channels RT and Sputnik in Europe "taking into account the ongoing war in Ukraine"
Daria Kaleniuk
personDaria Kaleniuk: 'Ukrainian women and children are in deep fear' Belarus troops have invaded Ukraine, Kyiv claims as 40-mile convoy of Putin's artillery snakes towards the capital. Comes amid fears Russia will 'use medieval tactics' to bomb the city into submission.
Sputnik
organizationGoogle is blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik in Europe. The move follows the European Commission's announcement that it will "ban the Kremlin's media machine" YouTube barred the outlets from being able to monetize their content on the platform.
Shell
organizationShell will end all joint ventures with Russian gas giant Gazprom, worth around £2.25billion. Shell has pulled out of the £8billion Nord Stream 2 project. Also withdrew its 27.5 stake in a major liquefied natural (LNG) gas plant. BP has also announced it would abandon its nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil giant Rosneft.
European Union
organizationLuxembourg will send 100 NLAW anti-tank weapons, jeeps and 15 military tents to Ukraine. Slovenia's PM Jansa supports speedier EU membership process for Ukraine. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said it was necessary to give a clear signal that Ukraine was welcome in Europe's community of democratic countries.
Gazprom
organizationFIFA have thrown Russia out of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. Russia were due to play Poland in a play-off for Qatar 2022 on March 24 - a match Poland said they would boycott. The Poles have now been given a bye to the next round of qualifying. Russia will not compete at the women's Euro 2022 in England this summer.
RT
organizationMicrosoft says it will remove Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store. Rogers Communications and BCE Inc's Bell said RT would no longer be available on their systems. Ofcom will probe 15 editions of the hourly news programme on the state-controlled channel – formerly known as Russia Today.
Sputnik
organizationMicrosoft is responding to the European Union's ban on RT and Sputnik. The software giant is also pulling RT's news apps from the Windows app store. Facebook says it has taken down a network of 40 accounts/Pages/Groups on Facebook and Instagram.
Kepa Arrizabalaga
personChelsea lost 11-10 on penalties to Liverpool in the EFL Cup final at Wembley. Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the crucial penalty and saved none despite coming on late in extra-time. Caoimhin Kelleher scored the Reds' ninth penalty of the shootout.
Derek Jeter
personDerek Jeter announced a surprise departure from the Miami Marlins on Monday. Jeter became CEO of the Marlins in September 2017 when Bruce Sherman bought the team from Jeffrey Loria. Miami went 218-327 during his four seasons at the helm, finishing with a winning record only once.
Michael Keaton
personMichael Keaton wins Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for Dopesick. Jason Sudeikis won for Ted Lasso. Elle Fanning won for The Great. Lee Jung-Jae won for Squid Game. Ariana DeBose wins best supporting actress for her role in West Side Story.