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story is Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission,

said that the EU should use windfall profits from Russian Central Bank assets in Western

accounts to procure weapons for Ukraine.

It is the first time the EU has linked the use of frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine.

More than 200 billion euros or 216 billion dollars of Russian assets are frozen in the block.

America wants Europe to confiscate Russian assets,

but EU countries are reluctant owing to concerns about Russian retaliation, especially

potential cyber attacks. The plan must be agreed unanimously by all 27 member states.

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in his

federal election interference case.

Mr. Trump's claim that he cannot be tried for duties he carried out while in office

has been rejected by two lower courts.

His appeals have already delayed the trial, which was due to start on March 4th.

The Supreme Court scheduled arguments for the week of April 22nd.

Apple pulled the plug on its attempt to build an electric car

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