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On March 15, 2022, local time, the clinic in the basement outside Kiev, Ukraine, was crowded with a large number of newborn babies born by surrogate mothers, helped by nurses, waiting for foreign parents to come and claim and pick them up.
On March 15, 2022, local time, in Kiev, Ukraine, a nurse takes care of a surrogate baby in the Biotextom clinic in the basement of the residence.
According to the British "Daily Mail" report, at the time of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the well-known Ukrainian international surrogacy industry has fallen into chaos and faces unprecedented difficulties. For safety reasons, a large number of newborn babies born by surrogate mothers are currently being placed in a temporary clinic in a basement in a residential area on the outskirts of Kiev, waiting for foreign parents to come and pick them up.
Due to the development of the surrogacy industry, Ukraine is called the "European womb" by some media. The sudden outbreak of war has a strong impact on this gray industry, especially the surrogate mother who is already pregnant with Liujia is facing a dilemma.
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy delivers a video address to the German Bundestag
On March 17, 2022, local time, In Berlin, Germany, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy delivered a video speech in the German Federal Parliament.
Zelenskiy pointed out that Western sanctions against Russia are not enough, and that a trade embargo must be imposed on Russia, on all goods that helped the war.
On March 17, 2022, local time, in the Sviatoshynskyi area of Kiev, Ukraine, a warehouse was hit by a rocket and caused a fire, and smoke billowed out.
The Council of Europe announced the exclusion of Russia from the organization and lowered the Russian flag
On March 16, 2022, local time, Strasbourg, France, the European Commission officially announced the exclusion of Russia from the organization, and the staff lowered the Russian flag in front of the European Commission building.
The European Space Agency withdraws from the joint Russian-European mission to Mars
On February 7, 2019, local time, London, England, British astronaut Tim Pique and ExoMars rover prototype (infographic).
On March 17, 2022 local time, Rogozin, president of the Russian State Space Corporation, said through social media that the European Space Agency has announced its withdrawal from the ExoMars Russian-European joint Mars mission scheduled for September 2022.
Round the world at a glance
The Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan corrected the number of people killed by the strong earthquake on the 16th to 1
On March 17, 2022 local time, at an emergency evacuation point in Minami Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, local people gathered to fetch water from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' water supply trucks.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Matsuno corrected the number of deaths caused by the strong earthquake that occurred in the waters near Fukushima Prefecture on the 16th on the afternoon of the 17th. The death toll was corrected from 4 announced that morning to 1. Of the four people previously counted, 2 died unidentified by the earthquake, and the other person's situation is under investigation.
Global food supply risks have increased
On March 14, 2022 local time, farmers displayed ears of wheat in farmland in Egypt's Geleyub province.
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, global food prices have continued to rise. Major food-importing countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have stopped exporting their agricultural products, and Egypt has banned exports of wheat, flour and others.
An Emirati vessel sank near an Iranian port
On March 17, 2022 local time, a UAE vessel carrying 30 people sank 30 miles from the Iranian port of Asaluyeh. At present, a search and rescue has been carried out for 30 crew members.
The Indonesian province of Central Java was hit by floods
On March 17, 2022, local time, in central Java, Indonesia, the local flood hit.
Sahara Desert dust descends on the snowy mountains of France
On March 16, 2022 local time, in the French Pyrenees, a sandstorm from the Sahara Desert hit the French Pyrenees, and skiers captured this rare sight.
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