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![Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama arrives at a Buddhist temple near Dharamsala, India, on March 18, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1239287832-400x300.jpg)
Nobel Laureates Call for End to Ukraine War and Rejection of Nuclear Weapons
"It is either the end of nuclear weapons, or the end of us," the peace prize winners wrote in an open letter.
![US Hawks Are Trying to Increase Military Budget -- and Use Ukraine as Excuse](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/SEG2-military-exercise-norway-400x300.jpg)
US Hawks Are Trying to Increase Military Budget — and Use Ukraine as Excuse
The military budget is at a record high, but that's not stopping some lawmakers from pushing for more.
![President Joe Biden meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, on March 25, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0325-biden-europe-400x300.jpg)
Activists Decry “Climate-Wrecking” Biden Plan to Boost US Gas Exports to Europe
Biden has announced an effort to ramp up US gas shipments to EU countries as they look to reduce dependence on Russia.
![A Ukrainian military tank is seen on a road in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 24, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1239467647-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: Let’s Focus on Preventing Nuclear War, Rather Than Debating “Just War”
Ukraine will need to take a neutral stance between Russia and NATO for de-escalation to begin, Chomsky says.
![A group of people thought to be migrants are guided up the beach after being brought in to Dungeness, Kent, onboard a lifeboat following an incident in the English Channel on March 24, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1239463657-400x300.jpg)
UK Wants to Incarcerate Asylum Seekers “Offshore” on Abandoned Oil Rigs
The U.K. is intensifying its criminalization of most migrants, underscoring double standards as it welcomes Ukrainians.
![People in Russia visit local bank branch](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1239054282_resized-400x300.jpg)
Sanctions Against Wealthy Russians Are Largely Symbolic and Won’t End the War
Yet Biden is widely expected to announce a new round of sanctions, along with a tightening of the current ones.
![Kyiv residents sit in tent set up after building is hit with shrapnel](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1239367507_resized-400x300.jpg)
A New Cold War Won’t Help the People of Ukraine or Anyone Else
Foreign policy elites excited about a new Cold War are not thinking primarily about the needs of the Ukrainian people.
![Disabled and Older People Are Suffering the Most in Mariupol Siege](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/SEG2-mariupol-bw-photos-400x300.jpg)
Disabled and Older People Are Suffering the Most in Mariupol Siege
Heavy shelling has driven most remaining Mariupol civilians into hiding in their basements.
![U.S. Army vehicles stand on the grounds of the Grafenwoehr military training area in Bavaria, Vilseck, on February 9, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0322-us-military-400x300.jpg)
Amid Russia’s War, Some US Hawks Are Calling for Trillion-Dollar Military Budget
The Pentagon budget is already so huge that returning to Cold War levels would mean reducing, not increasing spending.
![A young boy from Ukraine holds a pink teddy bear after crossing over a border point with his family in Kroscienko, in southeast Poland on March 19, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0322-ukraine-child-400x300.jpg)
Ukraine’s Children Are Vulnerable to Shady Adoption Schemes
A far right Christian pastor just showed up in Poland with 63 Ukrainian kids. That may be just the beginning.