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By RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in — and it’s generating offers of help and housing worldwide.

Moved by the plight of Ukrainian refugees desperate to escape Russian bombardment across the former Soviet republic, Marco Burstein, 18, of Los Angeles, and Avi Schiffman, 19, of Seattle, used their coding skills to create UkraineTakeShelter.com over three frenzied days in early March.

Since then, more than 18,000 prospective hosts have signed up on the site to offer assistance to refugees seeking matches with hosts in their preferred or convenient locations….

MINEOLA, Texas (KLTV) – The hearts of many East Texans are with the citizens of Ukraine, and a longtime venue in Mineola is giving people a way to express that on Tuesday night.

Doors open at 6:45 pm and the performance starts at 7:30pm. Historic Select Theater is also collecting donations to donate to Ukraine. If you’d like more information, Ukraine, starting with a dedication to a family in East Texas who is from Ukraine. The band will begin the show with Ukraine’s national anthem.hist

Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and the performance starts at 7:30 p.m. Historic Select Theater is also collecting donations to donate to Ukraine.

If you’d like more information, click here to see their Facebook page.

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Domain and web hosting provider Namecheap is terminating all service with the company’s Russian-based users over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. 

“Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime’s war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia,” US-based Namecheap told Russian users in an email on Monday. 

The company is asking Russian users to transfer their domains to another provider by March 6. Otherwise their sites will resolve to a 403 Forbidden page. In addition, Namecheap has begun blocking Russian clients from using the company’s web hosting and private email services over Russian internet domains, including .ru and .su. 

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Domain and web hosting provider Namecheap is terminating all service with the company’s Russian-based users over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. 

“Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime’s war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia,” US-based Namecheap told Russian users in an email on Monday. 

The company is asking Russian users to transfer their domains to another provider by March 6. Otherwise their sites will resolve to a 403 Forbidden page. In addition, Namecheap has begun blocking Russian clients from using the company’s web hosting and private email services over Russian internet domains, including .ru and .su. 

Thirty-six hours ago, I made a post focusing on the speech of  Kenya’s Ambassador to UN Martin Kimani. In it I made a somewhat delicate plea to Vladamir Putin. Just a small voice along with a lot of louder and stronger voices that were out there. None have been heeded. My thoughts are with the Ukrainian people, and even too, many of the Russian youngsters who are forced to shoulder a war they don’t want.

This post is now about business impacts, some of which are for Nigeria.

In statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen:

‘we will target strategic sectors of the Russian economy by blocking their access to technologies and markets … weaken Russia’s economic base … freeze Russian assets … aligned with … the United States, the United Kingdom,…