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John Demsey attends the 2019 WWD Beauty Inc Awards at The Rainbow Room on Dec. 11, 2019 in New York City. Estee Lauder announced on Monday that it fired Demsey after he posted an offensive post on Instagram. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption

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Facebook's parent company Meta said in a statement that it had received requests from a number of governments and the European Union "to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media." Jenny Kane/AP file photo hide caption

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Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Humanitarian organizations say Russian forces are using cluster munitions in their bombing and shelling of Ukraine. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Karim A.A. Khan, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference last August. The prosecutor has put combatants and their commanders on notice that he is monitoring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity. Marwan Ali/AP hide caption

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Abortion-rights supporters protest in Austin, Texas, in October. Doctors say their worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels last year. Zelenskyy is appealing for Ukraine to join the EU. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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"Long COVID is characterized by a wide variety of symptoms that persist long after the initial infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus," says Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Invisible Kingdom. Fanatic Studio/Getty Images/Collection Mix: Sub hide caption

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How long COVID sheds light on other mysterious (and lonely) chronic illnesses

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues at the Kremlin on Monday as the ruble fell and Russia's central bank raised its key interest rate to a historic high. Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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