by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 14.

• The Amazon Rainforest May Be Reaching a Point of No Return (“It just is really a nightmare time in Brazil.”)
• Australian billionaires put more money into $15 bln solar power export project (“Sun Cable’s vision will transform Australia’s capability to become a world-leading generator and exporter of renewable electricity and enable decarbonisation”)
• The Plastics Industry Says It Has a Clever Solution to the Plastics Crisis (“Critics call it just some more greenwashing.”)
• Germany Raises Alarm as Covid Infections Surge to Record Levels (So much for COVID being done with us.)
• Sixteen Days in Ukraine (“The first generation born after Ukraine won independence documents the Russian invasion”)
• Russia Strikes Ukrainian Military Base Near Polish Border (“At least 35 die in attack; U.S. warns of full NATO response if Poland is hit”)
• China Sees at Least One Winner Emerging From Ukraine’s War: China (“The country has laid the foundation of a strategy to shield itself from economic and diplomatic consequences, and to benefit from geopolitical shifts.”)
• Could Putin actually fall? (“Putin built his legitimacy around the idea of restoring Russia’s stability, prosperity, and global standing. By threatening all three, the war in Ukraine is shaping up to be the greatest test of his regime to date.”)
• With Putin’s war in Europe, Angela Merkel’s legacy is now...

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