Gov. Newsom issued new guidelines as a result of declining case rates and hospitalizations in CA. Starting tomorrow, March 1st, masks will no longer be required for unvaccinated individuals and after March 11th, masks will not be required in schools and childcare facilities. They are "strongly recommended." Masks will be required in high transmission settings. Despite its history of neutrality during global conflict, Switzerland has announced it will freeze the assets of the Russian President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and the 367 individuals sanctioned last week by the European Union. Germany has announced it will increase its military support of Ukraine, starting with $113b, to support troops and will speed up construction on natural gas pipelines to ease the country's reliance on Russian energy. Ukrainian women are answering the call to serve, including a TikToker who's video about how to drive abandoned Russian tanks is at 4m views and growing. Miss Ukraine 2015 has announced that she will join the fight. The 13 Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island who told a Russian war ship to go **** itself, who were once presumed dead, were instead captured, according to the Navy. FIFA, the world's soccer body, and the European authority UEFA has banned Russian national and club teams from their competitions until further notice. This follows Poland's announcement that it would refuse to play Russia in its World Cup 2022 match. 

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