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When deciding to flee Ukraine means leaving a family member behind

Sofia Bretl lives in New York City but she was born and raised in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. As conditions in Kharkiv worsened, Sofia's family faces a difficult decision

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the farthest star ever seen. The magnified galaxy looks like a stretched out red line with three dots. The single star is the middle one. NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI) hide caption

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NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI)

The light from this star that astronomers just spotted is 12.9 billion years old

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CNBC's anchor and session moderator Hadley Gamble, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Premier Masrour Barzani, and the United Arab Emirates' Energy and Infrastructure Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei attend a session titled "Is the World Ready for A Future Beyond Oil?" at the World Government Summit in Dubai on March 29. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Getting more oil from Saudi Arabia or the UAE could require U.S. concessions

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April Julian on Is it Cake?, measuring a cake made in the image of a shoe. Patrick Wymore/Netflix hide caption

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The case for 'Is It Cake?,' Netflix's new game show

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When deciding to flee Ukraine means leaving a family member behind

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